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Conference: "Electricity and Life: Galvani to Hodgkin" (Royal Institution of Great Britain: London, UK,14 March 2001)

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• Subject:   Conference: "Electricity and Life: Galvani to Hodgkin" (Royal Institution of Great Britain: London, UK,14 March 2001)
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Electricity and Life: Galvani to Hodgkin

on Wednesday 14 March 2001

at the Royal Institution

21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS

This one day meeting, which is supported by the Wellcome Trust, will explore
the development of the relationship between electricity and life over the
past two centuries. The morning session will provide an historical overview
while the afternoon session will contain papers by some of the major
scientists (including Nobel prizewinners) who have worked on the subject
during the past fifty years recollecting their experiences.

Programme:

9.00    Registration and coffee

9.25    Welcome

9.30	
	Marco Piccolino
	Luigi Galvani: A "rational" approach to the study of 
	electricity in living organisms

10.15   
	Paola Bertucci             
	Galvani's experiments in London: the role of an "enlightened" 
	Neapolitan

11.00   Coffee

11.30   
	Frank James             
	Davy, Faraday and electric fish

12.15  
	David Rhees             
	From Frankenstein to the Pacemaker: Exhibiting Electricity
	and Life

1.00    Lunch

2.00    
	Andrew Huxley   
	Working with Hodgkin, 1939-1952

2.45    
	Erwin Neher             
	From Galvani and Volta to the 'quanta' of bioelectricity

3.30    
	Tea

4.00    
	Richard W. Aldrich      
	From function to structure to function: Progress towards a 
	molecular understanding of Ion Channels

4.45    
	Richard Keynes  
	The mechanism of voltage gating of ion channels

5.30     End

The registration fee is £30 (£25 for Members of the Royal Institution and
concessions), which includes coffee, lunch and tea. To register, please
complete the form below and return with payment to Bookings, The Royal
Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS. Alternatively you may
register by sending your Visa or Mastercard details to bookings@ri.ac.uk
, by fax (on 020 7670 2920) or by 'phone (on 020
7670 2985).


I wish to register for the 'Electricity and Life' meeting. I enclose a
cheque made payable to the 'Royal Institution') for £30 * or £25 *.

Name___________
Address_________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Dr Frank A.J.L. James

Reader in History of Science,
The Royal Institution,
21 Albemarle Street,
London,
W1S 4BS,
England.

Direct line 020 7670 2924
Switchboard 020 7409 2992
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E-mail: fjames@ri.ac.uk
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