The Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, delivered a lecture entitled: ‘non-coding RNAS of viral and cellular origin: more surprises’ with dynamism and excitement, to a packed audience in the MSTC lecture theatre.
Host and long term friend, Professor Nick Proudfoot said: “Very few scientists can match her stellar productivity over 40 years, with recent papers in top journals from her lab still appearing at amazing regularity.”
Following the lecture Joan enjoyed a reception with members of the department and dinner in the evening with a number of group leaders at Lincoln College.
The Norman Heatley Lecture is an annual event in honour of Norman Heatley, considered to be the unsung hero of the penicillin story.