Current Seminars

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology hosts several seminars each semester featuring on-campus faculty as well as prominent research scientists from other universities and institutions. These seminars are designed to broaden the knowledge of students, faculty and staff in the areas of current research and application of biochemistry and bio-technology related concepts. For more information about our seminar program, contact us at (970) 491-6841.

For Department members who wish to reserve a date for a visiting speaker, please see the calendar of available dates.

Seminar Schedule for Spring 2013

“Research Misconduct – A Publishing Perspective”

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Presents:

Thursday May 23rd, 2013 at in MRB 123

Single-molecule studies of replicative DNA helicases

Hasan Yardimci, PhD Presents:

Monday January 7th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Control of cellular shape and movement by myosin II-based contractile systems

Dylan T. Burnette, PhD Presents:

Wednesday January 9th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Biochemical mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance by Polycomb Group proteins

Nicole Francis, PhD Presents:

Monday January 14th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

“Towards a single cell, single molecule view of the transcription cycle and its regulation by histone modifications”

Timothy Stasevich, PhD Presents:

Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123

“Proteomic Profiling of the Rat Renal Proximal Convoluted Tubule in Response to Chronic Metabolic Acidosis”

Dana Freund, PhD defense Presents:

Friday January 25th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 123

Leveraging non-targeted metabolite profiling via statistical genomics: case studies from maize grain quality

Owen Hoekenga, PhD Presents:

Monday January 28th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

“Centromere and kinetochore flexibility: a buffering mechanism to protect chromosome segregation”

Laura Burrack, PhD Presents:

Monday January 28th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 123

“Mechanisms of motor driven spindle orientation in baker’s yeast”

Steven Markus, PhD Presents:

Thursday January 31st, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123

Controlling stochastic gene expression in the Drosophila retina

Robert J. Johnston, PhD Presents:

Thursday February 7th, 2013 at 11:00 am in MRB 123

   

The Importance of Understanding Mechanisms of HIV Drug Resistance to Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase Inhibitors

Dr. Mark A. Wainberg Presents:

Monday February 11th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Regulation of Cell Motility by Oncogenic Signaling Pathways

Michelle Mendoza, PhD Presents:

Wednesday February 13th, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in MRB 123

Temporal Changes in the Cytosolic Proteome of the Proximal Convoluted Tubule During the Onset of Metabolic Acidosis

Kevin Schauer Presents:

Monday February 18th, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Can RNA granules stress-out poliovirus?

Dr. Richard E. Lloyd Presents:

Monday March 11th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Crystal structure based functional analysis of Staphylococcal dual specific inositol monophosphatase/NADP(H) phosphatase

Sudipta Bhattacharyya, PhD Presents:

Monday March 25th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Multiple mechanisms govern budding yeast heterochromatic gene silencing

Aaron Johnson, PhD Presents:

Monday April 8th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Expanding Chemical Biology with Broadly Permissive Translation

Ryan A. Mehl, PhD Presents:

Monday April 22nd, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Determination of the functions of Rab32, Rab38, and their effector Myosin Vc in the biogenesis of melanosomes

Jarred Bultema, PhD defense Presents:

Monday May 13th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in MRB 123

Optimization and Analysis of Live Attenuated DENVax-4 Constructs

Sarah Benjamin, MS defense Presents:

Tuesday May 28th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in MRB 230

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