2008-2009 Seminar Schedule ARCHIVE
Seminars are held in Biosciences West room 208 at 4:05 pm, unless otherwise noted with an asterisk (*). Refreshments will be served. Email Jane Dugas with questions. Dr. Florence Tama is the seminar series coordinator.
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 5 | Dr. Megan McEvoy Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona |
Metal Export Across Two Membranes | |
| September 12 | Dr. Vahe Bandarian Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona | From Primary Metabolism to Secondary Metabolites | |
| September 19 | No seminar | ||
| September 26 | Dr. Giovanna Ghirlanda Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University |
Design of Functional Proteins | Dr. Florence Tama |
| October 3 | Research Retreat/Family weekend | ||
| October 10 | Dr. Jeff Walker Physiology Dept and Diabetes Center, University of Arizona | Top Down Mass Spectrometry of Troponin Subunits: Insights into Cardiac Function and Dysfunction | Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
| October 17 | Dr. Joseph Chihade Department of Chemistry, Carleton College | What we can learn from outliers. Mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetases. | Dr. James Hazzard |
| October 24 | Dr. Terrence Oas Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Duke University | Coupled or Uncoupled? Protein Folding in Multidomain and Ligand Binding Systems | Dr. Andrew Hausrath |
| October 31 | Dr. Feng Liu Department of Pharmacology University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio | Mechanism and Regulation of Adiponectin Multimerization and Signaling | Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
| November 7 | Dr. Mark Foster Department of Biochemistry Ohio State University | NMR Studies of Dynamic Allostery | Dr. Megan McEvoy |
| November 10 4:30 - 6:00 PM The event will begin with a reception at 4:30 PM followed by the seminar at 5:00 PM. |
Eminent Scholar Series Professor James A. Wells Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California at San Francisco *Location: Integrated Learning Center, Room 130 |
Caspases: Nature's Cellular Demolition Expert | The Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics |
| November 14 | Dr. David Mangelsdorf University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Nuclear Receptor Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism | Dr. Marc Tischler |
| November 21 | Dr. Kevin Plaxco Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UC Santa Barbara | Better Living Through Biosensors | Dr. Nancy Horton |
| November 28 | Thanksgiving | ||
| December 5 | Dr. James Berger Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California *Location: ILC 150 | Molecular Mechanisms for Initiating DNA Replication | Undergraduate Biochemistry Club |
| December 12- January 9 | Holidays / Winter Session | ||
| January 16 | Dr. Eric T. Kool Department of Chemistry, Stanford University The event will begin with a reception at 4:30 PM followed by the seminar at 5:00 PM. Student Union, Kiva Room | Mimicking the Structure and Function of DNA | Eminent Scholar Series, presented by The Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics |
| January 23 | Dr. Caryn Outten Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of South Carolina | Spectroscopic Characterization of a 2Fe-2S Cluster Complex that Regulates Yeast Fe Homeostasis | Dr. Megan McEvoy |
| January 30 | Dr. Shelley Lusetti Dept Chemistry and Biochemistry New Mexico State University | Structure and Function of Bacterial RecN Proteins | Dr. Nancy Horton |
| February 6 | Cancelled | ||
| February 13 | Graduate Student Recruitment | ||
| February 16 9:00 am |
Ralph Scully, MBBS, PhD Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center *Location: Kiewit Auditorium, AZ Cancer Center | Double Strand Break Repair and Cancer Predisposition | Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
| February 20 | Dr. Merav Socolovsky University of Massachusetts Medical School | Survival Pathways in Erythropoietic Stress | Dr. Tsu-Shuen Tsao |
| February 27 | Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina | Multiscale Modeling of Complex Biological Systems | Dr. Matt Cordes |
| March 6 | Dr. Carol Post Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Purdue University | Tyrosine phosphorylation triggered conformational transitions in signaling proteins: characterization by NMR and molecular dynamics simulations | Dr. Florence Tama |
| March 13 - 22 | Spring Break | ||
| March 27 | Dr. Ruma Banerjee Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan | The Tinker, Tailor and Mailman in B12 Trafficking | Dr. Vahe Bandarian |
| April 3 *Location: BSW 208 |
Dr. Anthony James Distinguished Professor Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry University of California, Irvine |
Genetic Engineering of Pathogen Resistance in Vector Mosquitoes | Dr. Roger Miesfeld |
| April 10 | Dr. Anne Cress UA Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy | Laminin binding integrins and cancer metastasis | Dr. William Montfort |
| April 17 | Dr. Todd O. Yeates Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA |
Piecing together the structure and function of the
carboxysome and other bacterial microcompartments | Dr. Osamu Miyashita |
| April 24 | Dr. Bogdan Olenyuk Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry |
A Chemical Approach to Modulation of
Transcription and Receptor Function | Dr. Vahe Bandarian |
| May 1 | Dr. Dennis Stuehr Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute / NB30 | The Challenge of Concurrent O2 Activation and NO Production by the Heme Protein, Nitric oxide Synthase | Dr. Katrina Miranda |
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