Celebrate the 2016 Nobel Prizes with this talk focusing on the importance of the discoveries made in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine.

Dr. Igor Herbut, professor in the department of Physics will discuss the Physics prize awarded for the theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

Dr. Neil Branda, Executive Director – 4D LABS and Professor & Canada Research Chair in Materials Science will discuss the Chemistry prize awarded for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

Dr. Sharon Gorski, Associate Professor in the department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry will discuss the Medicine prize awarded for discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.

IRMACS Theatre