FY 2000-2001 Seminar Schedule Seminars were held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated Seminar Date Speaker Topic Host Aug 21 Fall 2000 Begins Sept. 8 Dr. Jane Dyson Dept. of Molecular Biology Scripps Research Institute Dynamics of Folded and Unfolded Proteins Dr. Thomas Baldwin Sept. 15 Dr. Mark Dodson Asst. Professor Dept. of Biochem. & Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona Interactions of Viral and Human Factors with the Herpes Virus Replication Origin Sept. 22 Dr. Wilson Francisco ASU Dept. of Chem. and Biochem. Peptidylglycine -Amidating Enzyme: Hydrogen Activation and Protein Dynamics Dr. Thomas Baldwin Sept. 29 Dr. Michael Wells Biochem. & Molec. Biophysics Univ. of Arizona Science Education Outreach in Biochemistry: Opportunities and Challenges Oct. 6 BMCB RETREAT Oct. 13 Dr. Timothy M. Lohman Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO Mechanisms of Helicase-catalyzed DNA Unwinding Research and Professional Background Dr. Miriam Ziegler Oct. 20 Dr. Horia Petrache Dept. of Physiology Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine Peptide-lipid Interactions Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations Dr. Michael Brown Oct. 27 Dr. Elliott Crooke Biochem. and Molecular Biology Georgetown University Medical Center Regulation of the Chromosomal Replication Activity of Escherichia coli DnaA Protein References and Professional Background Dr. Mark Dodson Nov. 3 Dr. Laurence Hurley Medicinal Chemistry Univ. of Arizona G-quadruplex and associated gene targets for drug design References and Professional Background Dr. Thomas Baldwin Nov. 10 Dr. Walter Englander Dept of Biochem. and Biophysics Univ. of Penn. An amino acid code for protein folding References and Professional Background Dr. Michael Cusanovich Nov. 17 Dr. Janos K. Lanyi Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics University of California, Irvine Crystallographic structure of bacteriorhodopsin and its changes during light-driven proton transport Research and Professional Background Dr. Gordon Tollin Nov. 23-26 Thanksgiving Recess - No Seminar Dec. 1 Dr. Christopher Hill University of Utah Dept. of Biochem. Structural Basis for the Activation of 20S Proteasome by 11S Regulators Dr. William Montfort Candidate Seminar Jan. 8 Dr. Charles E. Bell Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics Univ. of Pennsylvania TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 PLACE: Kiewit Auditorium, Cancer Center, Room 2951 Structural Studies of the Lambda Repressor C-terminal Domain: Cooperative Binding to Multiple Operator Sites Dr. John Little Jan. 10 Spring 2001 Begins Jan. 12 OPEN Candidate Seminar Jan. 16 Dr. Donald W. Low Postdoctoral Research (NIH Postdoctoral Fellow) Gryphon Sciences South San Francisco, CA TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 PLACE: Kiewit Auditorium, Cancer Center, Room 2951 Metalloprotein Engineering by Chemical Synthesis Dr. Michael Cusanovich   Candidate Seminar Jan. 18 Seminar cancelled Dr. Qiang Cui Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University TIME: 10:30-11:30 PLACE: AHSC 5403 Theoretical Studies of Triosephosphate Isomerase: Catalytic Mechanisms and Proton Tunneling Dr. Bill Montfort Jan. 19 Dr. Alfred Trautwein Physics Institute Medical University of Luebeck Overview/references Mossbauer study of heme and iron-sulfur proteins Dr. Ann Walker Candidate Seminar Jan. 22 Dr. Nancy Horton Assistant Research II Department of Chemistry University of California, Santa Barbara TIME: 12:00-1:00 PLACE: AHSC 5403 Structural Mechanisms of Recognition and Catalysis in Type II Restriction Endonucleases Dr. Michael Wells Candidate Seminar Jan. 25 Dr. Rebekka Wachter Postdoctoral Fellow Institute of Molecular Biology University of Oregon, Eugene TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM PLACE: AHSC 3117 Green Fluorescent Protein as a Probe for Conditions in the Cell Dr. Michael Wells Jan. 26 Dr. Vince Guerriero Dept. of Animal Sciences and MCB University of Arizona HspBP1, An Inhibitor of Hsp70 Regulated Activities Dr. Thomas Baldwin Candidate Seminar Feb. 1 Dr. Kalina Hristova Assistant Research II Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of California, Irvine TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 PLACE: Kiewit Auditorium, Cancer Center, Room 2951 Structural and Energetic Basis for Understanding Membrane Protein Stability Dr. Marc Tischler   Feb. 2 Dr. Bradley S. Moore Division of Medicinal Chem. College of Pharmacy Univ. of Arizona Engineering Molecular Diversity with Polyketide Synthases Dr. William Montfort Candidate Seminar Feb. 5 Dr. James A. Huntington Senior Research Associate Department of Haematology University of Cambridge, UK TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 PLACE: Kiewit Auditorium, Cancer Center, Room 2951 Seduction and Destruction: The Serpin Mechanism of Protease Inhibition Dr. Roger Miesfeld Feb. 9 Dr. Arthur Johnson Dept. of Medical Biochem Texas A & M Univ. Protein Translocation and Integration at the ER Membrane Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb. 16 Dr. Gail Prins Dept. of Urology Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Neonatal estrogen programming of prostate growth Research and Professional Background Dr. Louise Canfield Feb. 23 Dr. Ari Helenius Institute of Biochemistry ETH-Zurich Co-translational protein folding in the living cell Dr. Thomas Baldwin Mar. 2 Dr. Thomas Boyer Director Liver Research Institute College of Medicine University of Arizona Regulation of Expression of Glutathione S-transferase Research and Professional Background Dr. Thomas Baldwin Mar. 9 Dr. Fred Hawkridge Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. of Chem. TIME: 4:00 PLACE: BSW 301 Reactions of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Electrode Supported Bilayers Dr. Vicki Wysocki Mar. 10 SPRING BREAK Mar. 21 Dr. Alan Davidson Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics and Biochemistry University of Toronto TIME: 12:00-1:00 PLACE: BSW 208 Using Bioinformatics and Mutagenesis to Explore Stability Determinants of the SH3 Domain Dr. Matthew Cordes Mar. 23 Dr. Karl Poralla Biologisches Institut der Universitaet Tuebingen Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie Tuebingen, Germany Bacterial squalene-hopene cyclase: The best known triterpene cyclase. Dr. William Montfort Special Seminar Mar. 30 Dr. Marcelo Sousa Department of Structural Biology Stanford University TIME: 12:00-1:00 PLACE: BSW 208 Crystal and Solution Structure of Hs1UV. A Prokaryotic Proteasome Dr. Thomas Baldwin Mar. 30 Dr. Maarten P. Heyn Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona Cofactor-protein interactions in photoreceptors and retinal-proteins Abstract Dr. Louise Canfield Apr. 6 Dr. David Ballou Department of Biological Chemistry University of Michigan Flavin dynamics and proton networks are involved in the mechanism of parahydroxybenzoate hydroxylase Research and Professional Background Dr. James Hazzard Apr. 13 No Seminar This Week Apr. 20 Dr. Ann Hochschild Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Protein-protein interactions that regulate transcription Research and Professional Background Dr. John Little Apr. 27 Dr. Richard Cone Western Regional Manager MicroCal LCC Fundamentals of Biocalorimetry: Analysis of Biomolecular Interactions and Structure Abstract Dr. Gordon Tollin
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