Current Seminars
Seminar Series Dates 2009-2010
Mondays - 12:00n to 1:00pm in Room 2231 WH (Lecture Hall)
The following dates are reserved and available:
JANUARY 12, 2009 - "Molecular basis for the recognition of snurportin1 by importin B", Presented by: Greg Mitrousis, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab (Thesis Defense Seminar)
JANUARY 26, 2009 - "Design of a general zymogen-life mechanism", Presented by: Diana Mitrea, Graduate Student, Loh Lab
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 - "Cleaning up the mess: transport of hydrophobic compounds across the bacterial outer membrane", Presented by: Bert van den Berg, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Hosted by: Gino Cingolani)
FEBRUARY 23, 2009 - "Light-dependent localization and redistribution of recoverin in Xenopus rod photoreceptors", Presented by: Mehdi Najafi, Graduate Student, Calvert Lab
MARCH 2, 2009 - "Picking at pathways: The Ste20 MAPK signaling pathway as a novel regulator of the Vacuolar (H+)- ATPase", Presented by: Sheena Claire Li, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
MARCH 9, 2009 - "Ssk2: The MAPKKK at the crossroads of cytoskeletal and chemical osmoadaptation", Presented by: Richard Mangio, Graduate Student, Amberg Lab
MARCH 16, 2009 - "Na+/H+ Exchangers: From Autism to XLMR and Yeast", Presented by: Rajini Rao, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University; (Hosted by: Patty Kane)
MARCH 23, 2009 - "How rigid or flexible are proteins in their native state?" Mapping LSFs in Myglobin, Presented by: Margaret Stratton, Graduate Student, Loh Lab
MARCH 30, 2009 - "Are there functional proteasomes in mature human RBCs?", Presented by: Sudha Neelam, Graduate Student, Goodman Lab
APRIL 6, 2009 - "Peptide arrays and mass spectrometry; approaches for V-ATPase intra- and inter- actomics", Presented by: Lee Parsons, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
APRIL 13, 2009 - "Functions of the Rotor and Stator Stalks in Mediating Coupling in ATP Synthase", Presented by: Stan Dunn, PhD, University of Western Ontario (Hosted by: Stephan Wilkens/Erik Kish-Trier)
APRIL 14, 2009 - "The peripheral stalk complex of the A-ATPase rotary motor: structural characterization & interaction with the catalytic sector", Presented by: Erik Kish-Trier, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab (Thesis Defense Seminar)
APRIL 20, 2009 - "Investigating P-glycoprotein conformational changes using cysteine mutagenesis" Presented by: Brandy Verhalen, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
APRIL 27, 2009 - Tiffany Cook, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Host: Robert Barlow)
MAY 11, 2009 - "The glucose-responsive HRK1 and its possible actions on the V-type ATPase" Presented by: Wei Chun Ng, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
MAY 18, 2009 - "From Vaccinia virus infection to neuro-degenerative Epilepsia: role of DSPs in regulating basic cell functions" Presented by: Adem Koksal, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab
JUNE 1, 2009 - "The Bermuda Triangle of Stress: V-ATPase deficiency, oxidative stress, and iron misregulation" Presented by: Heba Diab, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
JUNE 15, 2009 - "Domain Characterization of the V-ATPase C Subunit: Interactions with the Peripheral Stalk Subunits and pH Induced Conformational Change" Presented by: Rebecca Oot, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
JUNE 22, 2009 - "To be or not to be: conserved actin cysteines can determine the fate of the cell according to its redox status" Presented by: Michelle Farah, Graduate Student, Amberg Lab. Thesis Defense Seminar
JUNE 30, 2009 - "Extracellular pH regulates V-ATPase disassembly and activity" Presented by: Theodore Diakov, Graduate Student, Kane Lab. Thesis Defense Seminar
JULY 6, 2009 - "Nonclassical nuclear transport: from mechanisms to disease" Presented by:
Kaylen Lott, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab
JULY 13, 2009 - "How to build an eye: Understanding transcriptional networks in early eye development of Xenopus laevis" Presented by: Yung Lyou, Graduate Student, Zuber Lab
JULY 27, 2009 - "Acute regulation of pancreatic beta cell function: Using FRET microscopy to understand post-translational glucokinase activation" Presented by: Mark A. Rizzo, PhD, University of Maryland (Jointly Hosted by: Patricia Kane & Ruth Weinstock)
AUGUST 17, 2009 - "Identification of novel functions for p21-activated kinases (PAKs) in budding yeast" Presented by: Thomas Hoefken, PhD, University of Kiel, Germany (Host: Patricia Kane)
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 - "Investigating Pgp conformational changes using FRET spectroscopy: from bulk to single molecule" Presented by: Brandy Verhalen, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 - "Conserved factors modulating longevity: yeast to mice" Presented by: Brian Kennedy, PhD, University of Washington (Host: Xin Jie Chen)
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 - "A Coiled-Coil 'Destabilization Module' for On-Demand Regulation of Protein Function" Presented by: Margaret Stratton, Graduate Student, Loh Lab
OCTOBER 15, 2009 - "The two rotary motors of F0F1-ATP synthase - simultaneous monitoring of different step sizes by single-molecule FRET" Presented by: Michael Boersch, PhD, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Host: Stephan Wilkens)
OCTOBER 19, 2009 - "Extracellular stress regulates the Vacuolar H+ ATPase" Presented by: Sheena Claire Li, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
OCTOBER 26, 2009 - Guest speaker in Ophthalmology (Host: Robert Barlow)
NOVEMBER 2, 2009 - "Ganglion-cell photorectpros: A bit of fly in the mammalian eye" Presented by: David Berson, PhD, Brown University (Host: Barry Knox)
NOVEMBER 9, 2009 - "Genetics of retinal develoment in mice" Presented by: Ed Levine, PhD, University of Utah (Host: Barry Knox)
NOVEMBER 16, 2009 - "Design of a general mechanism for eegulating enzyme function", Presented by: Diana Mitrea, Graduate Student, Loh Lab (Thesis Defense Seminar)
NOVEMBER 16, 2009 - "How to build an eye: Gene regulatory networks in early eye development", Presented by: Yung Lyou, Graduate Student, Zuber Lab
NOVEMBER 17, 2009 - "A Mechanism for Retinal Degeneration: Rhodopsin Aggregates in the Outer Segment", Presented by: Mohammad Haeri, Graduate Student, Knox Lab (Thesis Defense Seminar)
NOVEMBER 23, 2009 - "Roles of a highly conserved residue in Rhodopsin-like GPCRs investigated in cone opsin", Presented by: Colleen Kuemmel, Graduate Student, Knox Lab
NOVEMBER 30, 2009 -
DECEMBER 7, 2009 - "Frataxin & Company: The role of iron homeostasis in health and neurodegenerative disease", Presented by: Grazia Isaya, PhD, Mayo Clinic (Host: Xin Jie Chen)
DECEMBER 14, 2009 - Sudha Neelam, Graduate Student, Goodman Lab
DECEMBER 14, 2009 - "Should Fat be SMRT? The Role of Nuclear Receptor Corepressors in the Adipocyte", Presented by: Ronald N. Cohen, MD, Associate Professor, University of Chicago (Hosts: Patty Kane & Ruth Weinstock)
MARCH 1, 2010 - Rebecca Oot, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
MARCH 15, 2010 - Heba Diab, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
MARCH 29, 2010 - Rene Choi, Graduate Student, Zuber Lab
APRIL 5, 2010 - Wei Chun Ng, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
APRIL 12, 2010 - Tiansen Li,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and the
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary (Host: Peter Calvert)
APRIL 19, 2010 - Richard Mangio, Graduate Student, Amberg Lab
APRIL 26, 2009 - Kaylen Lott / Adem Koksal, Graduate Students, Cingolani Lab
MAY 3, 2010 - Lee Parsons, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
MAY 17, 2010 - Mehdi Najafi, Graduate Student, Calvert Lab
MAY 24, 2010 - Ivayla Geneva, Graduate Student, Calvert Lab
JUNE 7, 2010 - Macmillan Mbantenkhu, Graduate Student, Chen Lab / Cherry Mae Ignacio, Graduate Student, Knox Lab
JUNE 21, 2010 - Tatyana Fedotova, Graduate Student, Knox Lab / Heather DeBari, Graduate Student, Berry Lab
JULY 5, 2010 - Dimitra Aggeli, Graduate Student, Amberg Lab / Ming Zhuo, Graduate Student, Knox Lab
JULY 19, 2010 - Adeseye Adekeye, Graduate Student, Knox Lab /Kelley Crouse, Graduate Student, Zuber Lab
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