| 2005 | |
| Wed., Jan 5 | Dr. Jens Wohnert, Biochemistry Faculty Candidate, Univ. Frankfurt, "Investigating Regulatory RNA-Elements and Their Interaction with Ligands and Proteins by NMR", 12:00 - 1:00pm; Room 209-210L |
| Thur. Jan 20 | Faye Gordon, Dissertation Defense, "Contributions of the Core Histone N-terminal Tail Domains to Higher Order Chromatin Structure: A Chromatin Model System Reconstituted from Bacterially Expressed Purified Components." 10:00 - 11:00 am; Rm 309-310L. |
| Fri. Jan 21 | Dr. Asish Chaudhuri, Barshop Inst., UTHSCSA, "A New Tool of Proteomics: Search for Structurally Altered Proteins in Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)." 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 1.284 T (Dental). |
| Fri. Feb 4 | Dr. Yuzuru Shiio, Inst. Systems Biology, Seattle (faculty candidate for CCRI), "Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Myc Network Function", 12:00-1:00, CCRI 2.160 |
| Mon. Feb. 7 | Dr. Tobias Ulmer, NIDDK-NIH, Chalk Talk with Biochemistry Faculty. 10:30-11:45 Rm 425D |
| Thur. Feb. 10 | Dr. Konstantin V. Pervushin, Swiss Inst. of Technology, Chalk talk with Biochem faculty. 11:30-12:30 pm, Rm AHB 5.208 |
| Fri. Feb 11 | Dr. Barry Nall, Dept Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Transition States for Protein Folding", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L |
| Fri. Feb 18 | Dr. Feng Liu, Dept. Pharmacology, UTHSCSA. "Signaling Downstream of the Insulin Receptor", 12:00-1:00, Rm 409-410L |
| Tue. Feb 22 | Dr. Jens Wöhnert, NMR Faculty Candidate, Chalktalk, Rm 425D, 12:00-1:00 |
| Fri. Feb 25 | Dr. Richard Luduena, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. "Functional Significance of Tubulin Isotypes". 12:00-1:00, Rm 409-410L |
| Fri. Mar 4 | Dr. Lee Henn, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. "Contributions Of An Enzyme Family To Energetics And Antioxidant Function", 12:00-1:00, Rm 409-410L. |
| Thur. Mar. 31 | Dr. Jun Liu, Scripps Research Institute, CCRI candidate, "Chalk Talk". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 425D. |
| Fri. Apr. 1 | Dr. David R. Borchelt, Johns Hopkins Univ. "Misfolding of SOD1 in SOD1-linked Familial ALS", 12:00-1:00, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. John Hart |
| Fri. Apr. 8 | Dr. William E. Sonntag, Wake Forest Univ. "Pleiotropic Actions of Growth Hormone and IGF-1: A regulatory Hormone for Aging?", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L, host :Dr. Martin Adamo |
| Fri. Apr. 15 | Dr. Martin Adamo, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. "IGF-I Expression and Action: Lessons from Mouse Models", 12:00-1:00 pm; Rm 409-410L, |
| Fri. Apr. 22 | Dr. Michael F. Rexach, Stanford Univ. "Deciphering Networks of Protein Interactions at the Nuclear Pore Complex". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 309-310L. host: Dr. Susan Weintraub |
| Fri. Apr. 29 | Dr. Larry D. Barnes, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. "Mutagenesis and Phosphorylation of Fhit Tumor Suppressor". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. May 6 | Dr. Borries Demeler, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. "Genetic Algorithms Applied to Composition Analysis in Sedimentation Experiments", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. May 13 | Dr. Mark R. Walter, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham. "Structure and Assembly of Cellular and Viral IL-10 Receptor Complexes: Virus Host Interactions at the Molceuclar Level". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Andrew P. Hinck |
| Fri. May 20 | Dr. Manjeri Venkatachalam, Dept. Pathology, UTHSCSA. "Autoregulation of Growth and Differentiation in Proximal Tubule Epithelium by TGF-beta and PI3K Signaling", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. May 27 | Dr. Andrew P. Hinck, Dept. Biochem., UTHSCSA. One fold, Many Binding Modes: How Tinkering with Receptor Structure Has Enabled Diversification of Function in the TGF-beta Superfamily", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L |
| Fri. June 3 | Dr. Philip Serwer, Dept. of Biochem., UTHSCSA. "Intermediates in Bacateriophage T7 DNA Packaging and Injection". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L |
| Mon. June 6 | Dr. Rita Bernhardt, Univ. Saarlandes, Germany. "Steroid Hydroxylating P450s and their Role in Biotechnology and Medicine". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410. host: Dr. Bettie Sue Masters |
| Tue. June 7 | Dr. Michel Kranendonk, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. "Human Cytochrome P450 Competent Bacterial Cell-systems. Applications in Genotoxicology". 12:00-1:00 pm., Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Bettie Sue Masters |
| Fri. June 10 | Dr. Juri Rappsilber, FIRC Inst. of Mol. Oncology Foundataion, Italy. "Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. June 17 | Dr. Brad Rothberg, Dept Physiology, UTHSCSA. "The Moving Parts of Calcium-Gated Potassium Channels." 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri. June 24 | Dr. Chris Jenkinson, Dept. Med., UTHSCSA. "Molecular Genetics of Diabesity". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm. 409-410L |
| Wed. June 29 | Dr. Thomas Laue, Dept of Biochem. and Mol. Biol., Univ of New Hampshire. "High-Concentration Protein Solutions". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Mon. July 18 | Dr. Richard T. Okita, Program Director, NIGMS. "Current Trends in NIH Grants. A (NIGMS) Program Director's Perspective of the Grants Process". 12:00 - 1:00pm; Rm 444-445B. |
| Tue., Aug 2 | Arlene J. Siller-Jackson, Dissertation Proposal Seminar, "Cx43-Hemichannels Regulate Osteocyte Responses to Mechanical Stress". 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri., Sept 2 | Dr. Rui Sousa, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA, "T7 RNA Polymerase and the Hsc70 Chaperone: A Tale of Two Demons" 12:00 - 1:00pm; Room 409-410L. |
| Fri., Sept. 16 | Dr. Steven Ludtke, Co-Director National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Dept. of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine. "Visualizing Transmembrane Helices and Beta-strands: New Frontiers in Electron Cryomicroscopy". Abstract. 12:00-1:00 pm; Room 409-410L, host: Dr. Borries Demeler |
| Fri., Sept. 23 | Dr. John Lee, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA, "Action of Osteogenic Protein-1 (BMP-7) on Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri., Oct. 7 | Dr. Neal Robinson, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA, "Mitochondrial Cardiolipin: The Reason It's There". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| Fri., Oct. 14 | Dr. Dean Appling, Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, UT Austin, "Mammalian Mitochondrial C1-THF Synthase: The Saga Continues". 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. John Hart |
| Fri., Oct. 21 | Dr. Thomas Mueller, Dept. Physiological Chemistry II, Univ. Wurzburg, Germany, "Molecular Mechanisms of BMP Receptor Activation." 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Andrew Hinck |
| Thur., Oct. 27 | Dr. Yuzuru Shiio, CCRI & Dept. Biochemistry, JOINT SEMINAR. "Quantitative
Proteomic Analysis of Proteins Important in Cancer", 12:00-1:00 pm, Room 2.424T (dental). NOTE UNUSUAL DATE and ROOM. |
| Thur. Nov. 3 | Eric Banks, Dissertation Proposal Seminar. "Promotion of Lens Epithelial-Fiber Differentiation by C-terminus of Connexin 45.6, a Role Independent of Gap Junction Communication." 10:00 - 11:00, Rm 409-410L. Note unusual time and date. |
| Fri., Nov. 4 | Dr. John Cunningham, Dept. Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis. "Grainyhead like factors: Novel modulators of epithelial morphogenesis and barrier formation", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. host: Dr. Feng Liu |
| Mon., Nov. 7 | Anjana Chandrasekhar, Dissertation Proposal seminar, "Insights into the Mechanisms of Growth Suppression by Cx26 in HeLa Cells" Rm 409-410L, 11:00am-12:00 noon. Note Unusual Day and Time |
| Thur., Nov. 10 | Dr. Edward J. Collins, Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, Univ. of North Carolina. "MHC restriction and T cell receptor cross-reactivity." 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 2.030. host: Dr. John Hart NOTE unusual day and Room |
| Fri., Nov. 11 | POSTPONED till spring. Dr. P. John Hart, Dept. Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Structure and Function of the Copper-Containing Enzymes SOD1 and Fet3p", POSTPONED till spring. |
| Fri., Nov. 18 | Dr. Mark Horowitz, Dept. of Orthopedics, Yale Univ. School of Medicine. "Immunological Control of Skeletal Development", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L. host: Dr. John Lee |
| Mon., Nov. 21 | Sirisha Burra, Dissertation Proposal Seminar, "Function and Regulation of CX43 in Osteocytes in Response to Mechanical Stimulation", 12:00 - 1:00, Rm 309L-310L NOTE UNUSUAL DAY and ROOM |
| Fri., Nov. 25 | THANKSGIVING |
| Tue., Nov. 29 | Rekha Kar, Dissertation Proposal Seminar,"Protein Sulfhydryls, Protein Misfolding and Calcium Homeostasis in ER-mediated Cell Death", 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Rm 309-310L |
| Fri., Dec. 2 | Dr. Mark Panda, Dept. of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Fluorescence and High Pressure Studies of Proteins: Monomers, Oligomers, and Aggregates." 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |