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	FY 2006-2007 Seminar Schedule Seminars were held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:05 p.m., unless otherwise indicated Seminar Date Speaker Topic Host Sept 8 Dr. Matthew Cordes Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona     Special Seminar Sept 11 Dr. Stan Opella Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UC San Diego Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 140 Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins by NMR Spectroscopy Eminent Scholar Series Dr. Megan McEvoy Sept 15 Dr. Knud Nierhaus Ribosome Group Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics The E-site story: fundamental aspects of protein synthesis Dr. Matt Cordes Sept 22 No Seminar - BMB/MCB Research Retreat Sept 29 Dr. Rebekka Wachter Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arizona State University Why Is GFP Green? Structural and Mechanistic Studies on Color Acquisition Dr. Matt Cordes Oct 6 Dr. Raymond Jacobson Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas CANCELLED Structural Characterization of the General Transcription Factor TFIID Dr. Megan McEvoy Oct 13 No Seminar Oct 20 No Seminar - Family Weekend Oct 27 Dr. Nancy Thornberry Department of Biochemistry Merck Research Laboratories Proteases as Therapeutic Agents: Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibition for the Treatment of Diabetes Dr. Matt Cordes Nov 3 Dr. David Gang Department of Plant Sciences University of Arizona Biosynthesis of medicinal compounds in sweet basil Dr. Elizabeth Vierling Special Seminar Nov 6 Dr. Hans Frauenfelder Center for Nonlinear Studies Los Alamos National Laboratory Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 140 Proteins: Energy Landscape, Fluctuations, and Function Eminent Scholar Series Dr. Osamu Miyashita Nov 10 Dr. Brian Kuhlman Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of North Carolina Computer-based Design of Protein Interfaces and Switches Dr. Matt Cordes Nov 17 Dr. Horia I. Petrache Department of Physics Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis X-ray studies of ion-binding to membranes Dr. Michael Brown Nov 24 Thanksgiving Break Dec 1 Dr. Elizabeth Komives Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UC San Diego H/D Exchange reveals conformational changes in protein-protein interactions Dr. Elizabeth Vierling Dec 18 - Jan 9 Winter Session Jan 12 Dr. Shirley Luckhart Department of Microbiology and Immunology UC Davis Conserved signals and signaling during malaria parasite infection: insights from 600 million years of evolution Dr. William Montfort Special Seminar Jan 22 Dr. Stephen Benkovic Department of Chemistry Pennsylvania State University Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 150 A Perspective on Biological Catalysis CANCELLED Dr. Bogdan Olenyuk Eminent Scholar Series Jan 26 Dr. Maureen Charron Department of Biochemistry Albert Einstein College of Medicine Metabolic Consequences of Altered GLUT4 Expression Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao Feb 2 Dr. David Beratan Department of Chemistry Duke University Protein Electron Transfer: When Does Structure Matter, and Why? Dr. Osamu Miyashita Feb 9 Dr. Kevin Gardner Department of Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center PAS Domains: A Versatile Way to Build a Biological Switch Dr. Michael Cusanovich Special Seminar Feb 12 Dr. Raoul Kopelman Department of Chemistry University of Michigan Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 150 Magic Nanobullets: Nanophotonicsensors and Cancer Nanomedicine Dr. Craig Aspinwall Eminent Scholar Series Feb 16 Dr. William Montfort Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona Structure and Biology  in Nitric Oxide Signaling: Plants, Blood-Sucking Insects, and Fibrosarcoma   Feb 23 Dr. Stephen Sligar Department of Chemistry Department of Biochemistry University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign CANCELLED Self-assembled nanometer scale lipid bilayers for elucidating the structure and function of integral membrane proteins Dr. Nancy Horton Mar 2 Dr. J. Ellis Bell Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Richmond Conformational Flexibility, Catalysis and Cooperativity in Oligomeric Dehydrogenases Dr. James Hazzard Mar 10-18 Spring Break Mar 23 Dr. Amy Rosenzweig Department of Chemistry Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology Northwestern University Copper trafficking in a hyperthermophile Dr. Megan McEvoy Mar 30 Dr. Rama Ranganathan University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center The Evolutionary Design of Proteins BMB/BCP Graduate Students Apr 6 Dr. Mike Riehle Department of Entomology University of Arizona The tangled web of insulin signaling: Impacts on aging and reproduction in the mosquito Dr. Roger Miesfeld Special Seminar Apr 9 Dr. Stephen Lippard Department of Chemistry MIT Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 150 Chemical and Biological Studies of Platinum Anticancer Drugs Eminent Scholar Series Dr. Katrina Miranda Apr 13 Dr. Mary Wirth Department of Chemistry University of Arizona CANCELLED Advances in Protein Separations through Nanotechnology Dr. Thomas Baldwin Apr 20 Dr. Clay Clark Department of Biochemistry North Carolina State University Death by Caspase Dimerization Dr. Thomas Baldwin Apr 27 Dr. Kalervo Hiltunen Department of Biochemistry University of Oulu Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis - from respiratory deficient yeast to cardiomyopathic mice Dr. Carol Dieckmann Special Seminar Apr 30 Dr. Michael Wasielewski Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Time: 5:00 Place: ILC 150 Charge and Spin Transport Dynamics in Bio-inspired Molecules: From Photosynthesis to Organic Electronics Dr. Jeff Pyun Eminent Scholars Series
	Biological Sciences West P.O. Box 210088 ·Tucson, AZ 85721-0088 Tel: (520) 621-9185 FAX (520) 621-9288 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics The University of Arizona May 1, 2007 All contents copyright ©2000. All rights reserved. richards@email.arizona.edu