Classes & TalksThursday, November 12

Seminar: Penny Chisholm on what the smallest living things can teach us about life

Name: Seminar: Penny Chisholm on what the smallest living things can teach us about life
Start: 2026-11-12T21:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-12T23:00:00.000Z
Location: Knight Science Journalism Office

Thursday, November 12 · 4:30-6 p.m. · Knight Science Journalism Office

4:30-6 p.m.

When: Thursday, November 12 · 4:30-6 p.m.
Where: Knight Science Journalism Office400 Main Street · Cambridge, MA · 02142

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The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Penny Chisholm, Professor of Biology at MIT, for a seminar on her work on Prochlorococcus.

Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism on the planet. It is a marine picocyanobacterium whose global abundance is estimated to be 3 octillion cells. Dr. Chishholm was lucky enough to be in on its discovery about 40 years ago and has devoted her research to studying it ever since — from the genome to the global scale. She will describe the journey this tiny cell has taken her on over the course of her career and the things it has taught her about life.

Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.

photo credit: Christopher Michel

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