Seminar by Sheena E. Radford

Speaker: Sheena E. Radford, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds

Host: Micha Ben Achim Kunze, Biomolecular Sciences

Abstract
Protein aggregation is one of the major threats to human health in the coming century. Despite this, therapies for protein folding disorders remain scarce. In this lecture I will discuss current insights into how proteins fold; the nature of the protein-protein interactions that give rise to amyloid disease; and how a molecular understanding of these events is leading to renewed hopes for successful therapeutic strategies that target these deadly human disorders.