2001-2002

2002-2003

2004-2005
Structural Biology Journal Club
(Mondays, in BSBE 4-101, 12:00 - 1:00pm)

Speaker Presentation Schedule

2003-2004 Academic Year
Date Speaker Topic
9/8 Ioulia Rouzina HIV NC protein as a chaperone of RNA folding.
9/15 James Thompson Watching a protein as it functions.
9/22 Emily Metcalfe Solution structure and dynamics of the outer membrane enzyme PagP by NMR.
9/22 Michael Garwood Diagnosing and predicting therapeutic response in breast cancer using NMR spectroscopy.
10/6 Besik Kaukia Thermodynamic studies of nucleic acids.
10/13 Allen Orville The structural basis of reductive and oxidative denitration reactions by flavoenzymes.
10/20 Arwen Pearson, PhD The complete atomic model of the bacterial flagellar filament by electron cryomicroscopy.
10/27 David Live, PhD Structural organization of mucin glycoproteins.
11/3 David Thomas, PhD Relating crystal structures to molecular mechanisms in muscle contraction and calcium transport.
11/17 Brian Brazeau Structural factors in determining the redox potentials of iron-sulfur clusters.
11/24 Ramachandraiah
Gosu
Crystallographic and modelling studies on a mannose-specific lectin from garlic bulbs.
12/1 Douglas Ohlendorf, PhD Boffo De Novo -- Successful design of a 93 residue alpha/beta protein.
12/8 Kent Brown A neutron Laue diffraction study of endothiapepsin: implications for the aspartic proteinase mechanism.
12/15 Seth Robia, PhD Intrasequence GFP in class I MHC molecules, a rigid probe for fluorescence anisotropy measurements of the membrane environment.
12/22 Amersham Column Packing movie
1/26 Arwen Pearson, PhD Crystal Structure of Biotin Synthase
2/2 David Levitt Introduction to human pharmacokinetics: How many beers can you drink and stay under the legal limit?
2/9 Jack Surek Myosin electrostatic potential measured by site-directed spin labeling and EPR.
2/16 Wasantha Ranatunga Structural studies of the Nudix hydrolase DR1025 from Deinococcus radiodurans and its ligand complexes.
2/23 Len Banaszak, PhD Chemical signaling: the control of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase.
3/1 Mike Autry, PhD Monitoring protein stability and aggregation in vivo by real-time fluorescent labeling.
3/8 Monica Arroyo Research Review: Structural and Biological Studies of the Anti-angiogenicPeptide Anginex
3/15 Kylie Walters, PhD Rapid fold determination using unassigned NMR data.
3/22 Linda Ellis, PhD Novel staph enterotoxins: how can bioinformatics help?
3/29 Razvan Cornea, PhD "Fluorescent Biosensors for Ryanodine Receptor Ca2+ Channels"
4/5 Brad Elmore Oxygen Activation by the Noncoupled Binuclear Copper Site in Peptidylglycine a-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase. Reaction Mechanism and Role of the Noncoupled Nature of the Active Site
4/12 Matt Neibergall The structural basis of cephalosporin formation in a mononuclear ferrous enzyme.
4/19 Teresa Delamora Using nanoparticle optics assay for direct observation of the function of antimicrobial agents in single live bacterial cells.
4/26 Harry Hogenkamp, PhD Playing in the Sandbox.
5/3 Matt Devany The human oncogene DEK: a sequence specific DNA binding protein or a non-specific chromatin architectural protein?
5/10 Griffin, PhD Quantitative Proteomics: Present and Future
5/17 Ian Armitage, PhD Metallothionein
5/24 Brian Cox Evidence of Structure in the Presequence of Mitochondrial Precursor Proteins in Solution
5/31   Memorial Day
6/7 Alessandro Mascioni, PhD Structure, Dynamics and Protein-Protein Interaction in Cardiac Contractility: an NMR Investigation
6/14   Farewell summer party!