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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:OEB Seminar Series: Josefina del Mármol
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SUMMARY:OEB Seminar Series: Josefina del Mármol
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="eb48b6bc-6839-4aea-90bc-fa994564d20f" data-align="left" alt="Josefina del Mármol" data-view-mode="hwp_small"></drupal-media><a href="https://delmarmol.hms.harvard.edu/" title="">Josefina del Mármol</a><br>Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology<br>Harvard Medical School<br>Harvard University</p><p>	<!--break--><em>A  structural perspective on the evolution of insect odorant receptors</em></p><p>	<strong>Abstract:</strong> To sense the chemical world, animals evolved large families of olfactory receptors (ORs) with a wide range of odorant sensitivities and diversified functional properties. Understanding how these proteins evolved to sense millions of chemical stimuli has been hampered by challenges in their isolation and structural characterization. Using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM), electrophysiology and comparative studies, we undertook the structural and functional characterization of ORs from various insect species, shedding light on the molecular bases of odorant tuning and the evolution of the insect olfactory system.</p><p>	<strong>Host:</strong> OEB Graduate Students</p>
LOCATION:Northwest Building, B101, 52 Oxford Street
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