| Date/Location |
Host Division |
Invited Speaker |
Host Faculty |
| Wed., Sept. 1 |
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No Seminar |
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Wed., Sept. 8
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Terry Unterman
University of Illinois, Chicago
"FoxO Transcription Factors in Insulin Action: Effects on Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Metabolism" |
Howard Towle |
|
Wed., Sept. 15
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Daniel Finley
Harvard Medical School, Boston |
Kylie Walters |
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Wed., Sept. 22
105 Cargill-MPG Bldg.
4-5 PM |
MBB |
H. Steven Wiley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA "Computational Analysis of Biological Networks" |
Fumiaki Katagiri
(Plant Biology) |
Wed., Sept. 29
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM
|
MB |
Diane Robins, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
"A tale of two mechanisms: Androgen control of liver sex differences and prostate cancer". |
Michel Sanders |
Wed., Oct. 6
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Leonard R. Forte,
Truman Memorial VA Hospital, Columbia, MO
"Uroguanylin Receptor-Guanyl Cyclase and Cyclic GMP: From Travelers' Diarrhea To Colon Cancer" |
Lincoln Potter |
|
Wed., Oct. 13
239 Gortner
1-2 PM |
MBB |
John Frost
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Benzene-Free Chemical Synthesis |
Faculty Candidate |
|
Wed., Oct. 20
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Yeon-Kyun Shin, Iowa State University
"SNARE-induced membrane fusion: Digging out the structural basis from the membrane with EPR" |
David Thomas |
Wed., Oct. 27
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Sang Eun Lee, University of Texas, San Antonio
"Remodeling and Fixing Broken Chromosomes" |
Eric Hendrickson |
|
Wed., Nov. 3
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Randy Tibbetts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Genome surveillance functions of ATM/ATR family kinases" |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., Nov. 10
105 Cargill-MPG Bldg.
4:00-5:00 pm
|
Dagley Lecture |
Sir David Hopwood, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
"The discovery and development of antibiotics." |
Larry Wackett |
Thur., Nov. 11
105 Cargill-MPG Bldg.
4:00-5:00 pm |
Dagley Lecture |
Sir David Hopwood, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
"Using Streptomyces genes to make new antibiotics." |
Larry Wackett |
Tues., Nov 16
2-520 Moos Tower
12:20 PM |
Lerner
Lecturee |
Jean Schaffer
"Lipotoxicity: when tissues overeat" |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., Nov. 17
239 Gortner
4-5 PM |
|
No Seminar |
|
Wed., Nov. 24
|
|
No Seminar |
|
Wed., Dec. 1
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Louis Mansky, Institute for Molecular Virology, UMN |
Reuben Harris |
|
Wed., Dec. 8
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Robert Murphy, National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver, CO)
"Leukotriene Biosynthesis and Fatty Acid Binding Proteins" |
David Bernlohr |
|
Wed., Dec. 15
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Peter Fajer, Florida State University
"Conformational changes in muscle associated with force generation and activation." |
David Thomas |
| Wed. Dec. 22 |
|
No Seminar |
|
| Wed., Dec 29 |
|
No Seminar |
|
| Wed., Jan 5 |
|
No Seminar |
|
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Mon., Jan 10
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search Seminar |
Dr. Ailong Ke, University of California, Berkeley
"Chemical Repertoire of RNA in HDV Ribozyme and Signal Recognition Particle" |
|
Tues., Jan 11
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Ailong Ke
|
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Wed., Jan 19
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Andrey Krasilnikov, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
"Structural Diversity in Homologous RNAs: Two Types of the Specificity Domain of RNase P Ribozyme"
|
|
Thur., Jan 20
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Andrey Krasilnikov |
|
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Mon., Jan 31
2-530 Moos
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Mark Wilson, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
"Structural Studies of the DJ-1 Superfamily: Implications for the Molecular Basis of Parkinson's Disease" |
|
Tues., Feb 1
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Mark Wilson |
|
Wed., Feb 2
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Helen Walden, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
"Structural Insights into Ubiquitin-like protein transfer cascades" |
|
Thur., Feb 3
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Helen Walden |
|
Mon, Feb 7
2-530 Moos Tower
4-5 PM |
|
Dr. Tsan Xiao, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
"The Structural Basis for Integrin Activation, Ligand Binding and Therapeutic Antagonism" |
|
Tues, Feb 8
6-101 BSBE |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Tsan Xiao |
|
Wed., Feb 9
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Jeff Vargason, NIEHS/NIH, Triangle Park, NC
"Structure, Specificity, and Function of an RNA Silencing Suppressor"
|
|
Thur., Feb 10
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Jeff Vargason
"Structure, Specificity, and Function of an RNA Silencing Suppressor"
|
|
Mon., Feb 14
239 Gortner
4:00 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Alexander Horswill, Pennsylvania State University, PA
"Using protein engineering to investigate enzyme catalysis and protein-protein interactions." |
|
Tues., Feb 15
342 Gortner
10:30-11:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Alexander Horswill |
|
Wed., Feb 16
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Goldberg Lecture |
Dr. Barbara Kahn, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston
"AMP-activated Protein Kinase: Ancient Fuel Gauge is a Key to Modern Understanding of Metabolism" |
Alex Lange |
Wed., Feb. 23
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Christopher Pearson, University of Toronto
"DNA Replication, Repair and Modulation of Disease-associated CAG Repeat Instability" |
Anja-Katrin Bielinsky |
Mon, Feb 28
239 Gortner
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Zhi Li, Institute of Biotechnology, Zurich Switzerland
"Development of biocatalytic methods for enantioselective synthesis." |
|
Tues., Mar 1
342 Gortner
9-10 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Zhi Li |
|
Wed., Mar., 2
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SB |
Dr. Nils Walter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
"Lumos or: Seeing is believing: Structural dynamics and function are closely linked in (single) RNA enzymes" |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
Wed., Mar., 9
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Eric U. Selker, University of Oregon
"Genome Defense and DNA Methylation in Neurospora" |
Reuben Harris |
| Wed., Mar., 16 |
|
No Seminar |
|
Wed., Mar., 23
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Dr. Grant Anderson, University of Minnesota, Duluth
"The control of thyroid hormone action
during mammalian brain development" |
Alex Lange |
Wed., Mar. 30
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Lawrence Kleiman, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal
"Regulation of Primer tRNALys3/Viral RNA Annealing During Reverse
Transcription in HIV-1" |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
Wed., Apr., 6
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SB |
Dr. Peter H. Yu, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
"Involvement of Aldehydes Derived from SSAO-mediated Deamination in Protein Misfolding Related to Aging and Chronic Neurodegeneration: From Diabetes to Alzheimer's Disease" |
Carrie Wilmot |
Wed., Apr., 13
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MBB |
|
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Wed., Apr., 20
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Dr. Sheila Collins, Centers for Health Research (CIIT), Research Triangle Park, NC
"Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins: Regulatory Mechanisms and Role in Metabolic Disease" |
Betsy Wattenberg and David Bernlohr |
Wed., Apr. 27
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SB |
Dr. Arwen Pearson, BMBB (Wilmot Lab), Boyer-Peter Award recipient (2003-4)
"Probing the Biogenesis of Tryptophan Tryptophylquinone, the Novel Protein Derived Cofactor of Methylamine Dehydrogenase" |
Carrie Wilmot |
Wed., May 4
2-690 Moos
1-5 PM
|
Bollum Smposium |
"Computational Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" |
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