Events & Seminars
Upcoming Events & Seminars
Dr. Ramanujan Hegde Presents: BMB Seminar Monday, February 25, 2019
Monday February 25th, 2019 at 10:00 AM in MRB 312
“Molecular basis of membrane protein biogenesis”
Dr. Alexey Merz Presents: BMB Seminar Monday, March 11, 2019
Monday March 11th, 2019 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
Dr. Alexey Merz
Ahmet Yildiz Presents: BMB Seminar Monday, March 25, 2019
Monday March 25th, 2019 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“The Mechanism and Regulation of the Dynein/Dynactin Machinery”
Past Events & Seminars
Dr. Louise Cramer Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday January 28, 2019
Monday January 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM in MRB 312
“Attractive and Repellent Chemotaxis start with distinct Actin-based Mechanisms”
Dr. Edouard Bertrand Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, December 3, 2018
Monday December 3rd, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Imaging single mRNPs reveals new insights into RNA localization and translation”
Karine, Gousset, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, November 26, 2018
Monday November 26th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Microproteonomics and Transcriptomics analyses of laser capture microdissected cell protrusions”
Greg Hermann, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, November 5, 2018
Monday November 5th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
TBA
Steve Foster Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, October 29, 2018
Monday October 29th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Google, Gatorade, and GPS – A world transformed by university Ideas”
Srinivas Ramachandran, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, October 22, 2018
Monday October 22nd, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
TBA
Dileep Varma, Ph.D. Presents: BMB SEMINAR, Monday, October 15, 2018
Monday October 15th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Mechanisms controlling formation and stabilization of kinetochores microtubule attachments during mito”
Matthew Taliaferro, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar, Monday, September 24, 2018
Monday September 24th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“mRNA Localization: Delivering the Message”
Kassandra Ori-McKenney, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar Monday, September 17, 2018
Monday September 17th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Microtubule Cartography: The Role of Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Lattice Gating”
Ekaterina Grishchuk, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar, Monday, September 10, 2018
Monday September 10th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Chromosomes on the edge: coupling kinetochores to dynamic microtubule ends”
Kelly C. Wrighton, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar, Monday Aug. 27, 2018
Monday August 27th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“From the deep biosphere to the human gut: tracking microbial methylamine metabolism across ecosystem”
Wes Sundquist Presents: 2018 Robert and A-Young Woody Lecture
Monday June 11th, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. in Biology 136 Lecture Hall
Membrane Remodeling by the ESCRT Pathway Wes Sundquist University of Utah Department of Biochemistry Dr. Sundquist is known for his research into the structure and biochemistry of the ESCRT proteins that facilitate membrane rearrangements and vesicle formation during intracellular transport, and these proteins also play major roles in the assembly of enveloped viruses such as […]
Thomas Tolsma Presents: Ph.D. Defense: Wednesday May 16, 2018
Wednesday May 16th, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in MRB 312
“CARGO INDUCED RECRUITMENT OF THE ENDOCYTIC ADAPTOR PROTEIN SLA1 AND THE ROLE OF SLA1-CLATHRIN BINDING IN PROGRESSION OF ENDOCYTOSIS”
Jenifer Shattuck Presents: Ph.D. Defense, Monday May 14, 2018
Monday May 14th, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in MRB 312
“Investigating the roles prion-like domains play in cellular stress responses”
Dr. Marc Nishimura Presents: Dr. Marc Nishimura Presents: “Offense and Defense: Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Pathogen Interactions”
Thursday May 10th, 2018 at 9:00AM in Yates Hall, Room 206
Luke F. Hartje, Ph.D. Defense, May 9, 2018
Wednesday May 9th, 2018 at 2:00PM in MRB 312
“CHARACTERIZING POROUS PROTEIN CRYSTAL MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS IN NANOMEDICINE AND BIONANOTECHNOLOGY”
Amanda Koch Presents: Special Seminar: May 8, 2018
Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. in MRB 312
“Catalyzing Advocacy for Science and Engineering: Learning about science policy and how to be an effective advocate”
Erich Kushner, Ph.D. Presents: BMB SEMINAR: Monday, April 30, 2018
Monday April 30th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Regulation of Basement Membrane Secretion in Blood Vessels”
Aaron Sholders, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar: Monday April 23, 2018
Monday April 23rd, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Approaching Instruction as a Scientist”
Martin McCullagh, Ph.D. Presents: BMB SEMINAR: April 16, 2018
Monday April 16th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Allostery along the ATP hydrolysis cycle of dengue viral NS3 helicase“
Florian Mueller, Ph.D. Presents: BMB SEMINAR: April 2, 2018
Monday April 2nd, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“A quantitative framework to study sub-cellular mRNA localization”
Alison Thurston Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday March 20th, 2018 at 2:00PM in MRB 312
“The Chromatin Binding Factor Spn1 Contributes to Genome Instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”
Yajie Gu Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday March 20th, 2018 at 11:00AM in MRB 312
STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 AND ITS NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY MECHANISM”
Greg Odorizzi, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, March 19, 2018
Monday March 19th, 2018 at 10:00 AM in MRB 312
“Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex”
Joshua Black, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, March 5, 2018
Monday March 5th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Understanding Epigenetic Regulation of Copy Number”
Davide Mazza, Ph.D. Presents: BMB Seminar: Monday, February 26, 2018
Monday February 26th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Single molecule action of transcription factor in living cells: Lessons from the tumor-suppressor p53”
Sebastian Pott, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar: Monday, January 29, 2018
Monday January 29th, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Measuring chromatin organization and transcription in single cells”
Ann Miller, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar: Monday, January 22, 2018
Monday January 22nd, 2018 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
Bernhard Geierstanger, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar Monday December 4, 2017
Monday December 4th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Site-specific protein conjugation strategies for the preparation of homogenous Antibody Drug Conjugates”
Fred Hoerndli, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar Monday November 27, 2017
Monday November 27th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“More than just motors: mobile signaling complexes that regulate synaptic function”
Dan V. LaBarbera, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar, Monday November 13, 2017
Monday November 13th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Reversing EMT as a therapeutic strategy for metastatic cancer.”
Matthew Scholfield, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar, Monday November 6, 2017
Monday November 6th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Making The Transition To Industry: My Experience With Pharmaceutical Development”
Julie Walker, Ph.D. Defense
Wednesday October 18th, 2017 at 11:00AM in MRB 312
“Characterization of a novel Archaeal transcription termination factor” Faculty Adviser: Dr. Thomas Santangelo
Murray Honors Visiting Scholar Series: Guest Speaker, Karolin Luger, Ph.D. University of Colordo, Boulder
Wednesday October 18th, 2017 at 6;30PM in Lory Student Center Ballroom
“All Wound Up and Ready to Go-Packaging Old and New Genomes”
Dustin Updike, PH.D. Presents: Seminar, Monday October 16, 2017
Monday October 16th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Unraveling the function of germ-granule RNPs in C. elegans.”
Alexandra Gehring, Ph.D. Defense
Friday October 13th, 2017 at 10:00 AM in MRB 312
“Yin and Yang: Transcription and Replication in Archaea” Faculty Adviser: Dr. Thomas Santangelo
Jennifer DeLuca, Ph.D. Presents: Seminar, Monday October 9, 2017
Monday October 9th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Achieving accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis: The making and breaking of dynamic kinetochore-microtubule attachments”
Richard J. McKenney, Ph.D. Presents: “Cooperative Accumulation of Dynein-Dynactin at Microtubule Minus-Ends Drives Microtubule Network Reorganization”
Monday September 18th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
Lubna Tahtamouni, Ph.D. Presents: Presenting August 28, 2017
Monday August 28th, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Being a woman scientist in Jordan; reality, the dream and the future”
Fabiana Duarte, Ph.D. Presents: Presenting August 21, 2017
Monday August 21st, 2017 at 10:00AM in MRB 312
“Transcription factors GAF and HSF act at distinct regulatory steps to modulate stress-induced gene activation”
Crystal Vander Zanden, Ph.D. Defense
Friday June 2nd, 2017 at 11:00AM in MRB 312
“5-Hydroxymethylcytosine and Endonuclease G as Regulators of Homologous Recombination”
Spring 2017 Awards Reception
Friday May 12th, 2017 at 9:30AM in MRB 312
Please join us for an awards reception honoring this year’s graduates, award and scholarship recipients, and faculty and staff service milestones. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Friday, May 12th at 9:30 a.m. MRB 312
Sean Cascarina, Ph.D. Defense
Thursday May 11th, 2017 at 3:00PM in MRB 312
“Investigation of the Sequence Features Controlling Aggregation or Degradation of Prion-Like Proteins”
Melissa Ford, Ph.D. Defense
Wednesday May 10th, 2017 at 11:00AM in MRB 312
“Development of Computational Tools to Model Molecular Interactions for Medicinal Chemistry”
Michelle Facette, PhD Presents: Presenting May 1
Monday May 1st, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
“Cell polarization during maize stomatal development”
Sabeeha Merchant, PhD Presents: Presenting April 24
Monday April 24th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
“Biology of trace element economy”
Matthew Ferguson, PhD Presents: Quantifying Gene Expression and Regulation in Living Cells by Fluorescence Fluctuation Imaging
Monday March 20th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Hideki Taguchi PhD Presents: Molecular Mechanism of Chaperonin GroEL and Yeast Prion
Monday March 6th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Christian Gonzalez-Billault Presents: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Neuronal Polarity
Friday February 17th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Biochemistry Student Association (BCSA) First Meeting
Wednesday February 1st, 2017 at 5:00PM in MRB 312
Andrew Gardner, PhD Presents: Single-molecule and Next Generation Sequencing approaches to study in vitro and in vivo genome replication
Monday January 23rd, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Dan Krzizike Presents: Functional characterization of Nucleosome assembly proteins
Thursday December 15th, 2016 at in MRB 312
Naoyuki Inagaki, PhD Presents: Molecular Mechanism for Axon Outgrowth and Neuronal Network Formation.
Thursday December 8th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Gary Gorbsky, PhD Presents: Keys to the art of transition in mitosis
Monday November 14th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Michael McMurray, PhD Presents: Mechanisms of macromolecular complex assembly: insights from the study of septin hetero-oligomers
Monday November 7th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Matthew Scholfield Presents: HALOGEN BONDS IN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Monday October 31st, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Sha Li Presents: SPN1, A MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLAYER IN THE CHROMATIN CONTEXT
Thursday October 20th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Nouf Al-afaleq Presents: GENERATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC UBIQUITINATED HISTONES THROUGH CHEMICAL LIGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HISTONE DEUBIQUITINASES
Monday October 17th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Wei-Sheng Wu, PhD Presents: Computational reconstruction of the Transcriptional Regulatory Modules (TRMs) in yeast
Monday October 10th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Eric Ross, PhD Presents: Using yeast prions as a model for understanding beneficial and pathological protein aggregation
Monday October 3rd, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Jason Stumpff, PhD Presents: Centering the genome: How and why do chromosomes align within the mitotic spindle?
Monday September 26th, 2016 at in MRB 312
Jeffrey Field, PhD Presents: Developing next-generation microscopes for biological imaging
Monday September 19th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Dr. J. Shaun Lott Presents: The structure and function of RHS repeat-containing proteins: a new paradigm for targeted protein delivery
Thursday July 7th, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in MRB 312
Tao Wang Presents: Mechanistic insight into nucleosome structure regulation by the histone chaperone FACT
Monday June 27th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Junmin Peng, PhD Presents: High Throughput Proteomics to Ubiquitin Biology and Alzheimer’s Disease
Tuesday May 3rd, 2016 at 12:00 Noon in MRB 312
Yamini Dalal, PhD Presents: Twisting the dragon’s tail: lessons learned from studying histone variant dynamics in cancer cells
Monday April 25th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Robert Sclafani, PhD Presents: Exploitation of DNA Replication Stress and Repair Mechanisms for Cancer Chemoprevention
Monday April 18th, 2016 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Denise M. Ferkey, PhD Presents: Scents and Sense-ability – from GPCRs to Circuits and Behavior
Monday April 11th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Ching-Hwa Sung, PhD Presents: Unconventional roles of dynein light chain Tctex-1 in neurogenesis, cell cycle control, and ciliary dynamics
Monday April 4th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Mara Duncan, PhD Presents: Starving cells E.A.T: Endocytic Autophagic Turn-over contributes to cell survival during glucose starvation
Monday March 28th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Ryan Rogge Presents: Physicochemical Characterization of Self-Associated Chromatin Oligomers
Monday March 28th, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Mark Winey, PhD Presents: Only one please: Cell Cycle Control of Yeast Centrosome Duplication
Monday March 7th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Xiaojun Ren, PhD Presents: Visualizing dynamics and interactions of Polycomb Group proteins on chromatin by single-molecule fluorescence approaches
Monday February 8th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Melanie M. Cooper, PhD Presents: Evidence-Based Approaches to Curriculum Reform and Assessment
Monday February 1st, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Juan Ausio, PhD Presents: Histone H2A.Z: structural insights into a functionally enigmatic histone variant involved in prostate cancer
Monday January 25th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Chip Asbury, PhD Presents: On the force-generating capacity of disassembling microtubules
Monday November 9th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Ryan Potts, PhD Presents: Ubiquitin puts actin in its place to drive endosomal trafficking
Monday November 2nd, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Michael Klymkowsky, PhD Presents: Designing coherent curricula & effective courses in the sciences
Tuesday October 27th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Thomas Santangelo, PhD Presents: Molecular Biology of the Archaea
Monday October 5th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Subhojit Roy, MD PhD Presents: Unconventional Trafficking in Axons
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Adlei Carlson Presents: Cofilin-Actin Rods: Quantification and Comparison to Tau Pathology in a Human Longitudinal Aging Study and the Dynamics of Nadph Oxidase 2, a Component of the Prion-Dependent Rod Inducing Pathway
Thursday July 30th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Sarah Lee, PhD Presents: Top three reasons to consider a career at a predominantly undergraduate institution
Monday July 13th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Susanne Walker Presents: Helical Grafted Display Proteins as Modulators of HIV-1 Infection
Thursday July 9th, 2015 at 1:00 pm in MRB 312
Spring Awards Reception
Friday May 15th, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in MRB 312
The spring awards reception recognizing 2014-15 graduates and scholarship recipients will be held on May 15th at 9:30 a.m. in MRB 312.
Maggie Hepler Presents: Parsing PARP: The biophysical characterization of Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase I and II
Wednesday May 6th, 2015 at 1:00 pm in MRB 312
Ada Ndoja Presents: Regulation of transcription by ubiquitin and the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Hidevaldo Machado, PhD Sr. Scientist Presents: CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system utilizing synthetic RNAs
Monday May 4th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Jefferson Knight, PhD Presents: Protein-membrane interactions in secretory pathways: insights from single-molecule fluorescence
Monday April 27th, 2015 at in MRB 312
Brandt Eichman, PhD Presents: A new paradigm for how proteins locate and repair DNA damage
Thursday April 16th, 2015 at in MRB 312
Marc Nishimura Presents: Using pathogens as evolved tools to understand the mechanistic diversity of the plant immune system
Wednesday April 1st, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 312
Michael Blower, PhD Presents: RNA Localization During Mitosis
Monday March 30th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
William Tansey, PhD Presents: MYC, Chromatin, and Cancer
Monday March 9th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Samie Jaffrey, PhD Presents: Imaging RNA and RNA biology with RNA mimics of green fluorescent protein
Monday March 2nd, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Champak Chatterjee, PhD Presents: Chemical approaches to study ubiquitin-like proteins in bacteria and humans
Monday February 16th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Tai Montgomery, PhD Presents: Small RNAs and transgenerational RNA interference
Monday February 9th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
John Pascal, PhD Presents: Structural biochemistry of DNA damage-dependent PARPs
Monday December 1st, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
David Auble, PhD Presents: Measuring locus-specific chromatin interaction dynamics
Monday November 17th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Jay Gatlin, PhD Presents: Studies of Spindle (and Nuclear) Scaling: a Microfluidics-based Approach
Monday November 3rd, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Loren Williams, PhD Presents: RNA and Protein: a Match Made in the Hadean
Monday October 20th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 312
Tingting Yao, PhD Presents: Ubiquitin conjugation and deconjugation in transcription
Monday September 22nd, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Jeffrey Moore, PhD Presents: Tubulin tails: modules for regulating microtubule dynamics and network function
Monday September 8th, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Curtis Davey, PhD Presents: DNA Sequence-Dependent Promises by the Nucleosome Kept and Broken
Tuesday August 12th, 2014 at 11:00 am in MRB 312
Sarah Lee, PhD Presents: Becoming a Master Juggler: Life at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Monday July 21st, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Lindsey Long Presents: The spliceosome recycling factor, SART3, regulates H2B deubiquitination by Usp15
Friday June 27th, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Andrew J. Andrews, PhD Presents: Lysine specificity and selectivity of p300 is dependent on Acetyl-CoA concentration
Thursday June 26th, 2014 at noon in MRB 312
Whitney Luebben Presents: The “writing” and “reading” functions of the histone acetyltransferase and bromodomain containing protein, p300, during HTLV-1 transcription activation
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 2:00 pm in MRB 312
Robert Piper, PhD Presents: How Ubiquitin sorts Proteins in Endosomes
Monday April 28th, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Woojin An, PhD Presents: Chromatin dynamics and gene regulation
Monday April 14th, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Gina Caldas Presents: The kinetochore protein KNL1 links kinetochore-microtubule attachment and checkpoint signaling during mitosis
Friday April 4th, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
William T. Jackson, PhD Presents: The Ins and Outs of Cellular Membrane Rearrangements by Picornaviruses
Monday March 31st, 2014 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Satoshi Machihara Presents: Characterization of HIV-1 Protease Autoprocessing Trans-Cleavage Mechanism
Tuesday March 25th, 2014 at 1:00 pm in MRB 312
John Lis, PhD Presents: Local & genome-wide views into the mechanisms of transcription and its regulation
Monday March 17th, 2014 at 10 am in MRB 312
Thomas Pollard, PhD Presents: Quantitative analysis of the mechanisms of cellular motility, endocytosis and cytokinesis
Friday March 14th, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in Behavioral Sciences 131
Dr. Pollard has pioneered the use of a combination of biochemistry, biophysics, microscopy and genetics to investigate how cells control the assembly and disassembly of actin filaments during cellular movements. Please join us for the second seminar of the Woody Lectureship supported by an endowment established by Robert and A-Young Woody upon their retirement from […]
Julie Maupin-Furlow, PhD Presents: Multifunctional ubiquitin-fold proteins in sulfur mobilization and isopeptide bond formation
Monday March 3rd, 2014 at 10 am in MRB 312
Francesca Mattiroli, PhD Presents: Mechanism of H2A ubiquitination in DNA damage response
Monday February 17th, 2014 at 10 am in MRB 312
Roy Parker, PhD Presents: RNA Physiology and neurodegenerative disease: Quality Control of RNPs
Monday February 3rd, 2014 at 10 am in Pathology 103
Cynthia Wolberger, PhD Presents: Cross-talk between ubiquitin conjugating and deubiquitinating enzymes
Monday December 16th, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf, PhD Presents: The role of nucleosome dynamics in gene regulation
Monday December 2nd, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Ling Zhang Presents: Functional Characterization and Comparison of Histone Chaperones
Tuesday November 5th, 2013 at 1:00 pm in Clark A207
David Kang, PhD Presents: Molecular Intermediates of Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease
Monday November 4th, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Robert Williams, University Distinguished Professor Presents: Synthesis and Biological Mode of Action of Macrocyclic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Monday October 21st, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Craig Peterson, PhD Presents: Chromatin dynamics: Putting histones in their place
Monday October 7th, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Roger Kornberg Presents: The Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription
Monday October 7th, 2013 at 2 pm in Anatomy Zoology Building W118
Santiago DiPietro, PhD Presents: Molecular mechanisms of endocytosis and organelle biogenesis
Monday September 23rd, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Srinivas Chakravarthy, PhD Presents: “Complementary techniques enhance the quality and scope of SAXS data”
Friday September 13th, 2013 at 10 am in MRB 312
Keynote Speaker Tina Garza, PhD
Thursday August 1st, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in Yates 308
REU Site: Molecular Biosciences Research Symposium Keynote
Borries Demeler, PhD Presents: Measuring Composition and Interaction Strengths of Self- and Hetero-Associations using the Fluorescence and UV optics in the Analytical Ultracentrifuge
Wednesday July 31st, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 312
Jim Pflugrath, PhD Presents: Diffraction Image Processing with HKL3000 Scaling and Statistics Revealed
Tuesday July 30th, 2013 at 10:00 am - 12:00 noon in Yates 308
Courtney Springer Presents: Polyprotein Context Regulates the Activity of Poliovirus 2CATPase Bound to Bilayer Nanodiscs and Involvement of the Poliovirus 3Dpol Thumb ?-Helix in Determining Poly(A) Tail Length
Tuesday July 16th, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in MRB 312
Daniel Feliciano Presents: Discovery and Characterization of the SLAC Complex and its Role in Actin Polymerization During Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
Tuesday July 2nd, 2013 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Ctirad Hofr, PhD Presents: Telomeric proteins across species : Quantitative approaches in protein function analysis
Thursday June 27th, 2013 at 10:00 am in MRB 312
Marie Yearling Presents: TATA binding protein dynamics within a cellular chromatin environment
Tuesday June 25th, 2013 at 9:00 am in MRB 312
Rebecca Ferguson Presents: Regulation of MCM Helicase Loading and Activation
Tuesday June 18th, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in MRB 230
Post-doctoral candidate, Rebecca Ferguson, Ph.D, UC-Denver, will present Regulation of MCM Helicase Loading and Activation, Tuesday, June 18th at 11:00 a.m. in MRB 230.
Sarah Benjamin, MS defense Presents: Optimization and Analysis of Live Attenuated DENVax-4 Constructs
Tuesday May 28th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 230
Spring Recognition Reception
Friday May 17th, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in Lory Student Center Room 230
Please join us Friday, May 17th, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 230 of Lory Student Center for a reception recognizing 2012-13 graduates and award and scholarship recipients. Families and friends of graduates and award recipients are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Graduates to be recognized include students who have earned bachelor’s, master’s and […]
Jarred Bultema, PhD defense Presents: Determination of the functions of Rab32, Rab38, and their effector Myosin Vc in the biogenesis of melanosomes
Monday May 13th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Ryan A. Mehl, PhD Presents: Expanding Chemical Biology with Broadly Permissive Translation
Monday April 22nd, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Aaron Johnson, PhD Presents: Multiple mechanisms govern budding yeast heterochromatic gene silencing
Monday April 8th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Sudipta Bhattacharyya, PhD Presents: Crystal structure based functional analysis of Staphylococcal dual specific inositol monophosphatase/NADP(H) phosphatase
Monday March 25th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Dr. Richard E. Lloyd Presents: Can RNA granules stress-out poliovirus?
Monday March 11th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Kevin Schauer Presents: Temporal Changes in the Cytosolic Proteome of the Proximal Convoluted Tubule During the Onset of Metabolic Acidosis
Monday February 18th, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Michelle Mendoza, PhD Presents: Regulation of Cell Motility by Oncogenic Signaling Pathways
Wednesday February 13th, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Dr. Mark A. Wainberg Presents: The Importance of Understanding Mechanisms of HIV Drug Resistance to Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase Inhibitors
Monday February 11th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Robert J. Johnston, PhD Presents: Controlling stochastic gene expression in the Drosophila retina
Thursday February 7th, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123
Steven Markus, PhD Presents: “Mechanisms of motor driven spindle orientation in baker’s yeast”
Thursday January 31st, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123
Owen Hoekenga, PhD Presents: Leveraging non-targeted metabolite profiling via statistical genomics: case studies from maize grain quality
Monday January 28th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Laura Burrack, PhD Presents: “Centromere and kinetochore flexibility: a buffering mechanism to protect chromosome segregation”
Monday January 28th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Dana Freund, PhD defense Presents: “Proteomic Profiling of the Rat Renal Proximal Convoluted Tubule in Response to Chronic Metabolic Acidosis”
Friday January 25th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Timothy Stasevich, PhD Presents: “Towards a single cell, single molecule view of the transcription cycle and its regulation by histone modifications”
Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123
Nicole Francis, PhD Presents: Biochemical mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance by Polycomb Group proteins
Monday January 14th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Rocky Mountain Yeast Meeting 2013
Friday January 11th, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. in Lory Student Center Cherokee Ballroom
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Dylan T. Burnette, PhD Presents: Control of cellular shape and movement by myosin II-based contractile systems
Wednesday January 9th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Hasan Yardimci, PhD Presents: Single-molecule studies of replicative DNA helicases
Monday January 7th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Peter Gunning, PhD Presents: Tropomyosin directed regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in neurons
Friday December 14th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
BC 499B LITERATURE-BASED THESIS PRESENTATION
Friday December 7th, 2012 at 3:00-4:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Christopher English will present “Bioremediation and Microbial Mining: Separation of Thorium Through Biological Processes” at 3:00 p.m. on Friday December 7, 2012 in MRB 123. BC_499B_Presentation_announcement_English Logan Winne will present: “Placebo Effect: Controlling Health Through Mentally Stimulated Dopamine Release and Positive Thought” at 3:30 p.m. on Friday December 7, 2012 in MRB 123.BC_499B_Presentation_announcement_Winne
BC 499A RESEARCH-BASED THESIS PRESENTATION
Tuesday December 4th, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in MRB 123
Carl Dernell will present: “Characterization of the Biochemical Interactions between the HTLV-1-encoded oncoptrotein Tax and members of the CaM Kinase Pathway” on Tuesday December 4, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in MRB 123. BC_499A_Presentation_announcement_12_04_12
Adam Marcus, Co-Founder, Retraction Watch and Managing Editor, Anesthesiology News Presents: Research Misconduct – A Publishing Perspective
Monday November 12th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Pathology Room 103
Erik Ingelsson, PhD and Andrea Ganna, PhD Presents: Molecular Epidemiology: Metabolomics and cardiovascular disease
Thursday November 1st, 2012 at 3:00 pm in MRB 123
Tom Santangelo, PhD Presents: Central dogma machinery and regulation in the Archaea: insights from the third Domain
Monday October 29th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Dr. Don W. Cleveland, Chair of Cellular & Molecular Medicine; Professor Of Medicine, Neurosciences, & Cellular & Molecular Medicine Presents: “Guarding the Genome: centromeres, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis”
Monday October 15th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Pathology Room 103
Dr. Sanjeev Galande Presents: “Signaling to Chromatin: Tale of a genome organizer”
Tuesday October 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 pm in MRB 123
Nadrian C. Seeman, Ph.D. Presents: DNA: Not Merely the Secret of Life.
Monday October 1st, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Nicholas Clark Presents: “The Biophysical, Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 (PARP-1) and its Complexes with DNA-Damage Models and Chromatin Substrates ”
Thursday September 20th, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Jianjie Mi, thesis defense Presents: “The involvement of membrane lipid rafts in the process of rod formation in neurons”
Thursday July 26th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
James W. Pflugrath, PhD Presents: Tutorial: SAD Phasing of Macromolecule Crystals with HKL-3000: From data collection to refined models in less than an hour
Thursday June 28th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 250
Katerina Gurova Presents: “FACT as a marker and target of cancer”
Monday June 4th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB room 123
Theresa Russell, PhD defense Presents: A surface protease of Lyme disease bacteria degrades host ECM components and induces inflammatory cytokines in vitro
Thursday May 31st, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Megan Carter, PhD defense Presents: Structure Energy Relationship of Biological Halogen Bonds
Friday May 25th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Dr. Jerry Bouma Presents: Prenatal androgenization in sheep as a model to study developmental programming: Using different animal models to study the role of epigenetics and non -coding RNAs in reproductive health and disease
Thursday May 10th, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Dr. Jon Boyle Presents: Moving up and down the ladder: gene expansion as a mechanism for the evolution of host range and virulence in pathogens
Monday April 30th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Dr. James Ntambi Presents: A Role for Skin Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 In Obesity and Diabetes
Thursday April 26th, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Dr. Marvin Paule Presents: Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III
Monday April 23rd, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123
Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at 10:00AM) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts.
Dr. Gerhard Gstraunthaler Presents: Alternatives to Fetal Bovine Serum in Cell Culture Media, Challenges and Perspectives
Friday April 20th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 230
Dr. Marvin Paule Presents: Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III
Thursday April 19th, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at noon) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts.
Dr. Sarah Franklin Presents: Proteomic identification of proteins driving chromatin remodeling in cardiac hypertrophy and failure
Monday April 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM in MRB 123
Dr. Alexander Ninfa Presents: Using the E. coli Nitrogen Control System to Study General Signal Transduction System System Design Principles: Retroactivity, Sources of Ultrasensitivity, and Absolute Concentration Robustness
Thursday April 12th, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Dr. Marvin Paule Presents: Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III
Thursday April 12th, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in MRB 123
Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at 10:00AM) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts.
Dr. Remo Rohs Presents: Genome-wide studies of the effect of nucleotide sequence on DNA shape and protein-DNA binding
Thursday April 5th, 2012 at 12:00 pm in MRB 123
Dr. Isabelle Billas Presents: Molecular Mechanisms of DNA and Coactivator Recognition by Steriod Receptors
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm in MRB 123
Dr. Michael Poirier Presents: Regulation of Nucleosome Dynamics
Monday April 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM in MRB 123
Dr. Richard N.Kolesnick Presents: Coupling Acute Ceramide-mediated Vascular Dysfunction to DNA Repair
Thursday March 29th, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Lynsie Sundin - PhD Defense Presents: Multiple domains in the NDC80 complex are required for generating and regulating kinetochore-microtubule attachments in mitosis
Friday March 23rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm in MRB 123
Dr. Karen Dobos Presents: Prospective on Biomarkers for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Monday February 27th, 2012 at 10:00 AM in MRB 123
Dr. Tiffany Weir Presents: Identifying Intestinal Bacteria Associated With Colon Cancer Occurrance
Thursday February 9th, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Dr. Harold Zakon Presents: Electric Fish are Green: Energy Conservation and Ion Channel Recycling
Tuesday January 31st, 2012 at 12:00 PM in MRB 123
Dr. P. Shing Ho Presents: Reappointment Talk: State of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Monday January 30th, 2012 at 10:00 AM in MRB 123