The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at The University of Arizona

FY 2000-2001 Seminar Schedule

Seminars were held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:05 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