2008-2009
| Date |
Location |
Visitor |
Title |
Host |
| 9/4/08 |
1117 MERF |
Karen Adelman
NIEHS |
Dynamic Interactions Between Nucleosomes and Stalled Polymerase |
D. Price |
| 9/11/08 |
2117 MERF |
James Bowie
UCLA |
What Drives the Folding of Membrane Proteins? |
S. Khademi |
| 9/18/08 |
2117 MERF |
Rachel Buchsbaum
Tufts University |
The Double Life of a Rac Exchange Factor |
E. Fuentes |
| 10/2/08 |
2117 MERF |
Enrique De La Cruz
Yale University |
How Cofilin Breaks an Actin Filament |
P. Rubenstein/E. Fuentes |
10/9/08
4:00 PM |
1289 CBRB |
Richard Kriwacki
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
co-sponsored with MCB Graduate Program |
How Flexible Proteins Regulate Cell Division and Apoptosis; Art, p27 and PUMA |
E. Fuentes/D. Quelle |
| 10/23/08 |
2117 MERF |
Sepedeh Khorasanizadeh
University of Virginia Health System |
The Roles of Chromodomains in Epigenetic Regulations |
L. Wallrath |
| 10/30/08 |
2117 MERF |
Thomas Friedman
NIH |
TRIOBP Bundles Actin and Is at the Root of Deafness |
L. Wallrath/P. Rubenstein |
| 11/6/08 |
2117 MERF |
Liping Yu, Director
UI Nuclear Magnetic Res. Facility |
Structural Studies of Biomolecules by NMR Spectroscopy |
M. Shea |
| 11/13/08 |
2117 MERF |
Jon Houtman
Microbiology Dept. Univ. Iowa |
Investigating the Role of Grb2 in the Function of the Adaptor Protein LAT |
T. Washington |
| 11/20/08 |
2117 MERF |
Channing Der
University of North Carolina
co-sponsored with Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Aberrant Ras and Rho GTPase Signal Transduction and Oncogenesis |
E. Fuentes/G. Wiener |
| 12/4/08 |
2117 MERF |
Barbara Panning
University of California-San Francisco |
Epigenetic Regulation in Embryonic Stem Cells |
P. Geyer |
| 12/11/08 |
2117 MERF |
Andrea Duina
Hendrix College |
Insights into the Mechanism of yFACT Association Across Transcribed Genes in vivo |
P. Nagy |
| 1/22/09 |
2117 MERF |
Terry Orr-Weaver
M.I.T. |
Developmental Regulation of DNA Replication |
P. Geyer |
| 1/29/09 |
2117 MERF |
Yeon-Kyun Shin
Iowa State University |
SNARE-Mediated Membrane Fusion: Mechanism and Regulation |
S. Ramaswamy/S. Khademi |
| 2/5/09 |
2117 MERF |
John Tesmer
University of Michigan |
Structural Studies of Heterotrimeric G Protein Signaling |
P. Nagy |
| 2/12/09 |
2117 MERF |
Michael Wiener
University of Virginia |
TonB-Dependent Outer Membrane Active Transport: Structural Answers & Mechanistic Questions |
S. Khademi |
| 2/19/09 |
2117 MERF |
Patricia Clark
University of Notre Dame |
What a Difference a Cell Makes: Protein Folding in vivo |
M. Shea |
| 2/26/09 |
2117 MERF |
Lucy Cherbas
Indiana University |
Tissue-specificity in the Action of a Steroid Hormone: Insights from Genetics and Genomics |
L. Wallrath |
| 3/13/09 |
2117 MERF |
John York
Duke University |
Insights into Inositol Phosphate Cellular Signaling Pathways |
|
| 3/26/09 |
2117 MERF |
Benoit Roux
University of Chicago |
Theoretical Studies of K=\+ Channels: Permeating, Selectivity, Gating, and Inactivation |
S. Khademi |
| 4/2/09 |
2117 MERF |
Steve Whitten
UTMB |
Developing Ligands that Intervene in Protein Misfolding Disease |
M. Shea |
| 4/9/09 |
2117 MERF |
Douglas Freyman
Northwestern University |
The Structure of the SRP GTPase Complex as a Key to Its Mechanism |
S. Ramaswamy/S. Khademi |
| 4/30/09 |
2117 MERF |
Robert Ross
University of California-San Diego |
Vinculin and Talin: Lessons from the Mouse Myocardium |
K. DeMali |
| 5/7/09 |
2117 MERF |
Frank Fan
Promega |
Genetically Encoded Luciferase Biosensors for Life Science Research and Drug Discovery |
B. Plapp |
2007-2008
| Date |
Location |
Visitor |
Title |
Host |
| 8/30/07 |
2117 MERF |
Stephen B.H. Kent
University of Chicago |
Chemistry of the Molecules of Life - Total Synthesis of Proteins for Biological Research |
Khademi |
| 9/20/07 |
2117 MERF |
Mark Lagrimini (Carl Vestling Lecture)
University of Nebraska |
Peroxidase: One Enzyme's View on Plant Growth and Development |
Donelson |
| 9/27/07 |
2117 MERF |
Jeffrey J. Hayes
University of Rochester |
|
Washington |
| 10/4/07 |
2117 MERF |
Daniel Schoenberg
Ohio State University |
c-Src Activation of mRNA Decay: A new link between signal transduction and cancer? |
Price |
| 10/11/07 |
2117 MERF |
Colin Stewart
NIH |
Functional Architecture of the Nucleus in Development and Disease |
Geyer |
| 10/18/07 |
2117 MERF |
John Lis
Cornell University |
|
Wallrath |
| 10/25/07 |
2117 MERF |
Peter Burgers
Washington University |
|
Wold |
| 11/1/07 |
2117 MERF |
Susan Craig
Johns Hopkins University |
|
DeMali |
| 11/8/07 |
1117 MERF |
Sharon Dent
MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Function of Histone Modifying Enzymes |
Wallrath |
| 11/15/07 |
2117 MERF |
Anthony Persechini
Univ. Missouri-Kansas City |
Calmodulin: A Context-dependent Molecular Switch |
Shea |
| 11/29/07 |
2117 MERF |
Danesh Moazed
Harvard University |
|
Geyer |
| 12/7/07 |
2117 MERF |
HENRY BULL LECTURE
Robert Stroud
Univ. California, San Francisco, Dept. Biochem. & Biophysics |
|
Elcock |
| 12/13/07 |
2117 MERF |
Alessio Accardi
University of Iowa, Dept. Molecular Physiology |
|
Khademi |
| 1/31/08 |
2117 MERF |
Craig Mizzen
University of Illinois-Urbana, Dept. Cell & Develop. Biology |
Regulation and Function of Histone H4-K20 Methylation |
Wallrath |
| 2/14/08 |
2117 MERF |
John Logsdon
University of Iowa, Dept. Biology |
Sex, Cells: The Origin and Evolution of Meiosis (or, How Cupid Got His Genes) |
Wold |
| 2/21/08 |
2117 MERF |
John Kirby
University of Iowa, Dept. Microbiology |
Chemosensory Regulation of Biofilm Formation in Bacteria |
Fuentes |
| 2/28/08 |
2117 MERF |
Karissa Carlson (PhD Thesis Seminar)
University of Iowa, Dept. Biochemistry |
Translesion DNA Synthesis by Eukaryotic DNA Polymerases Eta and Kappa |
Washington |
| 3/6/08 |
2117 MERF |
Marisa Bartolomei
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. Cell & Develop. Biol. |
Epigenetic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting |
Geyer |
| 3/7/08 |
2117 MERF |
Lukas Tamm
University of Virginia, Dept. Molec. Physiol. & Biol. Physics |
Gate Keepers of Our Cells: Membrane Proteins in Ion Conduction, Synaptic Transmission, and Virus Entry |
|
| 3/10/08 10:30 AM |
2117 MERF |
John Denu
University of Wisconsin- Madison, Dept. Biomolec. Chemistry |
Histone epigenetics, protein acetylation and metabolic regulation |
|
| 3/13/08 |
2117 MERF |
Jeannie T. Lee
Harvard Medical School, Dept. Genetics |
X-chromosome inactivation: Sex, heterochromatin, pairing, and stem cells |
Geyer |
| 3/13/08 2:00 PM |
2117 MERF |
John York
Duke University, Dept. Pharm. & Cancer Biol. and Biochemistry |
Insights into Inositol Phosphate Cellular Signaling Pathways |
|
| 3/20/08 |
Spivey Auditorium (Aud. 2), BSB |
John Lee
University of Iowa, Dept. Otolaryngology |
Loss of PTPN13 Induced by HPV Synergizes with Receptor Tyrosine Kinases to Result in Invasive Growth |
DeMali |
| 3/27/08 |
2117 MERF |
Jeff Peng
Notre Dame, Dept. Chem. & Biochemistry |
Functional Motions of Modular Signaling Proteins |
Fuentes |
| 4/10/08 |
2117 MERF |
Jodi M. Nunnari
Univ. California, Davis, Dept. Molec. & Cell Biol. |
The Machines that Divide and Fuse Mitochondria |
Rubenstein |
| 4/15/08 9:00 AM |
2117 MERF |
Thomas Smithgall
Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Dept. Molec. Genetics & Biochemistry |
HIV Accessory Proteins as Targets for Anti-Retroviral Drug Discovery |
|
| 4/17/08 |
2117 MERF |
Tomomi Kuwana
University of Iowa, Dept. Pathology |
Investigation on Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization (MOMP) in Apoptosis |
Khademi |
| 4/24/08 |
2189 MERF |
Lillian Chong
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. Chemistry |
Atomistic Simulations of Natively Unfolded Proteins |
Elcock |
| 4/30/08 1:20 PM |
5-669 BSB |
Lata Biochemistry Undergraduate Honors Symposium
University of Iowa, Dept. Biochemistry |
|
|
| 5/1/08 |
283 EMRB |
Michael Cole
Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Ctr |
MYC and Cancer: Transcription, Translation, and Wnt |
Price |
| 5/8/08 |
2189 MERF |
Carol Deutsch
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. Physiology |
Kv Channels and the Ribosome: Tunnel Vision |
Elcock |
2006-2007 Seminars
| Date |
Location |
Visitor |
Title |
Host |
8/31/06
|
2117 MERF |
Qiang Cui
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Long-range Proton Transfers in Biomolecules: an alternative to the Grotthuss mechanism? |
Elcock |
| 9/14/06 |
2117 MERF |
Montgomery Honorary Symposium |
|
|
| 9/21/06 |
2117 MERF |
David Levens
NIH |
How the c-myc Promoter Works: the role of dynamic supercoiling in realtime feedback |
Price |
| 9/28/06 |
2117 MERF |
David Sept
Washington University |
Molecular Mechanism and Allosteric Effects of Microtubule Drugs |
Elcock |
| 10/12/06 |
2117 MERF |
Mary Ann Osley
University of New Mexico |
Histone Ubiquitylation and Transcription |
Wallrath |
| 10/19/06 |
2117 MERF |
Peter Mohler
Univ. Iowa, Dept. Internal Medicine |
Dysfunction in Ankyrin-based Pathway for Ion Channel and Transporter Targeting and Human Arrhythmia |
DeMali |
| 10/26/06 |
2117 MERF |
Bruce Goode
Brandeis University CANCELLED |
Actin Machines and the Dynamic Remodeling of Cell Architecture |
Rubenstein |
| 11/2/06 |
2117 MERF |
Peter Flynn
University of Utah |
A New Paradigm for Studies of Encapsulated Proteins |
Fuentes |
| 11/9/06 |
2117 MERF |
John Rosazza
Univ. Iowa, College of Pharmacy |
Reductions of Carboxylic Acids by Aldehyde Oxidoreductase Requires a Phosphopanthetheinylated Enzyme |
Rubenstein |
| 11/16/06 |
2117 MERF |
Michelle Barton
MD Anderson Cancer Center |
p53 Meets TGF-beta in Chromatin Modification |
Wallrath |
| 11/30/06 |
2189 MERF |
Michael Shogren-Knaak
Iowa State University |
Elucidating the Effects of Histone Modifications on Higher-Order Chromatin Structure |
Wallrath |
| 12/7/06 |
2117 MERF |
Phoebe Rice
University of Chicago |
Sin and Flp: Structural biochemistry of two very different site-specific DNA recombinases |
Ramaswamy |
| 12/14/06 |
2117 MERF |
Bryan Allen (PhD Thesis Seminar)
Univ. Iowa, Biochemistry Dept. |
The Role of XNkx2 in Xenopus Cardiac Development |
Weeks |
| 1/18/07 |
2117 MERF |
Anne Dickson (PhD Thesis Seminar)
Univ. Iowa, Biochemistry Dept. |
RPA32-DNA Interactions are not Essential for Growth and Viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Wold |
| 1/25/07 |
2117 MERF |
Brian Kay
University of Illinois, Chicago |
Designer Peptide and Protein Afficnity Reagents |
Fuentes |
| 1/30/07 |
2117 MERF |
George Giudice
Medical College of Wisconsin |
The Role of Type XVII Collagen in Autoimmune and Inherited Diseases of the Skin |
Donelson |
| 2/1/07 |
2117 MERF |
Darryl Granner (Carl Vestling Lecture)
Vanderbilt University |
Inhibition of PEPCK Gene Transcription by Insulin: An epigenetic effect? |
Donelson |
| 2/8/07 |
2117 MERF |
Karen Allen
Boston University |
Phosphoryl Transfer in the Haloalkanoic Acid Superfamily |
Ramaswamy |
| 2/20/07 |
2117 MERF |
Huiying Li
UCLA |
From Genome to Gene Expression: Understanding Protein Interactions and Host-Pathogen Interactions |
Donelson |
| 2/27/07 |
2117 MERF |
Vitali Tugarinov
University of Toronto |
Methyl Isotopomers as Sensitive NMR Probes of Protein Structure and Dynamics |
Rubenstein |
| 3/1/07 |
2117 MERF |
Brian Volkman
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Sulfotyrosine Recognition and Protein Folding in Chemokine Signaling |
Ramaswamy |
| 3/8/07 |
2117 MERF |
Brian Van Ness
University of Minnesota |
Genomic Profiling Cancer Risk, Disease Progression and Response |
Rubenstein |
| 3/13/07 |
2117 MERF |
Adrian Hegeman
University of Wisconsin |
Expanding Metabolic Labeling for the Quantitative Proteomic Characterization of Mo |
Donelson |
| 3/20/07 |
2117 MERF |
Thomas Leeper
University of Washington |
NMR Structures of Essential Components of the Human Telomerase RNA |
Donelson |
| 3/22/07 |
2117 MERF |
R. Dyche Mullins (Co-sponsored with Mol. & Cell. Biology)
University of California, San Francisco |
The Secret Life of Actin |
Rubenstein |
| 3/27/07 |
2117 MERF |
Charles Galea
St. Judes Hospital |
The Role of Protein Dynamics in Biological Processes: Insights from NMR and Proteomics |
Donelson |
| 3/29/07 |
2117 MERF |
Laskshmanan K. Iyer
Tufts University |
From Omics Datamining to the Discovery of Novel Cancer Targeting Agents |
Ramaswamy |
| 4/5/07 |
2117 MERF |
Jared Helm (PhD Thesis Seminar
Univ. Iowa, Biochemistry Dept. |
Differential Regulation of the MSP (GP63) Genes in African Trypanosomes |
Donelson |
| 4/10/07 |
2117 MERF |
Yingming Zhao
UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Proteomics Tools for Systems Biology of Protein Modifications |
Donelson |
| 4/12/07 |
2117 MERF |
Frank Conlon
University of North Carolina |
Pathways of Survival and Proliferation of Cardiac Progenitors |
Weeks |
| 4/13/07 |
2117 MERF |
Haining Zhu
University of Kentucky |
Proteomic, Biochemical and Functional Studies of Neurodegenerative Disease ALS |
Donelson |
| 4/26/07 |
2117 MERF |
Kevin Gardner
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr |
PAS Domains: A versatile way to build a biological switch |
Fuentes |
| 5/3/07 |
2117 MERF |
J. Patrick Loria
Yale University |
Biophysical Characterization of Functional Enzyme Motions |
Fuentes |
| 5/10/07 |
2117 MERF |
Paul Schedl (location: Kelch Conf. Rm, CBRB)
Princeton University |
Boundary Elements and the Formation of Regulatory Domains |
Donelson |
