RNA Video Lectures
RNA: Lecture Series
Each lecture is viewable via Flash (standard-definition or podcast-sized, with closed-captions and chapter links) or RealPlayer (video only, for slower Internet connections).
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1995
Holiday Lectures
The Double Life of RNA
Lecture 1 — Catalysis: Chemical and Biochemical, by Thomas R. Cech,
Ph.D.
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Lecture 2 — RNA as an Enzyme: Discovery, Origins of Life, and
Medical Possibilities,
by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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Lecture 3 —How to Accelerate a Reaction 100 Billion Times Using Only
RNA, by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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Lecture 4 —Life at the End of the Chromosome, by Thomas R. Cech,
Ph.D.
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The RNAi Revolution - MIT World Video Lecture Series
When a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of molecular biology embraces a new area of research as revolutionary, attention must be paid. Phillip A. Sharp’s own discoveries involving gene expression opened up new territory in the search for the genetic causes of cancer and other diseases. He now has great hopes for similar breakthroughs with the process of gene silencing.