| 2006 | |
| Fri., Jan. 20 | We've been requested to leave this date open due to scheduled institutional workshops on tenure and promotion. |
| Fri., Jan. 27 | Dr. Derek LeRoith, Chief,Div.of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "IGFs and Cancer: Studies Using a Gene-Deletion Mouse Model", 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Martin Adamo |
| Fri., Feb. 3 | We've been requested to leave this date open due to scheduled institutional workshops on tenure and promotion. |
| Tue., Feb. 7 | Jianwen Jiang, dissertation defense. "Structural Basis of Clathrin Coated Vesicle Uncoating: How to open a C.A.N.", 12:00-1:00, Rm 409-410L. |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | Dr. Gregory Payne, UCLA, "Synthetic-genetic and chemical-genetic analysis of clathrin-mediated traffic in yeast". 12:00 - 1:00, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Eileen Lafer |
| Fri., Feb. 10 | Dr. Cecilia Lo, POSTPONED to Apr. 7 |
| Fri., Feb 24 | Dr. P. John Hart, Dept. of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA, "SOD1 and Fet3p: The Jekyll and Hyde of Copper Proteins", 12:00 - 1:00, Rm. 409-410L. |
| Fri. Mar. 3 | Dr. Whitney Yin, Univ. of Texas at Austin, "De Novo RNA Synthesis by T7 RNA Polymerase", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm. 409-410L, host: Dr. Rui Sousa |
| Fri., Mar. 24 | Dr. Linda Partridge, Univ. College of London. JOINT SEMINAR with DEPT. PHYSIOLOGY. ""Death, Diet & Demography", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 209-210L, host: Dr. Martin Adamo |
| Thur., Mar. 30 | Prof. Harald Schwalbe, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, "Conformational transitions in proteins and RNA by time resolved NMR-spectroscopy", 10:00 - 11:00 am, Rm. 444B, NOTE: UNUSUAL TIME AND PLACE, host: Dr. Jens Wohnert |
| Thur., Mar. 30 | SPECIAL SEMINAR, Dr. Hashim al-Hashimi, Dept. Chemistry, Univ. of MIchigan, "A fresh look at RNA-dynamics by NMR-spectroscopy", (see Science 311 (2006) 653-656.), 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Room 4.110 - Allied Health Bldg. NOTE UNUSUAL TIME AND PLACE, host: Dr. Jens Wohnert |
| Fri., Mar. 31 | Dr. Christopher Lima, Structural Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute. "Insights into post-translational modification by SUMO, a small ubiquitin-like modifier", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L, host :Dr. Chongwoo Kim |
| Fri., Apr. 7 | Dr. Cecilia Lo, Chief, Laboratory of Devel. Biol., Nat. Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., NIH, Bethesda, MD, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, Rm. 409-410L, Host: Dr. Jean X. Jiang |
| Mon., Apr. 10 | POSTDOCTORAL CANDIDATE: Dr. Jing Zhou, Univ. Maryland, "Structural Requirements of Rous Sarcoma Virus Genome Recognition", 12:00 - 12:50, Rm 2.104 Allied Health, Host: Dr. Hinck |
| Tue., Apr. 11 | DISSERTATION PROPOSAL, Ahmad Galaleideen, "Biophysical Properties of Pathogenic Proteins Involved in ALS and Tularemia", 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Rm 4.434T. NOTE UNUSUAL TIME AND PLACE |
| Fri. Apr. 14 | No Seminar scheduled. - Good Friday, may become a UTHSCSA 1/2 holiday |
| Fri. Apr. 21 | SAN JACINTO DAY |
| Fri. May 5 | Dr. Reto Asmis, Div. Nephrology, UTHSCSA, "The Role of Thiol Oxidative Stress in Macrophage Dysfunction", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409L. host: Dr. Nicholson |
| Fri. June 2 | DEPARTMENTAL RETREAT |
| Thur., July 6 | Welch Chair Candidate, Dr. Gregg Fields, Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Chem. and Biochem., Florida Atlantic Univ., "Biochemical approaches for profiling the melanoma microenvironment, and implications for therapeutic intervention", 1:00-2:00 pm, Rm 209-210L, NOTE UNUSUAL TIME AND DAY. |
| Fri., July 13 | Note: 409L not available this day. |
| Tue., July 25 | Dr. Philip T. Lo Verde, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, "Sex and Schistosomes: A Novel Interplay Between the Male and Female", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. host: Dr. Bruce Nicholson |
| Mon. Aug. 14 | Welch Chair Candidate, Dr. Jian-Ting Zhang, Dept. Pharm. & Toxicology, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine. "Target Identification and Drug Discovery for Better Cancer Treatment Using Genomics, Proteomics, and Chemoinformatics", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L. |
| FALL 2006 | |
| Fri. Sept. 1 | Dr. H. Peter Lu, Dept. of Chemistry, Bowling Green State Univ., "Exploring Single-Molecule Biophysics", 12:00-1:00pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Bruce Nicholson |
| Fri., Sept. 8 | Wayne Matheny, Dissertation Proposal Defense, "Insulin-like Growth Factor I and Oxidative Stress in Skeletal Muscle", 12:00 - 1:00, Rm 409-410L. |
| Tue., Sept. 12 | WELCH Chair Candidate, Dr. Christian Raetz, Duke Univ., "Assembly, Secretion and Function of Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxins: Potent Bacterial Activators of Innate Immunity". 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Rm 409-410L. Note unusual day and time |
| Mon. Sept. 25 | Dr. Thomas F. J. Martin, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, "Regulation of SNARE Function in Membrane Fusion and Neurotransmitter Release", JOINT PHYSIOLOGY/BIOCHEMISTRY seminar, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Eileen Lafer. Note unusual day |
| Fri. Sept. 29 | Dr. Paul Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M University, "Mechanistic Studies of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and the Regulation of Catecholamine Biosynthesis", 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm 409L, host: Dr. Stephen C. Hardies |
| Fri. Oct. 13 | Dr. Raymond F. Burk, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, "Roles of Selenoprotein P in Selenium Homeostasis", 12:00-1:00, Rm 409L, JOINT BIOCHEMISTRY/PATHOLOGY SEMINAR, host: Dr. Venkatachalam |
| Fri. Oct. 27 | Emre Brookes, Dept. of Computer Science, UTSA., "An Interdisciplinary Collaboration with Results: Advancements in Analysis of AUC Sedimentation Velocity Experiments", host: Dr. Borries Demeler |
| Fri. Nov. 3 | Dr. Elizabeth Craig, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, PAUL M. HOROWITZ MEMORIAL LECTURE, "Evolution of Molecular Chaperones: Generalist, Specialist and 'Degenerate' Hsp70s", 12:00 - 1:00pm, Rm 409L. |
| Tue. Nov. 7 | Dr. Dennis Winge, Depts. of Biochemistry and Medicine, Univ. of Utah, Rm 309-310L, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, host: Dr. John Hart; Note Unusual Time and Place |
| Fri. Nov. 10 | Dr. Keith Baggerly, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, "Proteomics, Ovarian Cancer, and Experimental Design", 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Susan Weintraub |
| Thur. Nov. 16 | Gang Hu, DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Investigation of the Importance and Structural Basis of Allosteric Regulation of Yeast NAD+-Specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenase", 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Rm 2.424T Dental School. |
| Thur. Nov. 16 | Dr. Mark J. Yeager, Prof., Dept. of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, "Clots, Congestion and Currents: Cryo-EM Insights into Structure and Function of Integrins, Aquaporins and Connexins in Cardiovascular Disease", 3:30-4:30pm, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Bruce Nicholson |
| Fri. Nov. 17 | Dr. John J. Tanner, Dept. Chem., Univ. Missouri-Columbia, "Structures and functions of proline catabolic enzymes: catalysis, channeling and DNA-binding", 12:00 - 1:00, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. John Hart |
| Fri. Dec. 1 | Dr. Morris Birnbaum, Howard Hughes Medical Ctr., Penn Univ., "Regulation of Metabolism by AKT", 12:00-1:00, 409-410L, host: Dr. Feng Liu |
| Fri. Dec. 8 | Dr. Mark W. Duncan, Univ. of Colorado Health Sci. Ctr., "A Pragmatic Approach to Proteomics Applied to Translational Research and Clinical Oncology", 12:00 - 1:00, Rm 409-410L, host: Dr. Susan Weintraub |
| Fri. Dec. 15 | Anyonya Guntur, DISSERTATION PROPOSAL, "Role of PTEN and N-cadherin mediated adherens junctions during osteoblast differentiation, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Rm 409 - 410L. |
| Tue. Dec. 19 | Sai Venkatesh Seetharaman, DISSERTATION PROPOSAL, "Probing the interactions of SOD1 and CCS: A link between SOD1 maturation and Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis". 10:00 - 11:00 am, Rm 409-410L. |