| Date/Location |
Host Division |
Invited Speaker |
Host Faculty |
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Wed., Sept. 7
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM
|
SBB
|
Dr. David Fushman, University of Maryland
Structure, dynamics, and ligand interactions of polyubiquitin chains. Clues to functional diversity of polyubiquitin. |
Kylie Walters |
|
Wed., Sept. 14
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MBB |
Dr. Patrick Higgins, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Organization of Bacterial Chromosome Domains and their Re-Organization by Transcription |
Arkady Khodursky |
|
Wed., Sept. 21
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB
|
Dr. Xiaoli Chen, FScN, University of Minnesota
Understanding the Endocrine Role of Adipose Cells in Metabolic Diseases. |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., Sept. 28
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM
|
MB |
Dr. Vinay Pathak, HIV Drug Resistance Program, CCR, NCI, Frederick, MD
Mechanisms of HIV-1 Antiviral Drug Resistance and Host Restriction Factor APOBEC3G. |
Reuben Harris & Louis Mansky (IMV) |
Wed., Oct. 5
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MBB |
Dr. Daniel Bond, University of Minnesota
Harnessing abilities of metal-reducing bacteria. |
Larry Wackett |
|
Wed., Oct. 12
105 Cargill
4-5 PM
|
Dagley Lecture
|
Dr. Perry Frey, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A story of hydrogen bonding: The low-barrier hydrogen bond in chymotrypsin. |
Larry Wackett |
|
Thur., Oct. 13
105 Cargill
4-5 PM |
Dagley Lecture |
Dr. Perry Frey, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Science and Antiscience. |
Larry Wackett |
|
Wed., Oct. 19
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Dr. Donald M. Bers, Loyola University in Chicago
Regulation of intracellular [Na]: Na/Ca Exchange, Na/K-ATPase and local control |
David Thomas |
Wed., Oct. 26
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB
|
Dr. Trevor Archer, NIH/DHHS
Hormone induced transcription: Where chromatin remodeling and the proteasome meet.
|
Michel Sanders |
|
Tues., Nov. 1
2-650 Moos Tower
12:20 PM |
Lerner Lecture
|
Dr. Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Cancelled |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., Nov. 9
3-120 MCB
4:00-5:00 pm
|
RB |
Dr. Jared Rutter, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
Regulated glucose partitioning by PAS kinase. |
Do-Hyung Kim |
Wed., Nov 16
105 Cargill
4:00-5:00 PM |
Henderson Lecture |
Dr. Samuel W. Cushman
EDMNS, DB NIDDK NIH,Bethesda, MD
|
Bianca Conti-Fine (BMBB) and
Dan Gallaher (FScN) |
Wed., Nov. 23
|
|
No Seminar
|
|
Wed., Nov 30
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Dr. Paul R. Carey, Case Western Reserve University
The Molecular Basis of Drug Resistance in Beta-Lactamase Enzymes Determined by Raman Crystallography. |
Carrie Wilmot |
|
Wed., Dec. 7
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB/MBB |
Dr. Susan M. Rosenberg, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Those are the breaks: new views of adaptive mutation and spontaneous DNA damage and repair. |
Reuben Harris |
|
Wed., Dec. 14
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Dr. James Ervasti, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dystrophin and utrophin: sequence homologues with distinct functional mechanisms. |
David Thomas |
| Wed. Dec. 21 |
|
No Seminar
|
|
| Wed., Dec 28 |
|
No Seminar |
|
| Wed., Jan 4 |
|
No Seminar
|
|
|
Wed., Jan 11
105 Cargill
12-1 PM |
Faculty Search Seminar |
Dr. Elizabeth Boon, University of California, Berkeley
Ligand selectivity in the H-NOX family: from soluble guanylate cyclase to bacterial nitric oxide sensors
|
BMBB/BTI Faculty Candidate |
Thurs., Jan 12
342 Gortner
9-10 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Elizabeth Boon, University of California, Berkeley |
|
|
Wed., Jan 18
239 Gorther
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Reza Ghiladi, Univertsity of California, San Francisco
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Catalase-Peroxidase (KatG): Insights into Isoniazid Resistance Pathways in TB and the Role of the Met-Tyr-Trp Crosslink in Catalysis
|
BMBB/BTI Faculty Candidate |
Thur., Jan 19
342 Gortner
9-10 AM
|
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Reza Ghiladi, Univertsity of California, San Francisco |
|
Wed., Jan 25
|
|
No Seminar |
|
Mon., Jan 30
105 Cargill
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Joseph Emerson, University of Minnesota
Dioxgen Activation in Mn- and Fe-Dependent Extradiol Dioxygenase Enzymes |
BMBB/BTI Faculty Candidate |
Tues., Jan 31
342 Gortner
9-10 AM
|
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Joseph Emerson, University of Minnesota |
|
Wed., Feb 1
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Mark Morais, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Building a dsDNA Bacteriophage: the Pseudoatomic Structore of Phi29
|
SBB Faculty Candidate |
Thur., Feb 2
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Mark Morais, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
|
Mon., Feb 6
2-137 Jackson
4-5 PM
|
Faculty Search
Seminar |
Dr. Gregory J. Miller, NIDDK, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD
Specificity and Mechanism in Inositol Signaling: Insights from Structures of Inositol Polyphosphate Kinases. |
SSB Faculty Candidate |
Tues., Feb 7
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Gregory J. Miller, NIDDK, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD |
|
Wed., Feb 8
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Graduate Student- Hosted
Seminar |
Dr. James J. Manfredi, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
|
Laura Antos
(Potter Lab) |
Thur., Feb 9
2-137 Jackson
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar
|
Dr. John Pascal, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Anatomy of a mammalian DNA ligase and structural insights into the DNA end-joining reaction. |
SBB Faculty Candidate |
Fri., Feb 10
6-135 Jackson
8:39-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. John Pascal, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
|
Mon., Feb 13
105 Cargill
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Jamie Bacher, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
The Crucial Role of Ambiguity in Genetic Code Evolution. |
BMBB/BTI Faculty Candidate |
Tues., Feb 14
342 Gortner
9-10 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Jamie Bacher, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA |
|
Wed., Feb 15
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
Goldberg
Lecture |
Dr. Christopher B. Newgard, Stedman Nutrition Center, Duke University
Comprehensive metabolic analysis to identify mechanisms of diabetes and obesity. |
|
Wed., Feb. 22
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Anindya Dutta, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA |
Anja-Katrin Bielinsky |
Thur., Feb 23
2-650 Moos
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar
|
Dr. Roberto Dominguez, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, MA |
SBB Faculty Search |
Fri, Feb 24
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Roberto Dominguez, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, MA |
|
Wed, Mar 1
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, University of California, Davis
Rad54: The Swiss Army Knife of Recombination? |
Eric Hendrickson |
Thur, Mar, 2
2-137 Jackson
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Stevan Hubbard, Skirball Inst. Biomolecular Med., New York University School of Medicine, NY
Structural Basis for Protein Recruitment to the Activated Insulin Receptor.
|
SSB Faculty Search |
Fri, Mar 3
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Stevan Hubbard, Skirball Inst. Biomolecular Med., New York University School of Medicine, NY |
|
Wed, Mar 8
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Dr. James Bardwell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Catalysis of Disulfide Bond Formation
Cancelled |
Vivian Bardwell |
Thur., Mar., 9
2-137 Jackson
4-5 PM |
Faculty
Search
Seminar |
Dr. Cheryl Kerfeld, University of California, Los Angeles
The Carboxysome: A Case Study in the Structure and Function of Prokaryotic Organelles. |
SBB Faculty Search |
Fri, Mar., 10
6-135 Jackson
8:30-9:30 AM |
Chalk Talk |
Dr. Cheryl Kerfeld, University of California, Los Angeles |
|
| Wed., Mar., 15 |
|
No Seminar |
|
Wed., Mar., 22
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Dr. Sandra Lobo, BMBB (Bernlohr Lab), Boyer-Peter Award recipient (2005-6)
Fatty Acid Influx in Adipocytes: Functional Analysis Using FATP1 Knockdown 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., Mar. 29
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Ellen Fanning, Vanderbilt University/HHMI
Choreographing DNA Replication: Structural Mechanisms of a Simple Replication Machine. |
Anja-Katrin Bielinsky |
Wed., Apr., 5
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
|
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|
Wed., Apr., 12
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
SBB |
Dr. Michael Rossmann, Purdue University
Tailed Bacteriophages: Structure, Function and Evolution. |
Doug Ohlendorf |
Wed., Apr., 19
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
MB |
Dr. Peter Lansdorp, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Helicase-like Proteins Required to Maintain G-rich DNA in C. elegans and Mice. |
Eric Hendrickson |
Wed., Apr. 26
3-120 MCB
4-5 PM |
RB |
Dr. William Smith, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
David Bernlohr |
Wed., May 3
2-101 NHH
1:30-5 PM
|
Bollum
Smposium |
The Science of Aging
Dr. Leonard P. Guarante, MIT, Boston
Dr. Holly Van Remmen, University of Texas, San Antonio
Dr. Richard A. Miller, University of Michigan
Dr. Richard Weindruch, University of Wisconsin |
BMBB Dept. |
Seminars are scheduled each week at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesdays during the Fall and
Spring semesters.
Disability accommodations will be provided upon request. Please call Ann Johnson, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Minneapolis office, 626-2127.
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