Event: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 6:30 pm.
Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel laureate and author of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality, joins in a conversation about his fascinating work. In his groundbreaking book, Ramakrishnan takes us to the frontiers of biology and human longevity, exploring possibilities for extending life and asking, must we be mortal? Venki is a research leader at the renowned Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. In 2009, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome,” the machinery that makes protein in cells, and which is a major target of many antibiotics. Ramakrishnan speaks with David Jeruzalmi, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center, in the fourth annual event in this series featuring Nobel laureates in science.
Presented with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology, BGI Nobel Laureate Archives.
A video of this event will be posted a few days later on our YouTube Channel.
Please contact Jimmy Cok at jcok@gc.cuny.edu in advance for CART services or any additional accessibility requests or concerns for in-person events. This event will be livestreamed, and closed captions will be provided.
Admission Price: Free (Reservations Required)
RESERVE FOR IN-PERSON EVENT
Location: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan