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FALL 2007
 


 

Friday, Aug 17, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Full contact origami: GnRH receptor trafficking in health and disease

Michael Conn
Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon National Primate Research Ctr.

Host: David Puett

 


 

Friday, Aug 24, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

A Look at the Biochemical Weaponry of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, and Development of Some Chemical Insults of Our Own

Roger Laine
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences & Chemistry

Host: Michael Pierce & Michael Tiemeyer & Department of Entomology

 


 

Friday, Aug 31, 2007, 11:15 AM
Masters Hall, GA Center for Continuing Education

Live Cell Imaging of G Protein Signaling Pathways

Cathy Berlot
Geisinger Health Systems

Host: David Puett

 


 

Friday, Sep 7, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

The Dystrophin - Glycoprotein Complex, Actin and Human Disease

Jim Ervasti
University of Minnesota
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics

Host: Lance Wells

 


 

Friday, Sep 14, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

RNA-mediated DNA repair by LINE-1 retrotransposons

John Moran
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Human Genetics & Internal Medicine

Host: Shaying Zhao

 


 

Friday, Sep 21, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Heme is involved in microRNA processing

Feng Guo
UCLA School of Medicine
Department of Biological Chemistry

Host: Harry Dailey

 


 

Monday, Sep 24, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Activation and nuclear localization of GSK-3 ß promotes the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells

Matt Bechard

Major Professor:

 


 

Friday, Sep 28, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Alternative Splicing in Drosophila and Small RNAs in Planarians

Brenton Gravely
University of Connecticut Health Center
Genetics & Developmental Biology

Host: Michael Terns

 


 

Monday, Oct 1, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

The Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily, a Jack of All Trades

Maurice Bessman
The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biology

Host: Michael Pierce

 


 

Friday, Oct 5, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Insulin Degrading Enzyme: An Allosteric Peptidase involved in Regulating Insulin Action and Alzheimer's Disease

Lou Hersh
University of Kentucky
Molecular & Cellular Biology

Host: Walter Schmidt

 


 

Monday, Oct 8, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Synchrotron X-ray Imaging - Today and in the Future

J. Murray Gibson
Director
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory

Host: B. C. Wang

 


 

Friday, Oct 12, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Biochemical Analysis of Mitotic Spindle Assembly Reveals New Tricks for an O-GlcNAc

Christiane Wiese
University of Wisconsin
Department of Biochemistry

Host: Lance Wells

 


 

Monday, Oct 15, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Oxidative footprinting with mass spectrometry and molecular modeling as methods for studying protein-carbohydrate interactions

Olga Charvatova

Major Professor: Robert Woods

 


 

Monday, Oct 15, 2007, 3:00 PM
CCRC Auditorium

Mucin Glycosylation – Structural Analysis Predicts Biological Function?

Niclas Karlsson
Senior Scientist
Department of Chemistry
Centre for BioAnalytical Sciences
National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland

Joint BMB/CCRC Seminar

Host: Kelly Moremen

 


 

Friday, Oct 19, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

The Genetic Code Revisited - Four Decades after Francis Crick

Dieter Soll
Yale University
Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

Host: Robert Sabatini

 


 

Monday, Oct 22, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

In Quest of the O-Man Proteome: Fishing for O-Mannose Modified Proteins in the Mammalian Brain

Anu Koppikar

Major Professor: Lance Wells

 


 

Monday, Oct 29, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Sweet Revenge: Impacts of O-GlcNAc Modification on Type II Diabetes

Chin Fen Teo

Major Professor: Lance Wells

 


 

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

AQUAPORIN WATER CHANNELS: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine

Nobel Laureate - Dr. Peter C. Agre
Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology
Duke University Interim Chair
Department of Biochemistry

BGSA-Sponsored Special Seminar

Host: BGSA Sponsored

 


 

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

AQUAPORIN WATER CHANNELS: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine

Nobel Laureate - Dr. Peter C. Agre
Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology
Duke University Interim Chair
Department of Biochemistry

BGSA-Sponsored Special Seminar

Host: BGSA Sponsored

 


 

Friday, Nov 2, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Telomere signaling networks in mammalian cells

Zhou Songyang
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry

Host: Michael Terns

 


 

Friday, Nov 9, 2007, 11:10 AM
CCRC Auditorium

A New Pathological Feature of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes: Involvement of Ganglioside GM3

Jin-Ichi Inokuchi
Institute of Molecular Biomembranes and Glycobiology
Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Pizza will be served afterwards!

Host: Michael Pierce

 


 

Friday, Nov 9, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Leptin in the regulation of body fat

Ruth Harris
University of Georgia
Foods & Nutrition Department

Host: Lance Wells

 


 

Monday, Nov 12, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

A novel approach to identify protein complexes in the proteome of Pyrococcus furiosus

Joseph Scott

Major Professor: Mike Adams

 


 

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Comprehensive metabolic profiling for understanding of obesity and diabetes mechanisms

Chris Newgard
Duke University Center
Department's of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Host: James Prestegard

 


 

Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Epitope Characterization of Tamarind Xyloglucan Directed Monoclonal Antibodies

Sami Tuomivaara

Major Professor: William York

 


 

Monday, Nov 26, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

An Investigation Into the Molecular Basis of Telomerase Trafficking in Cancer Cells

Eladio Abreu

Major Professor: Mike Terns

 


 

Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Lysosomal Enzyme Targeting: a Story of Sweetness and Diversion

Nancy Dahms
Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Biochemistry

Host: Richard Steet

 


 

Monday, Dec 3, 2007, 11:10 AM
C127 Life Sciences

Regulated telomeric DNA glycosylation by two thymine hydroxylase enzymes in Trypanosoma brucei

Shanda Birkeland

3rd Year Seminar

Major Professor: Robert Sabatini

 


 

Friday, Dec 7, 2007, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Employing protein quality control for regulation of cellular function

Randy Hampton
University of California, San Diego
Division of Biology

Host: Walter Schmidt

 


 
SPRING 2007
 


 

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008, 4:00 PM
CCRC Auditorium

Sugars, Biofuels and Sustainability

Dianna Bowles
Prof. Dianna J. Bowles
Weston Chair of Biochemistry and
Director, Department of Biology Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP)
Department of Biology
University of York

Joint BMB/CCRC Seminar

Host: Debra Mohnen

 


 

Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Investigating Protein Structural Mechanisms: Towards a Systems Biology Approach

Natarajan Kannan
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Candidate for the joint BMB-IOB faculty search.
Dr. Kannan will also present a chalk-talk on his future research plan from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. in B116 Life Sciences (room to the left of the Commons Room).

Host:

 


 

Monday, Mar 17, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Modes and Mechanisms of Protein Evolution: Application to Function Prediction in the Enolase Superfamily

Margaret Glasner
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

BMB-IOB Faculty Search
Chalk Talk: 10:30-11:30 am, Tuesday, March 18, B116

Host: BMB-IOB

 


 

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Remodeling of the bacterial surface: Modification of Lipopolysaccharides

M. Stephen Trent
Medical College of Georgia
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Open BMB Search

Host: BMB

 


 

Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008, 2:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Comparative Network Biology Approach to Studying Gene Regulatory Systems

Kai Tan
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

BMB-IOB Faculty Search
Chalk Talk: 10:30-11:30 am, Thursday, March 20, B116

Host: BMB-IOB

 


 

Monday, Mar 24, 2008, 2:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

State of the Art in Protein Structure Prediction: Refinement of Protein Models

Anna Jagielska
Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

BMB-IOB Faculty Search
Chalk Talk: 10:30-11:30 am, Tuesday, March 25, B116

Host: BMB-IOB

 


 

Thursday, Mar 27, 2008, 11:00 AM
B118 Life Sciences

Role of transcription-coupled RNA degradation in heterochromatic silencing

Lidia Vasilieva
Harvard Medical School
Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology

Open BMB Search

Host: BMB

 


 

Monday, Mar 31, 2008, 2:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Y Chromosomes: Collateral Damage in the War Between Sexes

Steven Rozen
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA

BMB-IOB Faculty Search
Chalk Talk: 10:30-11:30 am, Tuesday, April 1, B116

Host: BMB-IOB

 


 

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Structural and Biophysical Studies of the Interleukin-7 Signaling Pathway

Scott Walsh
The Ohio State University
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Host: Jeff Urbauer

 


 

Wednesday, Apr 2, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Recognizing RNAs: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Hong Li
Florida State University
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Open BMB Search
Chalk Talk: 11:00 a.m., April 3, B118

Host: BMB

 


 

Monday, Apr 7, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Function and Control of Cullin-based E3 Ubiquitin Ligases

Thimo Kurz
ETH Zurich, Institute of Biochemistry

Open BMB Search
Chalk Talk: 11:00 a.m., April 8, B118

Host: BMB

 


 

Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008, 3:30 PM
C127 Life Sciences

Sensing, Signaling and Repairing DNA Double-strand Breaks

Zhongshen You
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory

Open BMB Search
Chalk Talk: 11:00 a.m., April 10, B118

Host: BMB

 


 

Thursday, Apr 17, 2008, 11:00 AM
B118 Life Sciences

DNA damage responses and BRCA1 complexes

Bin Wang
Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics

Open BMB Search
Chalk Talk: 11:00 a.m., April 18, B121

Host: BMB

 





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