Past Workshops 2019

Date Speaker, Department/Institution Workshop Title
Jan. 29
 
Daniel Weeks, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Using Xenopus oocytes to examine functional protein aggregation
Feb. 12
 
Miles Pufall, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Do steroids regulate B-cell development?
Feb. 19
 
Charles Brenner, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa

Saumya De Silva, Graduate Student
Chemistry (Musselman lab), University of Iowa
Trying to protect a neuron and can't get no satisfaction: A new story with NAD

Investigating the Nucleic Acid binding activity of the Polybromo-1 Bromodomains
 
Feb. 26
 
Bin He, PhD
Biology, University of Iowa
Evolution of reduced co-activator dependence led to target expansion of a starvation response pathway
Mar. 5
 
Bonnie Hall, PhD
Biology, Grand View University
Developing a PUI/R1 Research Collaboration: Evolution of DNA-Binding Specificity
Mar. 12 Rainbo Hultman, PhD
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
Dissecting mechanisms of depression vulnerability using brain network electrical activity
Mar. 26 Venkata Sanaboyana, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (Elcock lab), University of Iowa

Liping Yu, PhD
NMR Facility, University of Iowa
Molecular dynamics simulations of filament formation on the inner membrane of E.coli

NMR Spectroscopy and Metabolic Profiling of Complex II-Energized Mitochondria
Apr. 2 Todd Washington, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Modeling conformationally flexible proteins with X-ray scattering and molecular simulations
Apr. 9 Lokesh Gakhar, PhD
Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa
A Tale of Two Cores
Apr. 16 Fletcher Bain, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (M. Spies lab), University of Iowa

Colleen Caldwell, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (M. Spies lab), University of Iowa
Unraveling the G-quadruplex: A novel approach to assessing bypass of DNA Secondary Structure

RPA Conformational Dyanmics and the Recombination Mediator Mechanism
Sept. 10 Charles Brenner, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
PPM1D Mutations Silence the NARPT Gene and Sensitize to NAMPT Inhibition in Glioma
Sept. 17 Kris DeMali, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Integration of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism
Oct. 1 Zachary Wehrspan, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (Elcock lab), University of Iowa
Towards Cellular Scale Models of Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan
Oct. 8 Colleen Caldwell, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (M. Spies lab), University of Iowa

Fletcher Bain, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (M. Spies lab), University of Iowa
RPA domain dynamics in the regulation of DNA maintenance


G-quadruplex DNA: Probing the effect of DNA secondary structure and sequence in replication bypass
Oct. 15 Daniel Summers, PhD
Biology, University of Iowa
Novel intersections between protein homeostasis and neurodegeneration
Oct. 22 Lori Wallrath, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Defective coupling between the nucleus and cytoskeleton in muscular dystrophy
Oct. 29 Brittany Ripley, Graduate Student
Biochemistry (Washington lab), University of Iowa
Determining the structural basis of Rad6-18 autoinhibition
Nov. 12 William Sivitz, MD
Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Role of oxaloacetate in the regulation of Complex II-energized mitochondrial respiration
Nov. 19 Rainbo Hultman, PhD
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
Use of brain-wide electrical dynamics to dissect underlying mechanisms of stress vulnerability in preclinical depression model
Dec. 3 Tingting Duan, Graduate Student, Thesis Defense Seminar
Biochemistry (Geyer lab), University of Iowa
The nuclear lamina is required for stem cell mitosis and survival