Research excellence in the areas of Cellular Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Gene Expression

Seminar Schedule for Fall 2009


Speaker: Brian Lenzmeier, PhD - Buena Vista University
Subject: "Preparing for and succeeding in a faculty position at a liberal arts college"
When: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Jennifer Nyborg, PhD

Speaker: Ted Abel, PhD - University of Pennsylvania - CANCELLED
Subject: "Molecular Mechanisms of Long-term Memory Storage"
When: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Greg Florant

Speaker: Dr. Dave Kovar, University of Chicago
Subject: "Formin-mediated Actin Assembly for Cell Division in Yeast and Worms"
When: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Jim Bamburg

Speaker: Dr. Amitava Mitra, University of Nebraska
Subject: "Direct Repeat Induced Gene Silencing in Plants"
When: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Dr. Rajinder Ranu

Speaker: Michael Shogren-Knaak, PhD - Iowa State University
Subject: "The Role of Cooperative Nucleosome Acetylation in Regulating Inducible Gene Expression"
When: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Dr. Jeff Hansen

Speaker: Paul J. Anderson, Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
Subject: "Polysomes, P-bodies and Stress Granules: Spatial Control of mRNA Translation/Decay"
When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Where: W-118 Anatomy-Zoology
Sponsor: CMB

Speaker: Dr. Chris Allen, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Subject: "High Throughput Flow Cytometric Screeing for Chemical Probe Discovery - Developing a ..."
When: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Jac Nickoloff

Speaker: Martin Bisaillon, PhD - University of Montreal
Subject: Molecular modeling studies & nucleotide analogs to understand enzymes involved in RNA cap synthesis
When: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Brian Geiss, PhD

Speaker: TBA by CMB
Subject: TBA (Hosted by Cell & Molecular Biology and Co-sponsored by Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: TBA

Speaker: Joaquin Maximilliano Espinosa, PhD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, CU Boulder
Subject: "Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in the serum response and p53 networks"
When: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: Sarah Lee

Speaker: Dr. George Seidel, Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Subject: TBA (Hosted by Cell & Molecular Biology and Co-sponsored by Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: CMB

Speaker: TBA (nothing scheduled, to date)
Subject: TBA (Hosted by Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Co-sponsored by Cell & Molecular Biology)
When: Monday, November 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: TBA

Speaker: TBA (nothing scheduled, to date)
Subject: TBA (Hosted by Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
When: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Where: MRB 123
Sponsor: TBA