Seminar Date

Speaker

Topic

Host

Sept 6

Dr. Mary Hatcher-Skeers
The Joint Sciences Department
The Claremont Colleges

Understanding Local Dynamics in DNA

Dr. Michael Brown

Sept 13

Dr. Michael Marletta
Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of California, Berkeley

Histidine-Rich Protein from Plasmodium falciparum: A Protective Heme Box

Dr. William Montfort

Sept 20

Sept 27

Dr. David Bearss
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
University of Arizona

The Mitotic Kinase Aurora-2 as a Novel Molecular Target in Pancreatic Cancer

Dr. Matt Cordes

Oct 4

Dr. Roberto Bogomolni
Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
University of California/Santa Cruz

The Phototropins: Light Driven molecular switches in Plants

Dr. Michael Brown

Oct 11

Dr. Mark Walker
Research and Development
Pharmacia Corporation

Cyclooxygenase Inhibition by COX-2 Selective Drugs

Dr. James Hazzard

Oct 18

Dr. Cindy Dupureur
Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
University of Missouri, St. Louis

Biophysical Approaches to Metalloendonuclease
Structure and Function

Dr. Nancy Horton

Oct 25

Dr. Charles Clapp
Department of Chemistry
Bucknell University

Studies on the Mechanism and Substrate Specificity of Soybean Lipoxygenase-1

Dr. Thomas Baldwin

Nov 1

Dr. Paul Torrence
Department of Chemistry
Northern Arizona University

Recruiting the 2-5A system for antisense
therapeutics

Dr. Louise Canfield &
Dr. Daniel Liebler (Pharm/Tox)

Nov 8

Dr. Russ Hille
Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biochemistry
Ohio State University

The reaction mechanism of xanthine oxidase and
related enzymes

Dr. Gordon Tollin

Nov 15

Dr. Jerry Honts
Department of Biology
Drake University

Protein Interactions in the Cortical Cytoskeleton of the Ciliated Protozoan Tetrahymena

Dr. William Montfort

Nov 22

Dr. Frank Raushel
Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Texas A&M University

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase: One Protein, Two Tunnels, and Three Active Sites

Dr. Thomas Baldwin

Special Seminar

Nov 25

Dr. Andrew Feig
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
Time: 12:00
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 208

RNA Cold Denaturation and the Regulation of the
Cold Shock Response in E. Coli

Dr. Howard Ochman

Special Seminar

Dec 2

Dr. Vahe Bandarian
Biophysics Research Division
University of Michigan
Time: 12:00
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 208

The Importance of Cofactor Environment and Protein Conformation to Catalysis by Cobalamin-Dependent Methionine Synthase

Dr. Megan McEvoy

Special Seminar

Dec 5

Dr. Heather True-Krob
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Time: 3:00pm
(refreshments at 2:45)
Place: BSW 237

Prion-mediated Phenotypic Diversity

Dr. Megan McEvoy

Dec 6

Dr. Gerry Shadel
Department of Biochemistry
Emory University

Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Yeast and Humans

Dr. Carol Dieckmann

Special Seminar

Dec 9

Dr. Dmitry Fyodorov
Section of Molecular Biology
University of California
San Diego
Time: Noon
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 237

Functional Analysis of ACF, a Molecular Motor That Catalyzes Chromatin Assembly and Remodeling

Dr. Howard Ochman

Special Seminar

Dec 16

Dr. Ethan Lee
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Time: Noon
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 237

Biochemical Reconstitution of Wnt Signaling

Dr. Marc Tischler

Special Seminar

Dec 19

Dr. Kevin Weeks
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Time: 3:00pm
(refreshments at 2:45)
Place: BSW 237

Towards a Structure and a Function for 'Unfolded' RNA

Dr. William Montfort

Special Seminar

Jan 6

Dr. Renhao Li
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania
Time: Noon
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 208

A Structural and Functional Study on the Transmembrane and Cytoplasmic Domains of Integrin aIIbb3

Dr. Marc Tischler

Special Seminar

Jan 9

Dr. Jun-Shen Huang
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Time: Noon
(refreshments at 11:45)
Place: BSW 208

The Erythropoietin Receptor/JAK2 Complex: A Story of True Partnership

Dr. Marc Tischler

Jan 24

Dr. Carl Bauer
Department of Biology
Indiana University

Redox and light control of photosystem synthesis

Dr. Michael Cusanovich

Jan 31

Dr. Fayig El-Migdadi
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics (Visiting Professor)
Jordan University of Science and Technology

Hospital Based Screening of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency as a Cause of Anemia in Children of the North of Jordan

Dr. Marc Tischler

Feb 7

Dr. Rowena Matthews
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of Michigan

Genetic polymorphisms and human health: the C677T mutation of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Dr. Matt Cordes

Special Seminar

Feb 13

Dr. Julie Forman-Kay
NMR Centre
University of Toronto

Time: 12:30 (pizza at 12:15)
Place: BSW 208

Role of protein disordered states in function and stability

Dr. Megan McEvoy

Feb 14

Dr. Lewis Kay
NMR Centre
University of Toronto

New NMR Methods for the Study of Protein Structure and Dynamics

Dr. Megan McEvoy

Feb 21

Dr. Olke Uhlenbeck
Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program
Northwestern University

Time: 4:05 pm
Place: BSW 301

tRNA Conformity in Translation

Dr. Thomas Baldwin

IBSB Candidate Seminar

Feb 27

Dr. Paul Haynes
Torrey Mesa Research Institute San Diego

Time: 11:00-Noon
Place: BSW 208

Bridging the Chemistry-Biology Gap Using Applied Proteomics Technologies

Dr. Vicki Wysocki

Feb 28

Dr. Bernd Bukau
Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie
der Universität Heidelberg

Mechanisms of chaperone assisted protein folding in the cytosol

Dr. Elizabeth Vierling

Special Seminar

Mar 4

Dr. Jurgen Schlitter
Bochum University, Germany

Time: 10:00-11:00am
Place: BSW 302

Simulation of Conformational Changes

Drs. Wildner & Montfort

Mar 7

Dr. Michael Kanost
Department of Biochemistry
Kansas State University

Protease Cascades in Insect Immune Responses

Dr. Michael Wells

Mar 14

Mar 21

Mar 28

Dr. Wendell Lim
Program in Biological Sciences
University of California
San Francisco

Switches and Scaffolds: The Logic of Modular Signaling Proteins

Dr. Matt Cordes

Apr 4

Dr. Valerie Daggett
Departments of Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
University of Washington

Mapping the early conformational changes in amyloidosis

Dr. Matt Cordes

Apr 11

Dr. Vicki Cameron
Department of Biology
Ithaca College

Genetic Analysis of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Yeast

Dr. Thomas Baldwin

Apr 18

Dr. William Montfort
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
University of Arizona

Linking Structure and Dynamics to Protein Function:
NO Transport, (Anti)Folates, and Multicopper Oxidases

Apr 25

Dr. Petra Fromme
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arizona State University

Structure and function of Photosystem I and II

Dr. Matt Cordes

May 2

Dr. Roy Parker
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona

Life, Death, and mid-life crises of Eukaryotic mRNA

Dr. Matt Cordes