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Past Seminars 2021

Date Speaker Title of Seminar Host
Feb. 4 Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos, University of Washington Programming the Human Genome Biochemistry Graduate Students
Feb. 18 Dr. Kun-Liang Guan, University of California San Diego The Hippo pathway in cell growth, organ size control, and cancer Biochemistry Graduate Students
Feb. 25 Dr. Cheryl Stucky, Medical College of Wisconsin Skin Matters: Keratinocytes Contribute to Touch, Thermal Sensation and Pain Dr. Sheila Baker
Mar. 25 Dr. Sonja Schmid, Wageninegin University, Netherlands Protein Dynamics Across Timescales Dr. Maria Spies
Apr. 08 Dr. Xiaolan Zhao, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Regulating two branches the DNA damage response Dr. Maria Spies
Apr. 15 Dr. Kyle Roux, Stanford Research Nuclear Rupture, repair and beyond Dr. Lori Wallrath
Apr. 22 Dr. Seychelle Vos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pause & Go: Structurally elucidating mammalian RNA polymerase II regulation Dr. David Price
May 26 Colleen Caldwell, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar RPA DNA-binding domain dynamics: A target for homologous recombination regulation Mentor: Dr. Maria Spies
July 6 Alicia Salvi, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar Mechanisms of Force Transmission Mentor: Dr. Kris DeMali
July 7 Diamond Jelani, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar Chemical regulation of two-component systems: a study of the regulation of Staphylococcus aureus two-component systems, SrrAB and ArlRS, through the effects of small molecules Mentor: Dr. Ernesto Fuentes
July 8 Robert McDonnell, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar Modeling RNAs: From Small Molecules to Bacterial Polysomes Mentor: Dr. Adrian Elcock
Sept. 16 Dr. Michael Trakselis, Baylor University Dynamic Regulation of Replisome Progression Drs. Maria Spies and Todd Washington
Sept. 21 Dr. Alissa Armstrong, University of South Carolina Nutritional control of Drosophila oogenesis mediated by fat-to-ovary communication Dr. Lori Wallrath and Dr. Tina Tootle
Oct. 14 Dr. Liyang Zhang, Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, IA Engineered genome editing enzymes with enhanced activities Dr. Ernesto Fuentes
Oct. 21 Dr. John Cooper, University of Washington Regulation of Actin Capping Protein at Membranes Drs. Kris DeMali and Pete Rubenstein
Oct. 22 Colton Lankford, Molecular Medicine, Thesis Defense Seminar Function and regulation of the photoreceptor hyperpolarization-gated channel HCN1 Mentor: Dr. Sheila Baker
Nov. 4 Dr. Claudio Punzo, University of Massachusetts Medical School Role of Photoreceptor metabolism in retinal diseases Dr. Sheila Baker
Nov. 11 Dr. Wendy Gordon, University of Minnesota Decoding mechanotransduction mechanisms of cell surface receptors Dr. Kris DeMali
Nov. 16 Fletcher Bain, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 1 G-quadruplex DNA Binding and AutoPARylation is Dependent on DNA Sequence and Secondary Structure Mentor: Dr. Maria Spies
Nov. 18 Dr. Borden Lacy, Vanderbilt University Structures and functions of the Clostridioides difficile toxins Dr. Ernesto Fuentes
Nov. 19 Kelli Davie, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar The Regulation of Endothelial Lipase and Lipoprotein Lipase by ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 Mentor: Dr. Brandon Davies