This town talk will be presented by David Lacy, University of Buffalo. How did the atoms in the universe come together to form life? At the heart of this mystery is the conversion of small molecules into the building blocks of life, driven by metallocofactors—enzyme-like...
This town talk will be presented by Lukasz Joachimiak, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Tau is a protein in brain cells that normally helps support their internal structure. In more than 25 brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, tau can misfold and clump together into harmful...
A crowd pleaser for more than 15 years attracting those from near and far, the Science of Cocktails is Pinhead’s not-to-be-missed annual fundraiser. Held every July, the event combines intriguing experiments with density, sublimation, acoustic integration, and even comestible colloids with the finest in Telluride’s...
Phil Bevilacqua, from Penn State University, will present breakthroughs in RNA medicine over the last decade including using CRISPR for gene editing, developing mRNA vaccines for stopping pandemics and curing cancer, and the investigating the roles of RNA in the origin of life itself. He...
Can a virus be turned into a cure? Clodagh O'Shea, of the Salk Institute will present "When the Cure Is a Virus: Reprogramming a Killer to Fight Cancer." O'Shea, who holds the Wicklow Chair at Salk and has been named an HHMI Faculty Scholar and...
The world needs both more energy AND a stable climate. Delivering both is one of the defining challenges of our time. Three leading voices sit down to examine what this challenge actually looks like — the data, the tradeoffs, and the paths forward. Panelists include...
This town talk will be presented by Taekjip (TJ) Ha, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical School. Did you know that proteins are nano-scale machines that help us think, dance and keep the threat of cancer at bay? Did you know that...
This Town Talk will be presented by Joonhoo Lee from Harvard University. Lee will explore the subtleties of realizing quantum advantages in computational chemistry. Drawing on several projects from his research group, he will offer fresh perspectives on how to think about what quantum computing...
This special town talk, presented by Braden Tierney, cofounder and executive director of the Two Frontiers Project extends the season and will be held in town at the Telluride Innovation Center. From hydrothermal vents and volcanic seeps to alpine soils and mine drainage right...
In collaboration with Telluride Science, Telluride Foundation, Mountain Towns 2030, and Eco Action Partners As climate challenges grow, no community can solve them alone. The most effective solutions often emerge when leaders come together, learn from one another, and take action collectively. And with the...
