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 |