| Date | Speaker, Department, and Institution | Workshop Title |
| Jan. 24 | Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa |
The insulin-FoxO Axis in the Regulation of Muscle Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Metabolism |
| Jan. 31 | Emma Morrison, PhD Biochemistry (Musselman Lab), University of Iowa |
The histone H3 tail as an active component in chromatin regulation |
| Jan. 31 | Ryan Sheldon, PhD Biochemistry (Taylor Lab), University of Iowa |
Understanding citrate as a cellular and physiological energy currency |
| Feb. 7 | Christopher Stipp, PhD Biology and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa |
Integrin crosstalk regulates the metastatic phenotype of prostate carcinoma |
| Feb. 14 | Rebecca Dodd, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa |
The role of the tumor microenvironment in sarcoma biology and treatment |
| Feb. 21 | Ling Yang, PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa |
Regulation of hepatic autophagy by nitrosative stress in obesity |
| Feb. 28 | Carlos Chan, MD, PhD Surgery, University of Iowa |
Role of CEACAM in cancer progression |
| Mar. 21 | Quinn Li Biochemistry (A. Spies Lab), University of Iowa |
Determinants of glucokinase activation: Implications for small molecule allosteric control |
| Mar. 21 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
Modulating lipase activity with ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 |
| Mar. 28 | Michael Schnieders, PhD Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa |
Novel simulation methods for the protein crystal folding proglem & the evaluations of missense variations |
| Apr. 4 | Mark Miller Biochemistry (Elcock Lab), University of Iowa |
Improving the accuracy of amino acid interactions in molecular simulations |
| Apr. 4 | Tyler Weaver Biochemistry (Musselman Lab), University of Iowa |
The EZH2 SANT1 domain is a histone reader providing sensitivity to the modification state of the H4 tail |
| Apr. 11 | Ernesto Fuentes, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
Towards revealing the regulation of the S. aureus SrrAB two-component system: A progress report |
| Apr. 25 | Maria Spies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
Dynamics and regulation of the RAD51 nucleoprotein filament |
| Aug. 29 | Shuxiang Li Thesis Defense Seminar, Biochemistry (Elcock Lab), University of Iowa |
Computer simulations exploring conformational preferences of short peptides and developing a bacterial chromosome model |
| Sept. 12 | Tingting Duan Biochemistry (Geyer Lab), University of Iowa |
An architectural protein Suppressor of Hairy-wing [SU(Hw)] is required for spermatogenesis |
| Sept. 19 | Emma Morrison, PhD Biochemistry (Musselman Lab), University of Iowa |
The conformation of the histone H3 tail inhibits association of effector domains with nucleosomes |
| Sept. 26 | Ferhaan Amad, MD/PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa |
Mechanistic Insights into Heritable and Acquired Heart Failure |
| Oct. 3 | Hannah Miller Biochemistry (DeMali Lab), University of Iowa |
Force-induced apoptosis: The mechanoprotective role of PAK2 |
| Oct. 10 | Nitija Tiwari Biochemistry (Fuentes Lab), University of Iowa |
Regulation of S. aureus SrrAB two-component system by a PAS domain |
| Oct. 10 | Fletcher Bain Biochemistry (M. Spies Lab), University of Iowa |
FBH1: A Homologous Recombination Switch |
| Oct. 24 | Colleen Caldwell Biochemistry (M. Spies Lab), University of Iowa |
Dynamic motions in homologous recombination: RPA, Rad51, and Rad52 |
| Oct. 31 | Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
The eukaryotic mutasome: Choosing the best tool for the job |
| Nov. 7 | Liping Yu, PhD Director, NMR Core Facility, Adjunct Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
NMR Studies of Enzyme Mechanism, Protein-Glycan and Protein-Prenyl Lipid Interactions |
| Nov. 14 | Jacob Litman Biochemistry (Schnieders Lab), University of Iowa |
Towards Computational Protein Design with Many-Body Potentials |
| Nov. 21 | Robert McDonnell Biochemistry (Elcock Lab), University of Iowa |
Optimizing force field parameter for nucleic acid simulations |
| Nov. 28 | Kin Fai Au, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa |
Addressing the combinatorial complexity in tumor and transcriptome by linkage information in sequencing data |
| Dec. 5 | Ryan Mahling Biochemistry (Shea Lab), University of Iowa |
Exciting Channels and Promiscuous Partners: Probing the Interactions between Nav1.2, CaM and FGF |