Rev. 1-14-05
| 2004 | |
| Fri. Jan 16 | Dr. Cunming Duan, Univ. of Michigan; "New Model Organism, New Function, and New Concept in the IGF Signaling Pathway". 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. hosts: Drs. Martin Adamo and John Lee |
| Wed. Feb 11 | Patrizia Lemma-Gray, DISSERTATION PROPOSAL, "Binding of Cytochrome c and Cardiolipin to Cytochrome c Oxidase and Cytochrome bc1", 10:30-11:30am, Rm 409-411L. NOTE: UNUSUAL TIME AND DATE. |
| Fri. Feb. 13 | Dr. Rod Levine, NIH; "Regulation of Protein Turnover by Oxidation", 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. P. John Hart |
| Fri. Feb. 20 | Dr. John C. Salerno, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. "Catalysis and Control in Nitric Oxide Synthase: Molecular Machines and Mechanic's Toolkits". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Bettie Sue Masters |
| Fri. Feb. 27 | Dr. Kenneth Walsh, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine. "Akt-mediated Growth Signals in Heart and Blood Vessels." 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. hosts: Drs. Feng Liu and Manjeri Venkatachalam |
| Fri. Mar. 12 | Dr. Paul D. Lampe, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. "Regulation of Gap Junctional Commuication via Connexin Phosphorylation". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Jean X. Jiang |
| Fri. Mar. 26 | Dr. Gary Cecchini, V.A. Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. "Molecular Architecture of Respiratory Complex II (Succinate Dehydrogenase)". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Neal C. Robinson |
| Fri. Apr. 16 | Dr. Xiaohua Gong, School of Optometry, Univ. of California, Berkeley. "Mouse Eye - A Model for Functional Studies of Signaling Genes". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Jean X. Jiang |
| Tue. Apr. 20 | Jennifer Stine-Elam, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, "Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase and Its Copper Chaperone: roles in Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis". 10:00-11:00 am, Room 409-410L. |
| Wed. Apr 21 | Dr. Philip Wong, Johns Hopkins Univ., "Beta-site APP Cleaving-Enzyme (BACE) in Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease". 10:00-11:00 am, Room 209-210L. |
| Mon. Apr. 26 | Dr. Jonathan Javitch, Columbia University, "The Structural Bases of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Oligomerization: Conformational Changes at The Dimer Interface". 3:00-4:00 pm; room 309-310L |
| Tue. Apr. 27 | DongSoo Kang, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, "Molecular Mechanisms of B1 Bradykinin Receptor Activation", 10:00-11:00, Rm. 2.424T (Dental School). NOTE ROOM CHANGE. |
| Tue. Apr. 27 | Dr. Judith S. Bond, The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, "Meprin Metalloproteases: Activities, Oligomerization and Gene Disruption" 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm. 2.424T (dental school). host: Dr. Bettie Sue Masters |
| Wed. Apr. 28 | Satya Panda, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, "Regulation of Catalysis of Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthases". 10:00 - 11:00 am, Room 209-210L |
| Thur. Apr. 29 | Xun Yu, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, "Function of Lens Fiber Connexin 45.6 in Lens Cell Differentiation and Interaction with Major Intrinsic Protein", 9:30-10:30 am, Room 1.284T (Dental School). |
| Thur. Apr. 29 | Dr. Ross G. Johnson, The University of Minnesota, "Gap Junctions, the Notochord and Vascular Development in Zebrafish or Let's Talk About What You'll Be When You Grow Up" 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Rm 4.434T (Dental school). |
| Fri. Apr. 30 | Xu Lu, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, "Molecular Dissection of Linker Histone C-terminal Tail Domain Function in Chromatin". 9:30-10:30 am, Rm 1.284T (Dental School) |
| Fri. Apr. 30 | Dr. Roger W. Hendrix, Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Dept. of Biological Sciences, The Univ. of Pittsburgh. "Bacteriophgae Genomics: Evolution of the Majority". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm. 2.010 (Underneath the Medical Lecture Hall). host: Dr. Philip Serwer |
| Mon. May 3 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Thomas Weimbs, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, "SNAREs and Membrane Fusion in Epithelial Cell Polarity and Cytokinesis". 12:00-1:00, 309-310L. |
| Fri. May 7 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Tina M. Iverson, Imperial College of Science, Wolfson Laboratories, London. "Structure Function Relationships in Bioenergetic Membrane Proteins". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Fri. May 14 | Dr. Kevin R. MacKenzie, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice Univ. "Structure and Stability of Transmembrane Domain Interactiions of BNIP3, a Pro-apoptotic Member of the Bcl-2 Superfamily". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm. 409-410L. host: Dr. Andrew P. Hinck |
| Mon. May 24 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Jesse C. Hay, Dept. of Mol. Cell. and Devel. Biology, Univ. of Michigan, "SNARE Proteins in ER-to-Golgi Vesicle Transport and Neuronal Protein Targeting". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Thr. May 27 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Rieko Ishima, Nat. Inst. of Dental and Craniofacial Research, "Protein Structure and Dynamics Studies Using NMR". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Thr. June 3 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Francis I. Valiyaveetil, Rockefeller Univ., "Exploring Potassium Channels Using Chemistry and Biochemistry". 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm. 209-210L. |
| Tue. June 8 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Junji Iwahara, NIDDK/NIH,"NMR Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement for Investigations of Protein-DNA Complexes". 12:00-1:00pm; Rm 409-410L |
| Thr. June 10 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Hye-Jeong Yeo, Washington Univ., "Unveiling Molecular Scaffolds of Bacterial Secretion Systems". 3:00-4:00pm, 409-410L |
| Mon. June 14 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Sudha K. Shenoy, Duke Univ. Med. Ctr., "Ubiquitinated-Beta-arrestin: A Molecular Chauffeur that Drives 7MSRs to Signaling Endosomes". 12:00-1:00 pm; Rm. 409-410L |
| Thr. June 17 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Chongwoo Kim, UCLA, "Polymeric SAM Domains of Transcriptional Repressors - A Hint at Higther Order Chromatin Structures". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 444-445B |
| Wed June 23 | Dr. habil. Helmut Colfen, Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany, "Analytical Ultracentrifugation and Field-Flow-Fractionation; First Steps Towards a Global Analysis of Complex Systems and Future Possibilities with Optimized Detectors." 11:00 -12:00 am, Rm 4.434T |
| Fri. June 25 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Hilal A. Lashuel, Harvard Med. School and Brigham & Womens Hospital. "Protein Fibrillogenesis in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease: From Biophysics to Therapeutic Strategies." 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Mon. June 28 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Motoshi Suzuki, Nat Inst. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, "Structural Basis of Proteins Involved in Mitochondrial Regulation". 3:00-4:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Tue, July 6 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Jay C. Groppe, UTHSCSA, "Extracellular Regulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling: Insights from Structures of Protein:Protein Complexes". 12:00-1:00 pm. Rm 409-410L. |
| Mon. July 26 | Biochemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Ingolf Bach, Univ. of Hamburg, "Regulation of LIM Domain-Associated Protein Networks". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. Oct. 1 | Dr. Katherine M. Howard, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Signal Transduction and Transcriptional Regulation in Tissue Injury and Repair." 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Fri. Oct 8 | Dr. Michael Naski, Dept. of Pathology, UTHSCSA. "Signaling Pathways that Regulate Chondrogenesis: Calcium, Calcineurin, and NFAT". 12:00-1:00 pm. Rm. 409-410L. |
| Fri. Oct. 15 | Dr. Jean X. Jiang, Dept of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Gap Junctions, Hemichannels, and Prostaglandin E2 in Osteocyte Signaling Induced by Mechanical Strain". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Fri. Oct 22 | Dr. Stephen C. Hardies, Dept. of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Bioinformatics of Bacteriophage Genomes". 12:00-1:00 pm., Rm. 409-410L |
| Fri. Oct 29 | Dr. Bettie Sue Masters, Dept. of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Who Says We Can't Say 'NO'? Intrinsic Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthases". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Tue Nov 2 | Dr. Bing Zhang, Section of Neurobiology, Univ. of Texas at Austin. "Recycling Synaptic Vesicle Proteins for Competent Exocytosis". 12:00-1:00 pm., Rm. 409-410L. |
| Wed Nov 3 | Jianwen Jiang, Dissertation Proposal Seminar. "Structural Analysis of Clathrin Coat Disassembly". 12:00-1:00 pm., Rm 1.284 T (Dental School). |
| Mon. Nov. 8 | Dr. Rieko Ishima, Faculty Candidate Chalk Talk. 12:00 - 1:30 pm., Rm 2.030 (under Medical lecture hall). |
| Wed. Nov 10 | Jorge Zuniga, Dissertation Proposal Seminar. "Structural Studies of the 2:2:1 TbRI ED:TbRII ED:TGF-beta Complex". 2:00-3:00pm., 2.104, Allied Health Building. |
| Mon. Nov. 15 | Paul Langlais, Dissertation Seminar. "Characterization of the Insulin Receptor Associated Protein Grb10". 10:30-11:30 am., rm 409-410L. |
| Tue, Nov 16 | Dr. Jun-Lin Guan, Dept. of Mol. Medicine, Cornell Univ., "Focal Adhesion Kinase in Cell Migration and Angiogenesis". 11:00-12:00, Rm. 409-401L. |
| Thur, Nov 18 | Huiran Yin, Dissertation Proposal Seminar. "Expression, Purification and Characterization of the Extracellular Domain of BMPR-II in Solution". 1:00-2:00pm., Rm. 1.284T |
| Fri, Nov 19 | Dr. Holger Strauss, Research Inst. for Mol. Pharmacology, Dept. of NMR-assisted Structural Biology, Berlin, "Biophysical Investigations on Cyanobacterial Phytochrome 1", 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 309-310L. |
| Mon, Nov 29 | Dr. Timothy J. King, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr., Seattle, "Role of Connexins and Gap Junction Communication in Tumorigenesis". 12:00-1:00pm., Rm 309-310L |
| Tue, Nov 30 | Chintan Kikani, Dissertation Proposal, "Understanding the Regulation of 3'-Phosphoinositide Dependent Kinase-1(PDK-1) in Insulin Signal Transduction". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L |
| Thur. Dec 2 | Dr. Chongwoo Kim, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA, 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 421B. Special session for incoming faculty member to meet with Biochemistry Graduate Students. |
| Fri, Dec 3 | Masoud Toloue, Inst. for Lasers Photonics and Biophotonics, Univ. of Buffalo, "Perspectives in Biophotonics", 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Mon., Dec 6 | Dr. Tobias Ulmer, Biochemistry Faculty Candidate, from National Institutes of Health. "Recent NMR Developments Permit a Detailed View of Protein Structure and Dynamics". 12:00 - 1:00 pm., Rm 309-310L. |
| Tue, Dec 7 | John Garza, Dissertation Proposal, "Structure Determination and Identification of Residues Required for Substrate Specificity of S. Pombe Aps1." 12:00-1:00pm, Rm. 409-410L |
| Fri, Dec 10 | Patrick Joe, Dissertation Proposal, "The Roles of the Cysteins of the Mammalina Beta III-Isotype of Tubulin in Mediating Drug Resistance". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L |
| Mon Dec 13 | Dr. Konstantin V. Pervushin, Biochemistry Faculty Candidate, from Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology. "Protein/Protein and Protein/Ligand Interactions in Large and Dynamically Disordered Systems Studied by NMR in Solution". 12:00 - 1:00 pm., Rm. 1.284 T (Dental Building). |
| Wed, Dec 15 | Lisa Whitson, Dissertation Proposal, "Structural and Biophysical Properties of Human Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase and its Pathogenic Mutants". 10:00-11:00pm, Rm. 2.424T (DTL) |
| Thur, Dec 16 | Yogeet Kaur, Dissertation Proposal, "Cooperation of GroEL and the 20S Proteasome In Protein Degradation", 9:00-10:00am, Rm. 309-310L |
| Thur, Dec 16 | Dr. Gabriela Perez-Alvardo, Biochemistry Faculty Candidate, Scripps Institute. "NMR Studies of Regulatory Factors in Cancer Biology". 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 1.284T |