Event Host: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Short Description: Peter S. Kim, Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry at Stanford University, will speak at Ohio State on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's annual Devon Walter Meek Lecture.
Peter S. Kim, Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry at Stanford University, will speak at Ohio State on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's annual Devon Walter Meek Lecture.
Thursday, Nov. 8
4:10-5:30 p.m. in 1000 McPherson Laboratory
Preventing Diseases with Vaccines
5:30-7 p.m. in CBEC Lobby
Undergraduate Poster Session
Friday, Nov. 9
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in 1008 Evans Laboratory
Viral Membrane Fusion and its Inhibition
Kim is the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry at Stanford University, an Institute Scholar of Stanford ChEM-H and lead investigator of the Infectious Disease Initiative at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. He was president of Merck Research Laboratories from 2003-2013. During his tenure, Merck gained approval of more than 20 new medicines and vaccines, including JANUVIA, GARDASIL, ISENTRESS and ZOSTAVAX. Earlier, he was Professor of Biology at MIT, Member of the Whitehead Institute and an HHMI Investigator. Kim is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
About the Devon Walter Meek Lectures
Devon Walter Meek joined the faculty of the Chemistry Department at The Ohio State University in 1961. After 27 years of dedicated service, Professor Meek retired in 1988 and passed away on Dec. 7, 1988, at age 52. Meek's research included studies of transition metal complexes, homogeneous catalysis and activation as well as stabilization of small molecules by transition metal complexes of polyphosphine ligands. The Devon W. Meek Industrial Lectureship began in 1989. For the annual lecture, faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry invite a distinguished chemist who has impacted industry to Ohio State to give two lectures, one typically on a scientific topic of current social relevance. Also, as part of the Meek Lecture, undergraduate students present their research to faculty, staff, students and invited guests. This lectureship is designed to be an ongoing tribute to Meek's distinguished career of research, teaching and service, and it especially recognizes his untiring efforts to establish industrial/academic ties and to encourage students to pursue careers in chemistry. More info >>