FY 1999-2000 Seminar Schedule Seminars were held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated Seminar Date Speaker Topic Host Aug. 27 Dr. Yair Shachar-Hill Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry New Mexico State Univ. Studying Metabolism and Transport Using NMR Spectroscopy Dr. Hans Bohnert Sept. 17 Dr. Ana L. Moore Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arizona State University Artificial Photosynthesis Dr. Louise Canfield Sept. 21 special seminar Dr. Linda S. Powers National Center for the Design of Molecular Function Department of Electrical Engineering Utah State University The Challenge of Microbe Detection and Capture Dr. Michael Cusanovich Oct. 1 Dr. Vicki Chandler Dept of Plant Sciences University of Arizona Paramutation: An Allelic Interaction that Causes a Heritable Alteration in Transcription Dr. John Law Oct. 15 Dr. John Enemark Dept. of Chemistry University of Arizona The Essence of Sulfite Oxidase: a Vital Molybdenum Enzyme Dr. Marc Tischler Oct. 22 Dr. Daniel C. Liebler Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Arizona Protein Targets of Environmental Chemicals: Applications of Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics to Adduct Detection Dr. Louise Canfield Oct. 29 Dr. Richard Jorgensen Dept. of Plant Sciences University of Arizona Homology Based Cosuppression of Gene Expression in Transgenetic Plants Dr. Elizabeth Vierling Nov. 5 Dr. Jamie Williamson Dept. of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology Scripps Research Institute Ribosomal RNA-Protein Interactions and Ribosome Assembly Dr. Carol Dieckmann Nov. 12 Dr. Keith Yamamoto Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Univ. of California - San Francisco Building Transcriptional Regulatory Complexes - Signals and Surfaces Dr. Roger Miesfeld Nov. 19 Dr. Jeffery Kelly Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology Scripps Research Institute Understanding and Developing Therapeutic Strategies for Human Amyloid Diseases Dr. Thomas Baldwin Dec. 3 Dr. Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague Dept. of Chemistry University of Arizona Targeting HIV: a Total Approach to Drug Design and Synthesis Dr. Marc Tischler Jan. 3 Dr. Yaoqi Zhou Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Toward an Understanding of the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Protein Folding Dr. Thomas Baldwin Jan. 10 Dr. Jiangpeng Ma Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University The Dynamic Mechanism of the Molecular Chaperonin GroEL Dr. Thomas Baldwin Jan 14 Dr. Thomas L. Poulos Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry University of California - Irvine Structure of Gas Generating enzymes: Heme Oxygenase and Nitric Oxide Synthase Dr. William Montfort Jan 21 Dr. Ted Weinert Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Arizona Genomic Instability in DNA damage checkpoint mutants Dr. John Little Jan. 24 Dr. Matthew Cordes Dept. of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Evolution of a Protein Fold in vitro Dr. Thomas Baldwin Jan. 28 Dr. M. Daniel Lane Dept. of Biological Chemistry The Johns Hopkins University Transcriptional Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation Dr. Michael Wells Feb. 2 Dr. John L. Battiste Dept. of Biochemistry University of Minnesota Structural Studies of RNA-Protein Interactions: Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb. 4 Dr. Rowena Matthews Dept of Biological Chemistry University of Michigan Cobalamin-Dependent Methionine Synthase: Dissection of a Modular Enzyme Dr. John Law Feb. 7 Dr. Megan McEvoy Dept. of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Biology University of Oregon Protein-Protein Interactions in the Bacterial Chemotaxis Signal Transduction Pathway Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb 11 Dr. John Law Dept. of Biochemistry University of Arizona The Rusty Fly Drosophila Meets Iron Feb. 14 Dr. Jeffrey K. Myers Dept. of Biochemistry Duke University Medical Center Sequence Determinants of Protein folding Mechanisms Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb. 18 Dr. William Dowhan Dept. of Biochemistry University of Texas - Houston Medical School Role of Lipochaperones in the Assembly of Membrane Proteins Dr. Michael Wells Feb. 24 Dr. Karen G. Fleming Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University Membrane Protein Folding: Probing the Energetics of Transmembrane Helix-Helix Interactions Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb. 25 Dr. Rachel Klevit Dept. of Biochemistry Center for Biomolecular Structure University of Washington Characterization of the RING-Finger Domain of the Breast Cancer Protein, BRCA-1 Dr. Thomas Baldwin Feb. 29 Dr. Lingling Chen Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University The Structure of Peptide Bound GroEL - How Chaperones Begin Their Work Dr. Thomas Baldwin Mar. 3 Dr. Lila Gierasch Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of Massachusetts Folding of a Predominantly Beta-Sheet Protein with an Internal Cavity Dr. John Law Mar. 20 Dr. Patrick J. Fleming Center for Structural Biology Yale University Protein Packing: Calculation, Conservation and Prediction Dr. Thomas Baldwin Mar. 24 Dr. Elizabeth Vierling Dept. of Biochemistry University of Arizona Molecular Chaperones in Plant Stress and Development Dr William Montfort Mar. 31 Dr. Axel Haase University of Wuerzburg Germany NMR Microscopy: From Animals to Plants Dr. Michael Brown April 7 Dr. James P. Allen Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arizona State University Crystallization Mechanisms of Membrane Proteins Dr. William Montfort April 14 Dr. Daniel Klessig Dept. of Molecular Biology Waksman Institute Rutgers University Saliclic Acid- and Nitric Oxide-Mediated Signal Transduction in Plant Disease Resistance Dr. Don Bourque April 21 Dr. Vicki Chandler Dept. of Plant Sciences University of Arizona Paramutation: an Allelic Interaction that Causes a Heritable Alteration in Transcription Dr. John Law April 28 Dr. Carol Dieckmann Dept. of Biochemistry University of Arizona Mitochondrial mRNA Stability and Turnover May 5 Dr. James Kadonaga Dept. of Biology University of California - San Diego Role of Chromatin Structure and Assembly in the Regulation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II Dr. John Little Tuesday May 16 Dr. Michel Frey Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel CEA-CRNS Interaction Between Two Electron-Transfer Partners Intervening in Photosynthesis: A Crystallographic View Dr. Gordon Tollin May 19 Dr. Paul Liebman Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Membrane Electrostatics and Signal Transduction Protein Interactions Dr. Michael Brown
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