Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


2006-2007 SEMINAR SCHEDULE


Organizer: Jianjun Wang

All seminars take place on Tuesday, 12 noon, in Scott Hall 4370, unless otherwise noted.






 

Sept 5, 2006                                Dr. Dana Spence

                                                                  Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University

                                                                  Defining New Roles for Erythrocytes and Platelets in the Circulation

 

Sept 12, 2006                             Dr. Robert P. Hausinger

                                                                  Dept. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University

                                                                  Fe(II)/alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenases

 

Sept 19, 2006                             Dr. Charles G. Hoogstraten

                                                                  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,

                                                                  Michigan State University

                                                                  Three Dimensions are not Enough: The Role of Dynamics in RNA Catalysis

 

Sept 26, 2006                             Dr. David Huffman

                                                                  Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University.

                                                                  Unraveling the Mysteries of Copper Transfer in the Cell

 

Oct 3, 2006                                   Dr. Gang Ren

                                                                  University of California, San Francisco, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics

                                                                  The membrane related protein structure study by electron cryo-microscopy –

                                                                  structure of Aquaporin 1 and Low Density Lipoprotein

 

Oct 10, 2006                                Dr. Scott Prosser

                                                                  Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto

                                                                  Membranes, Membrane Proteins & Intrinsically Disordered Soluble Proteins:

                                                                  Studying Topology by NMR and Soluble Contrast Agents

 

Oct 17, 2006                                Aline U. and James M. Orten Memorial Lecture

                                                                  Douglas C. Rees, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

                                                                  Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

                                                                  California Institute of Technology

                                                                  Structural Studies of ABC Transporters

 

Oct 24, 2006                                Dr. David Ash

                                                                  Chemistry Department, Central Michigan University

                                                                  Arginase: New Roles for an Old Enzyme

 

Oct 31, 2006                                Dr. Patrick M. Woster

                                                                  Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

                                                                  Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy, WSU

                                                                  TBA

 

Nov 7, 2006                                  Dr. Gary Shaw

                                                                  Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario.

                                                                  Protein Structure and Interactions in the Ubiquitin Pathway and Parkinson's Disease

 

Nov 14, 2006                              Dr. Chuck Sanders

                                                                  Professor of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

                                                                  A Structure for Little Orphan Diacylglycerol Kinase

 

Nov 21, 2006                              Dr. Alex Gow

                                                                  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

                                                                  Regulation of claudin 11-based tight junctions in brain, cochlea and testis

 

Nov 28, 2006                              Dr. John Tesmer

                                                                  Department of Pharmacology, University of Mechigan

                                                                  Structural Studies of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases

 

Dec 5, 2006                                  Dr. Youming Xie

                                                                  Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine

                                                                  Dissection of the Ubiquitin-dependent degron of Rpn4

 

Dec 12, 2006                              Dr. David Rueda

                                                                  Department of Chemistry -- Wayne State University

                                                                  RNA Structure, Function and Dynamics followed by FRET and Single Molecule Spectroscopy