Spring 2008 Colloquium Series

Thursdays 11:30 - 12:20 pm, 101 Biochemistry


Speaker Affiliation Speaking Date Host Title of Talk
Dr. David Braun Pennsylvania State Univ. January 17 Dr. Dean DellaPenna Tie-dyed1 encodes a novel protein controlling carbohydrate accumulation in leaves.
Abstract
Dr. M. Celeste Simon Univ. of Pennsylvania January 24 Dr. John LaPres HIFs, hypoxia, and stem cells.
Rescheduled
Dr. Zheng Hua Ye
Univ. of Georgia February 1
10 a.m
Rm 1425 BPS
Dr. Markus Pauly Transcriptional regulation of secondary wall biosynthesis. Abstract
Dr. Min Han Univ. of Colorado, Boulder February 7 BMB Graduate Students Genetic redundancy associated with tumor suppressor genes and systematic analysis of microRNA effector complexes in C. elegans Abstract
Dr. Joel Pounds Pacific Northwest National Lab February 14 Dr. John LaPres Systems toxicology of engineered nanomaterials. Abstract
Dr. Sean Mooney Indiana Univ February 21 Dr. Maria Zavodszky Understanding the biochemical effects of nonsinonymous SNPS and mutations. Abstract
Dr. Yi Lu Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign February 28 Dr. Honggao Yan Designing a cytochrome c oxidase
Abstract
Spring Break
Dr. Hermann Steller Rockefeller Univ. March 13 BMB Graduate Students Death by degradation: Regulation of apoptosis by ubiquitin pathway proteins. Abstract
Dr. Bonnie Bassler Princeton Univ. March 20 Dr. Lee Kroos Small talk: Cell-to-cell communication in bacteria. Abstract
Dr. Sue Biggins Univ. of Washington March 27 Dr. Min-Hao Kuo Regulation of chromosome segregation. Abstract
Dr. Scott Stevens Univ. of Texas, Austin April 3 Dr. John Wang Mechanism, assembly and composition of the pre-mRNA processing machinery
Abstract
Dr. Michael Washburn
Stowers Institute
BOEZI LECTURESHIP
April 10
Dr. Zach Burton
Using normalized spectral abundance factors to visualize protein complexes and protein interaction networks. Abstract
Dr. Alan Jones Univ. of North Carolina
TOLBERT LECTURESHIP
April 17 Dr. Markus Pauly A novel receptor-GAP in Arabidopsis G protein cycling. Abstract
Dr. Lizbeth Hedstrom Brandeis Univ. April 24 Dr. Honggao Yan IMP Dehydrogenase and the dynamics of drug selectivity. Abstract