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Past Workshops 2016

Date Speaker, Department, and Institution Workshop Title
Jan. 26 Dr. Ed Sander
Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
In vitro systems and computational models for studying cell-matrix interactions and mechanobiology
Feb. 2 Lori Wallrath, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Lamin-associated muscular dystrophy: Bedside to bench and beyond
Feb. 9 Brandon Davies, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
The unfinished stories of triglyceride metabolism
Feb. 16 Dr. Jacob Michaelson
Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
Transcriptional regulation in genetically impaired and pharmacologically-rescued adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Feb. 23 Dr. Anna Malkova
Biology and UI Genetics Cluster, University of Iowa
Complex mutations and chromosomal rearrangements associated with break-induced replication
Mar. 1 Sheila Baker, PhD
Biochemistry and Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa
Bridging the first visual synapse
Mar. 8 Adrian Elcock, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Progress report on building molecular simulation models for cellular systems
Mar. 22 Marc Wold, PhD
Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa
Protein acrobatics in genome stability
Mar. 29 Dr. Marie Migaud
Biochemistry Visiting Professor, University of Iowa
NAD chemical biology: Old and new NAD building blocks and derivatives
Apr. 5 Todd Washington, PhD
Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa
Assembly and architecture of the protein complex that replicates damaged DNA
Apr. 19 Madeline Shea, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
The Kinky Tail of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channel Nav1.2
Apr. 20 Dr. Joseph Dosbosy
Senior Staff Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies
Grad Student Open Forum: Careers in Industry
Apr. 26 David Price, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Atypical day in the Price Lab
Sept. 13 Kris DeMali, PhD
Biochemistry and Dermatology, University of Iowa
Mechanisms of E-Cadherin Mechanotransduction
Sept. 20 Dr. Markus Kuehn
Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Iowa
Restoring intraocular pressure control in glaucoma through stem cell based approaches
Sept. 27 Daniel Weeks, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Amyloids and protein aggregation as part of normal development
Oct. 4 Melissa Gildenberg
MSTP (Washington lab), University of Iowa
Investigating the mechanism of error-free DNA damage bypass
Oct. 4 Pamela Geyer, PhD
Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa
Networking at the nuclear perifphery: Contributions of Drosophila LEM domain proteins
Oct. 18 Brittany Ripley
Biochemistry (Washington lab), University of Iowa
Regulation of PCNA monoubiquitination in translesion synthesis
Oct. 18 Liyang Zhang
Biochemistry (Pufall lab), University of Iowa
Shaping up transcription factor DNA binding
Oct. 25 Wesley Lay
Biochemistry (Elcock lab), University of Iowa
Force Field optimization in molecular dynamics simulations using osmotic pressure measurements
Oct. 25 Ryan Mahling
Biochemistry (Shea lab), University of Iowa
Regulation of Nav1.2 by Calmodulin and FGFs
Nov. 1 William Hacker
Biochemistry (Elcock lab), University of Iowa
Development and implementation of a coarse-graned model of the E. coli nucleoid
Nov. 1 Julio Sanchez
Biochemistry (Musselman lab), University of Iowa
Determining the role of the AT-hook and bromodomain in mediating chromatin signaling to the Brahma Subunit of the SWI/SNF Complex
Nov. 8 Eric Taylor, PhD
Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Regulation of cellular and organismal metabolism by the mitochondrial carrier system
Nov. 15 Dr. Diane Slusarski
Biology, University of Iowa
Zebrafish Development & Disease: Fishing for Answers
Nov. 29 Dr. Po Hien Ear
Biochemistry (Brenner lab), University of Iowa
Maternal and Neonatal Health Benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside
Nov. 29 Dr. Adam Rauckhorst
Biochemistry (Taylor lab), University of Iowa
Novel mechanisms regulating mitochondrial glutamine metabolism
Dec. 6 Dr. Hillel Haim
Microbiology, University of Iowa
On the stable nature of instability: predictions of population-level changes in HIV-1 using diffusion-based models