FY 2007-2008 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | Dr. Nancy Horton Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona |
Flexibility at the Protein-DNA Interface | |
| Sept 7 | Dr. Raymond Jacobson Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of Texas |
Structural Characterization of the General Transcription Factor TFIID | Dr. Andrew Hausrath |
| Sept 14 | Dr. Marcia Levitus Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arizona State University |
Measuring Conformational Dynamics in Nucleic Acids: A New FCS-FRET Approach |
Dr. Florence Tama |
| Sept 21 | Dr. Helen Zgurskaya Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma |
Function of membrane fusion proteins in transport across two membranes | Dr. Megan McEvoy |
| Sept 28 | Dr. Mary Wirth Department of Chemistry University of Arizona |
Silica colloidal crystals for biological analysis | Dr. Florence Tama |
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Special Seminar Oct 1 |
Dr. S. James Remington |
Molecular Mechanism of a Fluorescent Protein Photoswitch | Dr. William Montfort |
| Oct 5 | No Seminar - BMB/MCB Research Retreat | ||
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Special Seminar Oct 8 |
Dr. Joachim Frank Howard Hughes Medical Institute HRI Wadsworth Center Time: 5:00 pm Place: ILC 140 |
The Mechanism of mRNA-tRNA Translocation as Inferred by Cryo-EM |
Dr. Florence Tama |
| Oct 12 | Dr. Julie Leary Department of Chemistry UC Davis |
Probing Chemokine- Glycosaminoglycan interactions using Mass Spectrometry: Implications for inflammation |
BMB Graduate Students |
| Oct 19 | No Seminar - Family Weekend | ||
Special Seminar Oct 25 |
Dr. Donald Voet Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania |
The Biochemistry Content Crisis and the New Focus on Interactive Teaching Techniques: The Makings of a Perfect Storm - a Two Part Series | Undergraduate Biochemistry Club |
| Oct 26 |
Dr. Judith Voet |
The Biochemistry Content Crisis and the New Focus on Interactive Teaching Techniques: The Makings of a Perfect Storm - a Two Part Series | Undergrad Biochem Club |
| Nov 2 | Dr. Indraneel Ghosh Department of Chemistry University of Arizona |
New methodologies for targeting and detecting protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions | Dr. Florence Tama |
| Nov 9 | Dr. David Roberts Biochemical Pathology Section NIH/ NCI |
Thrombospondin-1: Keeping Nitric Oxide on a Short Leash |
Dr. William Montfort |
| Nov 16 | Dr. Chris Rensing Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science University of Arizona |
Love hurts: holding hands with copper |
Dr. Florence Tama |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nov 30 | Dr. Magdalene So Department of Immunobiology University of Arizona |
Type IV pili: Stress-induced signaling and biodynamics of infection | Dr. Thomas Baldwin |
| Dec 7-14 | Finals | ||
| Dec21 - Jan 8 |
Winter Session | ||
| Jan 25 | Dr. Shiladitya DasSarma Center of Marine Biotechnology University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute |
Life at the Extremes: Post-Genomic Biology of a Model Archaeon | Dr. Nancy Horton |
| Feb 1 | Dr. Wayne Frasch School of Life Sciences Arizona State University |
Single Molecule Studies to Investigate the Rotary Mechanism of the F1Fo Molecular Motor | Dr. Andrew Hausrath |
| Feb 8 | Dr. Elizabeth Trimmer Department of Chemistry Grinnell College |
Mechanistic Studies of the Flavin-containing Enzyme Methyl- enetetrahydrofolate Reductase from Escherichia coli |
Dr. Vahe Bandarian |
| Feb 15 | Graduate Student Recruitment - No Seminar | ||
| Feb 22 | Dr. Scot Wolfe Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Exploring & Engineering DNA-binding Specificity using a Bacterial One-hybrid System | Dr. Matt Cordes |
| Feb 29 | Dr. Angel Garcia Department of Physics, Applied Physics, & Astronomy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Pressure folding/unfolding thermodynamics of proteins and nucleic acids | Dr. Osamu Miyashita |
| Mar 7 | Dr. Robert Renthal Department of Biology University of Texas, San Antonio |
Why do membrane proteins fold into compact structures? | Dr. John Hildebrand |
Special Mar 13 |
Dr. Andrew Hausrath Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University of Arizona Time: 11:00am Place: USGS 253 |
Mechanical Roles of Coiled-coils in the ATP Synthase |
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Special |
Dr. Scott Landfear Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Oregon Health & Science University Time: 11:00 am Place: ENRB 253 |
An Essential Role for Glucose Transporters in the Life Cycle of the Leishmania Parasites | Dr. Bill Montfort |
| Mar 28 | Dr.
Sabeeha Merchant Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UCLA |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Trace Element Homeostasis in Chlamydomonas | Dr. Carol Dieckmann |
| Apr 4 | Dr._Emmanuelle_Meuillet Department of Nutritional Science University of Arizona |
Development of Novel AKT Inhibitors |
Dr. Marc Tischler |
| Apr 11 | Dr.
Hans Bohnert Department of Plant Biology University of Illinois |
Predictive Gene Networks | Dr. Roger Miesfeld |
Special Seminar Apr 18 |
Dr. Sidney Cox Department of Biology California Institute of Technology Time: Noon Place: LSS 440 |
Programming gene expression with combinatorial promoters | Dr. John Little |
| Apr 18 | Dr._Kevin_Sanbonmatsu Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Large-scale simulations of decoding by the ribosome | Dr. Florence Tama |
| Apr 25 | Dr. Craig Stump College of Medicine University of Arizona |
The Renin-Angiotensin System and Oxidative Stress in the Metabolic Syndrome | Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
| May 2 | Dr.
David Lee Department of Chemistry Tufts University |
Design and Characterization of Macromolecular Complexes: Linear Viral Arrays and Adiponectin |
Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
Special May 14 |
Dr. Walter Schaffner Institute of Molecular Biology University of Zurich Time: 3:00 pm Place: BSW 210 |
How to cope with heavy metal stress: Drosophila as a model for metal homeostasis and detoxification | Dr. Megan McEvoy |