FY 2003-2004 Seminar Schedule
Seminars were held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:05 p.m., unless otherwise indicated
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Seminar Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 5 | Dr.
Michael Wells Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona |
Amino acid metabolism in mosquitoes: There is more going on than anticipated | |
| Sept 12 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, Maine |
Genetic Approaches to Understand Obesity and Metabolic Disorders |
Dr. John Hildebrand |
| Sept 19 | No Seminar - BMCB Retreat | ||
| Sept 26 | Dr.
Robert Gillies Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona |
Imag(in)ing the Tumor Microenvironment | |
| Oct 3 | Dr. Brian Noland Structural GenomiX San Diego |
Structure-Driven Lead Generation and Optimization Towards Protein Kinase Drugs | Dr. Thomas Baldwin |
| Oct 10 | Dr.
Robert Fairman Department of Biology Haverford College |
From coiled coils to coiled coiled coils: Elucidating protein folding principles for application to protein therapeutics and biomaterials design | Dr. Matt Cordes |
| Oct 17 | Dr.
K.V. Rajagopalan Department of Biochemistry Duke University Medical Center |
Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis. Ancestor of the Ubiquitin-dependent Protein Degradation Pathway | Dr. Gordon Tollin |
| Oct 24 | Dr.
Charles Brooks Department of Molecular Biology Scripps Research Institute |
How Does Protein Motion Influence Enzyme Catalysis? | Dr. Nancy Horton |
| Oct 31 | Dr. David J. Segal Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Arizona |
Zinc Finger-Based
Therapeutics for the Genome |
Dr. Matt Cordes |
| Nov 7 | Dr. Michael Mishkind Department of Biology Bennington College |
Lipid-based Signalling During Heat Shock in Plants | Dr. Elizabeth Vierling |
| Nov 14 | No Seminar | ||
| Nov 21 | Dr.
Stan Roux Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology University of Texas |
Molecular analyses of gravity-directed signaling pathways in single cells | Dr. Marc Tischler |
| Nov 28 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| Dec 5 | Dr. Thomas Terwilliger Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Structural Genomics: Foundation for the Future of Biology? | Dr. William Montfort |
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Special Seminar Jan 12 |
Dr.
Yong Duan Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Delaware Time: 5:00pm Place: BSW 208 |
Protein Folding, Binding and Aggregation: A Computational Perspective | Dr. William Montfort |
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Special Seminar Jan 20 |
Dr. Wonpil Im Department of Molecular Biology Scripps Research Institute Time: 9:30am Place: BSW 208 |
An Implicit Membrane Generalized Born Theory for the Study of Structure, Stability, and Interactions of Membrane Proteins | Dr. Matt Cordes |
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Special Seminar Jan 22 |
Dr. Gnana Gnanakaran |
Connecting the wiggling and jiggling of atoms to measurements | Dr. Nancy Horton |
| Jan 23 | Dr.
Celia Schiffer Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester |
Substrate Recognition and Drug Resistance in HIV Protease | Dr. John Osterhout |
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Special Seminar Jan 26 |
Dr. Nobuyuki Ota Howard Hughes Med Institute Biochemistry & Biophysics University of California, SF Time: 9:00 am Place: BSW 208 |
Understanding of the Dynamic Properties of Proteins | |
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Special Seminar Jan 29 |
Dr. Toby Allen Department of Biochemistry Weill Medical College Cornell University Time: 9:30 am Place: BSW 208 |
Structure and Ion Permeation of the Gramicidin Channel using Molecular Dynamics | Dr. William Montfort |
| Jan 30 | Dr.
Gerald Maggiora Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Arizona |
Exploring Chemistry Space | Dr. Matt Cordes |
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Special Seminar Feb 5 |
Dr.
Jeffery Saven Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Time: 9:30 am Place: BSW 208 |
Probabilistic approach to the
computational design and redesign of proteins |
|
| Feb 6 |
CANCELLED |
De Novo Engineered Pathway for the Formation of Disulfide Bonds | Dr. Elizabeth Vierling |
| Feb 13 | No Seminar | ||
| Feb 20 | Dr.
Robert Sauer Department of Biology MIT Time: 4:00pm Place: PAS 201 |
Energy Dependent Protein Degradation | Drs. Thomas Baldwin and Matt Cordes |
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Special Seminar Feb 26 |
Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
Hormonal Regulation of Obesity and Diabetes by the Adipokine Acrp30/Adiponectin |
Dr. Marc Tischler |
| Feb 27 | Dr.
Michael Brown Department of Chemistry University of Arizona |
Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy of Retinal Binding Proteins in Membranes | |
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Special Seminar Mar 1 |
Dr. Hong Ruan Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Time: 11:00am Place: BSW 219 |
Adipocyte-secreted factors, gene transcription, and diabetes | Dr. Marc Tischler |
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Special Seminar Mar 4 |
Dr. Nick Carpino Department of Biochemistry St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Time: 11:00am Place: BSW 219 |
Negative Regulation of T Cell Receptor Signaling | Dr. Megan McEvoy |
| Mar 5 | Dr.
Steven Brenner Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California, Berkeley |
Alternative role for alternative splicing: Gene regulation by functional coupling with RNA surveillance |
Dr. Matt Cordes |
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Special Seminar Mar 8 |
Dr. Manuel Penichet Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Univ. of California, Los Angeles Time: 11:00am Place: BSW 219 |
Antibody Fusion Proteins: Harnessing the Combined Power of Antibodies and Other Therapeutics for the Treatment of Cancer | |
| Mar 12-19 | No Seminars - Spring Break | ||
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Special Seminar Mar 25 |
Dr. Edgar Young Center for Neurobiology and Behavior Columbia University Time: 12:30pm Place: BSW 208 |
Ion Channels Controlled by Cyclic Nucleotide Binding | Dr. Marc Tischler |
| Mar 26 | Dr.
James Bowie Molecular Biology Institute UCLA |
SAM domains in the construction of cell regulatory complexes | Dr. Matt Cordes |
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Special Seminar Mar 29 |
Dr. Jennifer Watts Institute of Biological Chemistry Washington State University Time: 11:00am Place: BSW 219 |
Specific roles for polyunsaturated
fatty acids in sensory perception and fertility in C. elegans |
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Apr 1 |
Dr.
Carol Robinson Department of Chemistry Cambridge University Time: 4:00pm Place: CBS/Koffler 218 |
Mass Spectrometry of Dynamic Multiprotein Complexes | Drs. Elizabeth Vierling and Vicki Wysocki |
| Apr 9 | Dr.
Roger Miesfeld Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona |
Functional Genomics of Steroid Signaling | |
| Apr 16 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr 23 | Dr.
Debu Chakravarti Department of Pharmacology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Roles of chromatin signaling proteins in transcriptional repression | Dr. William Montfort |
| Apr 30 | Dr.
Squire Booker Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pennsylvania State University |
Enzymatic Sulfur Insertion into Unactivated Alkyl Chains: A Radical Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid |
Dr. Vahe Bandarian |