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Past Seminars

Date & Location Presenter
5/19/2020 May 19, 2020
Mackenzie Spicer (Fisher’s lab)
"RGS6 is a critical modulator of alcohol seeking/reward behaviors and VTA neuronal activity in the mesolimbic circuit."

Jordan Kohlmeyer (Quelle’s lab)
"Developing novel combination therapy targeting the RABL6A-RB1 pathway in MPNSTs"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon pdf announcement
5/12/2020

May 12, 2020
Lucy Evans (Bassuk’s lab)
"Modulation of post-traumatic immune response for improved visual outcomes"

Sheps King-McAlpin (Potthoff’s lab)
"Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Homeostasis by FGF21"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon pdf announcement

5/5/2020 May 5, 2020
Beverly Davidson
**Canceled**
4/28/2020 April 28, 2020
Rotation Talks #2
**Canceled**
4/21/2020 April 21, 2020
Rotation Talks #1
**Canceled**
4/14/2020 April 14, 2020
Guillermo Romano Ibarra (Stoltz’s lab)
"Analysis of airway epithelia cell compartments by flow cytometry"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon GRomano.pdf
4/7/2020

April 7, 2020
Jane Buchanan (Taylor’s lab)
"Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) loss leads to metabolic reprogramming to increase aspartate synthesis for cancer growth"

Drew Voigt (Mullin’s lab)
"Molecular Changes of the Choriocapillaris with Age"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
pdf announcement

3/31/2020 March 31, 2020
**Canceled**
3/24/2020 March 24, 2020
**Canceled**
3/17/2020 March 17, 2020
Spring Break- No Seminar
3/10/2020 March 10, 2020
Gabby Baccam (Huang’s lab)
"Cardioprotection by soluble klotho through lipid rafts"

Gillian DeWane (DeMali’s lab)
"The role of cell mechanics in breast cancer"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
GBaccam & GDeWane.pdf
3/3/2020 March 3, 2020
Sam Krysa (Allen’s lab)
"Mechanisms of human neutrophil metabolic reprogramming and apoptosis inhibition by Francisella tularensis"

Sofiya Pisarenka (Smith’s lab)
"In vitro modeling of the glycomatrix to study kinetics of C3 convertase" 

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
SPisarenka & SKrysa.pdf
2/25/2020 February 25, 2020
Micaela Fosdick (Houtman’s lab)
"Glycerol Monolaurate: Mechanisms of Human T cell Suppression"

Jeff White (Weigel’s lab)
"Metastatic Colonization of Melanoma is Licensed by TFAP2"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
MFosdick & JWhite.pdf
 
2/18/2020 Febraury 18, 2020
Catherine Marcinkiewcz, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
"Title TBD"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
pdf announcement
 
2/11/2020 February 11, 2020
Chandler Jensen-Cody (Engelhardt’s lab)
"Stem Cells of the Proximal Airway Epithelia"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
CJensen-Cody.pdf
2/4/2020 February 4, 2020
Sharon Jensen-Cody (Potthoff's lab)
"Novel Endocrine Circuit Regulating Sugar Satiety"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
SJensen-Cody.pdf
1/21/2019 January 21, 2019
Ajai Dandekar
"The social network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
University of Washington
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
ADandekar 01212020 Seminar.pdf
12/12/2019

December 12, 2019
Andrea Hallberg
"Title TBD"

Katherine Perschbacher
"Title TBD"

Molecular Medicine Special Seminar
11:00 a.m. 1117 MERF
pdf announcement

12/10/2019 December 10, 2019
Maureen Lamb (Tootle’s lab)
"Investigating the roles of Fascin in collective cell migration using Drosophila border cell migration"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
MLamb 12-10-19.pdf
12/3/2019 December 3, 2019
Colten Lankford (Baker’s lab)
"Regulation of HCN1 channels"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
CLankford 12-3-19.pdf
11/26/2019 November 26, 2019
Thanksgiving Break- No Seminar
11/19/2019 November 19, 2019
Daniel McVicar
"Metabolic Niches in Cancer and Inflammation"
National Cancer Institute, NIH
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
DMcVicar 11-19-19.pdf
11/15/2019 November 15, 2019
Sarah Sapouckey (Thesis Seminar)
"The Renin-Angiotensin System in Metabolism and Development"
Dr. Justin Grobe Lab
9:00 a.m.  2117 MERF
Sarah Sapouckey 11152019 flyer.pdf
 
11/12/2019 November 12, 2019
Rotation Talks #2

Cody Poe
"Creating Helper-Dependent Adenovirus Vectors Exhibiting Altered Tropism for Inner Ear Gene Therapy"

Nick Scalora
"Topoisomerase II is Critical for YAP-TFE3 Driven Anchorage-Independent Growth"

Joseph Chin
"Title TBD"

CheyAnne Youngblood
"Deletion of PRC2 alters cell growth in Sarcoma"

11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
Rotation Talks 11-12-19.pdf
11/05/19 November 5, 2019
Rotation Talks #1
Christian Brommel
"The Role of Rab11a in Influenza A Viral RNP Trafficking"

Nathan Witmer
"Targeting Mitochondrial Fission in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy"

Kelsey Dawes
"Dose and Time Dependency of the AHRR cg05575921 Demethylation Response in Nascent Smoking"

Benney Endoni
"Structure/Function Studies of ANGPTL8"

11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Rotation Talks 11-5-19.pdf
10/29/19 October 29, 2019
Patrick Fuller
"Hypothalamic arousal circuits"
Harvard Medical School
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon PFuller 10-29-19.pdf
10/22/19 October 22, 2019
Yingzi Yang
"Learning developmental biology by studying genetic diseases"
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Yingzi Yang 10-22-19 Seminar.pdf
10/15/19 October 15, 2019
Samuel B Stephens, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
"Deciphering insulin granule trafficking dynamics in the islet beta-cell"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon SStephens 10-15-19.pdf
10/8/19 October 8, 2019
Kirill Martemyanov
"Molecular control of neuronal GPCR signaling"
The Scripps Research Institute
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon KMartemyanov 10-8-19 Seminar.pdf
10/1/19 October 1, 2019
Gabe Velez, (Mahajan's lab)
“Structural insights into the unique activation mechanisms of a non-classical calpain and its disease-causing variants”

Marcus Toral, (Mahajan's lab)
"Misregulated control of gene transcription by IRX3 contributes to inflammatory eye disease"

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon GVelez & MToral 10-1-19.pdf
9/25/19 September 25, 2019
Julien Sebag, Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
"MRAP2: a key protein in the regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon JSebag 09-24-19 Seminar.pdf
9/17/19 September 17, 2019
Charles Sherr
"CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Discovery to Therapy"
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon CSherr 09-17-19 Seminar.pdf
9/10/19 September 10, 2019
Ryan Boudreau, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
"MicroRNAs and microproteins in cardiac health and disease"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon RBoudreau 09-10-19 Seminar.pdf
9/3/19 September 3, 2019
Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, Professor, Internal Medicine
"Multiple Myeloma Genomics: Drug Resistance and Therapy"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1289 CBRB
PDF icon FZhan 09-03-19 Seminar.pdf
8/27/19 August 27, 2019
Sunny Huang (Val Sheffield’s lab)
"A novel therapy for diabetes management"
Molecular Medicine Graduate Student
11:30 a.m. 283 EMRB
PDF icon SHuang 8-27-19.pdf
7/15/19 July 15, 2019
Franklin Bright (Thesis Seminar)
Title "Rapid Detection of S. aureus and S. pyogenes Skin Infections with Multiplexed Nuclease-activatable Imaging Probes"
Dr. James McNamara Lab
1:00 p.m.  B111 ML
PDF icon Franklin Bright 07152019 flyer.pdf
7/9/19 July 9, 2019
Kaylia Duncan (Thesis Seminar)
Title "The structure of the zebrafish periderm gene regulatory network and its relevance to orofacial clefting"
Dr. Robert Cornell Lab
2:00 p.m. 2117 MERF
PDF icon Kaylia Duncan 07092019 Flyer.pdf
5/7/19 May 7, 2019
Final Exam Week
4/30/19
11:30 a.m.
1289 CBRB
April 30, 2019
Rotation Talks #2
Kara Misel
"CO2 tolerance in pathogenic C. neoformans: an expansion of known virulence attributes" 
Zishan Zhang
"Does CIH drive MM progression via polarization of bone marrow macrophages?"
Jane Buchanan
"The role of pyruvate-alanine cycling in aspartate synthesis"
Guillermo Romano Ibarra
"Contributions of epithelial cell subsets to airway ion transport"
11:30 a.m.- 1289 CBRB
PDF icon Rotation Talks #2 4-30-19.pdf
4/23/19
11:30 a.m.
1289 CBRB
April 23, 2019
Rotation Talks #1
Qierra Brockman
"Small-molecular inhibitors interrupt RAD52 Stabilization of ssDNA" 
Adam Fitzimmons
"Macrophage uptake of Francisella tularensis infected neutrophils"
Anne Hotlz
"Sorting of Secretory Granule Proteins at the Golgi"
Andrew Voigt
"Molecular Characterization of Foveal Versus Peripheral Human Retina by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing"
11:30 a.m.- 1289 CBRB
PDF icon Rotation Talks #1 4-23-19.pdf
4/16/19 April 16, 2019
No Seminar
4/9/2019
11:30 a.m. 
283 EMRB
April 9, 2019
Jayaraj Rajagopal
"A Revised Hierarchy of the Airway Epithelium"
Massachusetts General Hospital
11:30 a.m. 283 EMRB
PDF icon Jayaraj Rajagopal 4-9-19.pdf
4/2/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1289 CBRB
April 2, 2019
Sheps King-McAlpin
"Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Homeostasis by FGF21"
(Matt Pothoff's lab)
Lucy Evans
"The role of inflammation underlying vision impairment after TBI"
(Alexander Bassuk's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1289 CBRB
PDF icon King-McAlpin & Evans 4-2-19.pdf
3/26/2019 March 26, 2019
John Thyfault
"Mitochondrial Fitness and Susceptibility for Metabolic Dysfunction"
The University of Kansas
11:30 a.m. 1289 CBRB
PDF icon John Thyfault 3-26-19.pdf
3/19/2019 Spring Break- No Seminar
3/12/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
March 12, 2019
Jordan Kohlmeyer
"Targeting the RABL6A-RB1 pathway suppresses MPNST pathogenesis"
(Dawn Quelle's lab)
Sharon Idiga
"Novel Endocrine Circuit Regulating Sugar Satiety"
(Matt Pothoff's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Kohlmeyer & Idiga 3-12-19.pdf
3/5/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
March 5, 2019
Student Recruitment Thank You Lunch
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
2/26/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
February 26, 2019
Laura Marquez
"Developing lentiviral gene therapy for cystic fibrosis"
(Paul McCray's lab)
Jeffrey White
"SUMO-Responsive Transcriptional Repression by TFAP2A Occupied Microsatellites"
(Ronald Weigel's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Marquez Loza & White 2-26-19.pdf
2/19/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
February 19, 2019
Micaela Fosdick
"Suppression of Human T Cell Activation by Glycerol MonolaurateDerivatives"
(Jon Houtman's lab)
Radhika Patel
"Ebola virus infection of and trafficking through skin"
(Wendy Maury's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Fosdick & Patel 2-19-19.pdf
2/12/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
February 12, 2019
Sarah Sapouckey
"Genetic Disruption of AGT in AgRP Expressing Cells"
(Justin Grobe's lab)
Chandler Jensen Cody
"Defining Transcription Factors that Dictate Submucosal Gland Epithelial Stem Cell Activation"
(John Englehardt's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Sapouckery & Jensen Cody 2-12-19.pdf
2/7/2019
10:30 a.m. 2117 MERF
February 7, 2019 (Note Thursday - 10:30 a.m. 2117 MERF)
Andrew Kowalczyk
"Cadherins as Modulators of Tissue Architecture in Development and Disease"
Emory University
10:30 a.m. 2117 MERF
PDF icon Andrew Kowalczyk 2-07-19.pdf

1/29/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB

January 29, 2019
Colten Lankford
"Early trafficking of HCN1 channels"
(Sheila Baker's lab)
Maureen Lamb
"Investigating the Roles of Fascin in Collective Cell Migration using Drosophila Border Cell Migration"
(Tina Tootle's lab)
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Lankford & Lamb 1-29-19.pdf
1/22/2019
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB

January 22, 2019
Yumi Imai
"The Regulation of Insulin Secretion and Islet Health by Lipid Droplets in Pancreatic Islets" 
Department of Internal Medicine

James Muse Davis
"Using the Zebrafish to Understand Granuloma Formation and Function"
Department of Pediatrics

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon YImai &JDavis 1-22-19.pdf

11/27/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
November 27, 2018
Bradley Hamilton (Joseph Zabner’s lab) 
"Title TBD"
Rebecca Autenried (Dale Abel’s lab)
"Insulin Signaling in Heart Failure"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Hamilton & Autenried 11-27-18.pdf

11/20/2018

November 20, 2018
No Seminar- Thanksgiving Break
11/13/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
November 13, 2018
Carol Ann Sartorius
"Game of Hormones: Estrogen-progesterone Receptor Tug-of-War in Breast Cancer"
University of Denver
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Dr. Sartorius 11-13-18.pdf
11/6/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
November 6, 2018
Rotation Talks #2

George Marcotte
"Molecular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy"

Kara Misel
"Generation of a helper-dependent adenoviral vector to assess the immune response to transduction in the inner ear"

Zishan Zhang
"Channel Function of Polycystic Kidney Disease PKD2 Protein"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Rotation Talks #2 11-6-18.pdf

11/1/2018
4:00 p.m.
1459 PBDB

November 1, 2018 (NOTE:  TIME/DAY CHANGE, Thursday 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Rotation Talks #1
Qierra Brockman
"Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Iron Metabolism in Myeloma Progression"
Adam Fitzsimmons
"Family Matters: HIF Family Expression of Myeloma in Hypoxia"
Anne Holtz
"Senexin A is Protective for BSL2 EBOV GP/rVSV"
University of Iowa
4:00 p.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Rotation Talks #1 11-01-18.pdf
10/23/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
October 23, 2018
Pete Lollar
"The Development of Recombinant Porcine Factor VIII, A Case History in Translational Medicine"
Emory University School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Dr. Lollar 10-23-18.pdf
10/16/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
October 16, 2018
Marcus Toral (Vinit Mahajan’s lab) 
"Integrating Proteomics and Functional Genomics to Treat Blinding Eye Disease"
Sunny Huang (Val Sheffield’s lab)
"Title TBD"
University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Toral & Huang 10-16-18.pdf
10/9/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
October 9, 2018
Philippe Soriano
"RTKs and all that jazz: signals that instruct cell fate decisions during development"
Icahn School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Dr. Soriano 10-9-18.pdf
10/2/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
October 2, 2018
Ying Hsu (Val Sheffield’s lab) 
"Good neurons gone bad: Ciliary and synaptic defects of photoreceptor neurons in Bardet Biedl Syndrome"

Morgan Sturgeon (Robert Cornell’s lab)
"Mg2+ transporter SLC41A1 as a Target to Protect Melanocytes and Dopaminergic Neurons Against Cellular Insults"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Hsu & Sturgeon 10-2-18.pdf
 
9/25/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
September 25, 2018
C.Andy Frank, Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology 
"Cell-cell Signals that Allows Synapses to Sustain Stable Outputs"

Kris DeMali, Kris DeMali, Professor, Biochemistry
"Links between Metabolism and Cell Adhesion"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon AFrank & KDeMali 09252018.pdf
9/18/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
September 18, 2018
Paul McCray, Professor, Pediatrics
"Delivery of Protein and CRISPR Cargoes to Airway Epithelial Cells using Engineered Amphiphilic Peptides"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon McCray.pdf
9/11/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
September 11, 2018
Michael Tomasson, Professor, Internal Medicine 
"Chromosomal Translocation t(4;14) and Intermittent Hypoxia in Multiple Myeloma"

Mary Wilson, Professor, Internal Medicine 
"Intestinal Microbiota of the Insect Vector as Regulators of a Human Parasitic Disease "

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Tomasson & Wilson.pdf
9/4/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
September 4, 2018
Kaylia Duncan (Robert Cornell’s lab)
"The Transcription Factor Network Governing Periderm Differentiation and its Relevance to Genetic Risk for Orofacial Clefting"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon KDuncan.pdf
8/30/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
August 30, 2018
Kevin Urak (Paloma Giangrande lab) - Thesis Seminar
"Detection and Treatment of Critical Illnesses using Oligonucleotides"

University of Iowa
2:00 p.m. 2117 MERF
PDF icon Kevin Urak Thesis Seminar_ 08302018.pdf
8/28/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
August 28, 2018
Andrea Hallberg (Robert Cornell's lab)
"The Role of tfap2 paralogs in the Neural Crest Gene Regulatory Network"

Koon-Yee (Arielle) Lam (Brian Phillips lab)
"Transactivation and Nuclear Localization of SYS-1/β-catenin, a Regulator of Wnt Target Gene Expression and Asymmetric Cell Division"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Hallberg & Lam 8-28-18.pdf
8/21/2018
11:30 a.m. 
1459 PBDB
August 21, 2018
Stefan Strack, Professor Pharmacology
"De Novo Mutations in PP2A causing Intellectual Disability with Autism" 

Samuel Young, Associate Professor, Anatomy
"Helper Dependent Adenoviral Vectors for Gene Therapy Approaches for Neurological Disorders"

University of Iowa
11:30 a.m. 1459 PBDB
PDF icon Stefan Strack & Samuel Young 8-21-18.pdf
5/1/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF​
Rotation Talks
Gillian DeWane
"Generating CRISPR/Cas9 Tools to Study PRC2 Disruptions in Sarcoma"
Dodd Lab

Samantha Krysa
"Mechanisms of Apoptosis Inhibition in Neutrophils by Francisella Tularensis"
Allen Lab

Sofiya Pisarenka
"Discovering the Role of imp9 in D. melanogaster Eggshell Formation"
Tootle Lab

Mackenzie Spicer
"RGS6: A Novel Gatekeeper Against Pathological α-Synuclein in Parkinson’s"
Tanas Lab

Gabriel Baccam
"Cardiac Protection by Klotho through Lipid Raft Mediated TRPC6"
Huang Lab
4/26/2018
4:00 p.m.
2117 MERF

Special Seminar Presentation
Rana Dajani
"Genetics of Diabetes"
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University

PDF icon Dr. Rana Dajani 4-26-18 Seminar.pdf

4/24/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF​

Kevin Booth
"Hidden in Plain Sight: Unraveling the Genotypic and Phenotypic Complexities of Hereditary Hearing Loss"
(Richard Smith Lab)

Sharon Idiga
"Novel Endocrine Circuit Regulating Sugar Satiety"
(Matthew Potthoff Lab)

PDF icon Booth & Idiga 4-24-18.pdf

4/20/2018
12:00 p.m.
B111 ML

Special Seminar Presentation
"Intellectual Property in Science" 

Brett Winborn, PhD
Law student
UI College of Law

Paula DeGrandis, JD, MS
Associate Director of Intellectual Property
UIRF

Kenneth Karanja, PhD, MS
Licensing Associate
UIRF

PDF icon Winborn 4-20-18.pdf

4/17/2018 Health Sciences Research Week- No Seminar
4/10/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Maureen Lamb
"Investigating the Roles of Fascin in Collective Cell Migration Using Drosophila Border Cell Migration"
(Tina Tootle Lab)

Colten Lankford
"Multiple Modes of Controlling the Trafficking and Expression of HCN1"
(Sheila Baker Lab)

PDF icon Lamb & Lankford 4-10-18.pdf

4/2/2018
1.00 p.m.
1289 CBRB

Christopher Newgard
“Metabolomics Unveils New Metabolic Disease Mechanisms"
Duke University

PDF icon Dr. Newgard 4-2-18.pdf

3/29/18
1:00 p.m.
2117 MERF

Emily Nguyen
Thesis Seminar: "The role of mitochondrial CaMKII in regulating mitochondrial function of vascular smooth muscle and neointimal formation"
(Grumbach lab)

PDF icon Emily Nguyen 2018.pdf

3/29/18
2:00 p.m.
1117 MERF

Reinaldo Franqui Machin
Thesis Seminar: "Destabilizing NEK2 overcomes resistance to proteasome inhibition in multiple myeloma"
(Fenghuang Zhan’s lab)

PDF icon Reinaldo Franqui Machin 2018.pdf

3/29/2018
4:00 p.m.
1289 CBRB

Cecilia Moens
​"What Happens in Vagus: A Temporal Mechanism of Topographic Map Formation by Vagus Motor Neurons"
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington

PDF icon Dr. Moens 3-29-18.pdf

3/20/2018

Chandler Jensen-Cody
“Beginning to Define Transcription Factors that Dictate Submucosal Gland Epithelial Stem Cell Activation”
Engelhardt lab

Dao-Fu Dai
“Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure and Arrhythmia”
Molecular Medicine Faculty Candidate

PDF icon Jensen-Cody & Dao-Fu- 3-20-18.pdf

3/13/2018 Spring Break- No Seminar
3/6/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Gabriel Velez
"Precision Medicine Strategies for Vitreoretinal Degeneration"
(Vinit Mahajan Lab)

Marcus Toral​
"The CAPN5-IRX3 Pathway in Inflammatory Eye Disease"
(Vinit Mahajan Lab)

PDF icon Velez & Toral- 3-6-18.pdf

3/1/2018
4:00 p.m.
1289 CBRB

Lalage Wakefield 
"TGF-β Signaling and Cancer Stem Cells in Breast Cancer Progression"
National Cancer Institute

PDF icon Dr. Wakefield 3-1-18.pdf

2/20/218
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Rebecca Autenried​
"Insulin Signaling in Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Remodeling"
(Dale Abel Lab)

Sunny Huang
"Development of a Non-Invasive Approach to Managing Diabetes"
(Val Sheffield Lab)

PDF icon Autenried & Huang- 2-20-18.pdf

2/13/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Bradley Hamilton
"Toward Identification of the Receptor Utilized by an Airway Efficient AAV"
(Joseph Zabner Lab)

PDF icon BHamilton 2-13-18 .pdf

2/6/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Katherine Perschbacher

"Role of Placental Regulator of G-Protein Signaling-2 (RGS2) in Preeclampsia"

(Justin Grobe Lab)



Morgan Sturgeon

"Magnesium Transporter SLC41A1 as a Target to Improve Viability of Melanocytes and Dopaminergic Neurons Against Cellular Insults"

(Robert Cornell Lab)

PDF icon Perschbacher & Sturgeon 2-6-18.pdf

1/30/2018
11.30 a.m.
1117 MERF

Kevin Urak

"RNA Inhibitors of Nuclear Proteins Implicated in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome"

(Paloma Giangrande Lab)

PDF icon KUrak 01302018.pdf

12/05/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB

Thorsten Maretzky, Ph.D.
"ADAMs: Key Molecules in EGF Receptor Signaling"
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa

Julien Sebag, Ph.D.,
"MRAP2: A Novel Regulator of Energy and Glucose Homeostasis"
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa

Molecular Medicine Faculty Candidates

PDF icon Thorsten Maretzky & Julien Sebag 12-05-17.pdf

11/23/2017 Thanksgiving Break
11/28/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB

Tina Tootle, Ph.D.
"Prostaglandins – Key Regulators of Invasive, Collective Cell Migration"
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Iowa

David Price, Ph.D.
"Studying Transcription in Cells at Nucleotide Resolution"
Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa

PDF icon Tina Tootle & David Price 11-28-17.pdf

11/20/2017
2.00 p.m.
2117 MERF

Addison Woll
M.S. Seminar
"Role of PPARγ and Retinol Binding Protein 7 in the Vascular Endothelium”

PDF icon Addison Woll 11202017 .pdf

11/14/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB

Rotation Talks #2:
Samantha Krysa
"Inhibition of Fatty Acid Oxidation Increases ER Oxidative Folding Status and Reduces ER Stress"

Sofiya Pisarenka
"Identifying New Players in Synaptonemal Complex Assembly in C. elegans"

Mackenzie Spicer 
"Developing CRISPR/Cas9 Techniques to Interrogate Gene Functions During Establishment and Maintenance of Renal Epithelial Cell Polarity"

Gabriel Baccam
"Med13/Med13L Dependent Transcriptional Regulation in Cardiac Development"

1st year Molecular Medicine Graduate Students

PDF icon Rotation Talks #2 11-14-2017 -1920x1080_CCOM_Event_Seminar.pdf

11/09/2017
4.00 p.m.
Thursday
1289 CBRB

Veronique Lefebvre
"SOXcessfully building and preserving a healthy skeleton -
SOX transcription factors critically control musculoskeletal cell differentiation and fate decisions"
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
co-sponsored by the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
Robert Cornell (faculty host)

PDF icon Dr. Lefebvre 11-9-17 .pdf

10/31/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB

Rotation Talks # 1

Laura Marquez-Loza
"Developing Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis"

Gillian DeWane
"Role of PAK2 in Preventing Force-Induced Apoptosis"

Lucy Evans
"Acute Vitreoretinal Trauma and Inflammation After TBI in Mice"

Abdul Qaadir King-Mcalpin
"Exploring Metabolic Targets of FGF21 Action"

1st year Molecular Medicine Graduate Student

PDF icon Rotation Talks #1 10-31-2017.pdf

10/27/2017
2.00 p.m.
2189 MERF

Paul Ranum
Thesis Seminar
“Treating The Cell: Advancing Gene Therapy For Hearing Loss”

PDF icon Paul 10272017 Thesis Seminar.pdf

10/24/2017
11.30 a.m.
2189 MERF

Kaikobad Irani, M.D.,
"Acetylation-mediated Regulation of Cardiac Excitability"
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa

Chou-Long Huang,M.D, Ph.D.
"Klotho- A novel regulator of lipid rafts for potential treatment of cardiomyopathy"
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa

PDF icon Irani & Huang 10-24-17.pdf

10/23/2017
1.00 p.m.
2117 MERF

Bianca Mason
Thesis Seminar
“Sites of CGRP action in migraine-like photophobia”

PDF icon Bianca 10232017 Thesis Seminar.pdf

10/17/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB

Lucas Bon Durant
"FGF21 Mediates Endocrine Control of Simple Sugar Intake and Sweet Taste Preference"
(Matthew Potthoff lab)

Ying Hsu
"Age-dependent Rescue of Photoreceptors in a Ciliopathy Mouse Model"
(Val Sheffield lab)

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students

PDF icon Bon Durant & Hsu.pdf

10/10/2017
11.30 a.m.
2189 MERF

Andrea Hallberg
"Cis-regulation of tfap2a in The Neural Crest Specification Gene Regulatory Network"
(Robert Cornell lab)

Reinaldo Franqui Machin 
"The interaction between NEK2 and USP7 Causes Resistance to Proteasome Inhibition in Multiple Myeloma"
(Fenghuang Zhan lab)

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students

PDF icon Hallberg & Machin 10-10-2017.pdf

10/03/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB
Steve Glenn
“Exploring Mechanisms of a Multifunctional Transcription Factor in Drosophila”
(Pamela Geyer lab)

Kaylia Duncan
“The Transcription Factor Network Governing Periderm Differentiation and its Relevance to Genetic Risk for Orofacial Clefting”
(Robert Cornell lab)

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students

PDF icon Glenn & Duncan 10-3-2017 .pdf
09/26/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB
Daniel Kelpsch
“Uncovering the Developmental Functions of Nuclear Actin”
(Tootle lab)

Koon Yee Lam
“Identifying Transactivation and Nuclear Localization Domains of SYS-1/β-catenin, a Regulator of Wnt target
Gene Expression and Asymmetric Cell Division”
(Phillips lab)

Molecular Medicine Graduate Students

PDF icon Kelpsch & Lam 9-26-2017.pdf
09/19/2017
11.30 a.m.
1459 PBDB
Massimo Attanasio, M.D.,
“Novel Genes in Kidney Disease: Combining Human and Mouse Genetics to Unveil Mechanisms of Renal Disorders”
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa

Michael Tomasson M.D.,
“Multiple Myeloma: A Strange Cancer”
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa

PDF icon Attanasio & Tomasson 9-19-17.pdf
06/08/2016 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"Regulation of the signal transductions pathways of the Unfolded Protein Response during chronic and physiological ER stresses"
Javier Gomez (Rutkowski lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

06/03/2016 - 11:00am 
2117 MERF
"Targeting unique oxidative metabolism of clonogenic multiple myeloma cells for therapy"
Jeanine Schibler (Goel lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/19/2016 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks
1st Year MCB Graduate Students

Please note special time

05/12/2016 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR - Final Exam Week
NO SEMINAR
05/05/2016 - 4:00pm 
1110 MERF
Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series
Angelika Amon

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor of Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

05/03/2016 - 9:30am 
1289 CBRB
"microRNA-dependent Mechanisms of Thrombosis in Obesity"
Ilya Blokhin (Lentz lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/28/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRC
"At the intersection of Immune Responses and DNA Damage Responses"
Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Vice Chairman for Experimental Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

04/21/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Food, Sex, and Competition: Quantifying How Worms Live Long (and Well)” 
Coleen Murphy, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology
Richard B. Fisher Preceptorship in Integrative Genomics
Director, Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research
Princeton University

Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
04/14/2016 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR - Health Sciences Research Week
NO SEMINAR
04/12/2016 - 1:30pm 
Auditorium 2 BSB
"Regulation of Pol II transcription and mRNA capping"
Kyle Nilson (Price lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/07/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Monomeric C-reactive Protein and Endothelial Cell Activation in AMD"
Kathleen Chirco

MCB Graduate Student
Mullins lab

"Noninvasive Imaging Technology for the Rapid Diagnosis of S. aureus Infections"

Franklin Bright

MCB Graduate Student
McNamara lab

03/31/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Retinal Degeneration in Bardet Biedl Syndrome"
Ying Hsu

MCB Graduate Student
Sheffield lab

"The Role of FGF21 in Regulating Energy Homeostasis"

Magdalene Ameka

MCB Graduate Student
Potthoff lab

03/30/2016 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
“Role of Bone Marrow Stromal Antigen 2 (BST-2) in Viral Pathogenesis and Breast Cancer Progression”
Wadie Mahauad Fernandez (Okeoma lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/24/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Cardiolipin Remodeling by ALCAT1 Links Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Senescence to Aging-related Diseases"
Yuguang (Roger) Shi, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Chair in Metabolic Biology
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 
Co-sponsored with the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
03/17/2016 - 4:00pm  Spring Break - NO SEMINAR
NO SEMINAR
03/10/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Vasopressin: The Missing Link In Preeclampsia?"
Mark Santillan, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology  - Maternal/Fetal Medicine
University of Iowa

 

All MCB students are required to attend and sign-in

03/03/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Targeting kinase regulation using constrained peptide scaffolds"
Eileen J. Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

 

Co-sponsored with Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry

02/25/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“What can a single hair cell tell us?”
Paul Ranum

MCB Graduate Student
Smith lab

"Exploring mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in [i]Drosophila[/i]"

Steve Glenn

MCB Graduate Student
Geyer lab

02/18/2016 - 4:00pm 
1110 MERF
“Molecular Signal Processing: From a Steroid Hormone, to Transcriptional Regulatory Networks, to Physiology and Disease, and Back”
Keith Yamamoto, PhD

Professor of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
Vice Chancellor for Research
Execuitve Vice Dean of the School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

 

All MCB students are required to attend and sign-in

02/15/2016 - 8:30am 
2117 MERF
"Redox Regulation of Vascular Thrombosis and Stroke by Protein Methionine Oxidation"
Sean Gu (Lentz lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/11/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Cis-regulation of tfap2a during zebrafish neural crest development"
Andrea Hallberg

MCB Graduate Student
Cornell lab

"The role of mitochondrial CaMKII in vascular retenosis"

Emily Nguyen

MCB Graduate Student
Grumbach lab

02/04/2016 - 4:00pm  Rotation Talks 
MSTP students

Rebecca Autenreid, Abel lab
Sunny Huang, Sheffield lab
Marcus Toral, Mahajan lab

01/28/2016 - 4:00pm  "Cis-regulatory control of periderm differentiation: functional screen of candidate enhancers"
Kaylia Duncan

MCB Graduate Student
Cornell lab

"Cysteine-linked dimerization of BST-2 in breast tumor growth and metastasis"

Wadie Mahauad Fernandez

MCB Graduate Student
Okeoma lab

01/21/2016 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"MicroRNA Regulation of Vascular Inflammation and Angiogenesis"
Mark W. Feinberg, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

 

Co-sponsored with the Div. of Hematology / Oncology

12/10/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Nek2 activates canonical NF-κB in cancer"
Reinaldo Franqui Machin (Zhan lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"The role of peripheral CGRP in a pre-clinical model of migraine"

Bianca Mason (Russo lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

12/03/2015 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks
1st year MCB Graduate Students

Please note special time

11/26/2015 - 4:00pm  Thanksgiving Break 
NO SEMINAR
11/19/2015 - 4:00pm 
1459 PBDB
"Genetics and Genomics of CleftLip and Palate in Africa: The Journey so far"
Azeez Butali, DDS, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine
University of Iowa

 

PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL LOCATION

 

11/12/2015 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
"Targeted Protein Degradation"
James Bradner, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for the Science of Therapeutics, Broad Institute
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA


Please note special location and time
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biochemistry

11/10/2015 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Targeting ROR1 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer" David Kusner (Zhang lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/05/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Fascin Regulates Nuclear Actin During Drosophila Oogenesis" Daniel Kelpsch (Tootle lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Generating iPSC-Derived Choroidal Endothelial Cells for the Treatment of AMD"

Allison Songstad (Tucker lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/29/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"TRAF3 – A multi-talented regulator of leukocyte functions"
Gail Bishop, PhD

Professor of Microbiology
University of Iowa

"Noise-Induced Synaptopathy in the Cochlea"

Steven Green, PhD

Professor of Biology
University of Iowa

10/22/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Mechanochemical signaling in vitro and in vivo"
Richard K. Assoian, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biochemistry

10/15/2015 - 4:00pm 
1110 MERF
"Repressor Mechanisms and Pathways to Disease"
Gail Mandel, PhD

Distinguished Biomedical Scientist Lecture Series
Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

 


Note room change
MCB students are required to attend and sign-in

10/08/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"XPO-1 controls SYS-1/β-catenin nuclear export in the Wnt/β-catenin asymmetric pathway" Arielle Lam (Phillips lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Maternal proteins assemble into amyloid particles during oogenesis in Xenopus"

Michael Hayes (Weeks lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/01/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Single Cell RNAseq Reveals Human Pancreatic Islet Cell Transcriptional Networks" Scott Tyler (Engelhardt lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Tau: an Interactor and Substrate for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP2"

Yoham Kim (Lee lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

09/24/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Resensitizing Treatment Resistant Leukemias by Inhibiting PI3Kd, Exploiting the Unexpected Role of Glucocorticoids in B cell Development" Miles Pufall, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
University of Iowa

"Mechanistic Role of Fibronectin Alternatively Spliced Extra domain A in Stroke"

Anil Chauhan, MTech, PhD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine  - Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
University of Iowa

09/17/2015 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Alteration of the gut microbiota as a cause of and a potential therapeutic option for multiple sclerosis" Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Iowa

"The interface of RNA regulation with human genetics and disease"

Ryan Boudreau, PhD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine  - Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Iowa

 

Please note special time

09/10/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Changes in Pol II pausing may enable survival of severe cellular stress" David Price, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry
University of Iowa

"A polarizing environment: Wnt signaling drives asymmetric cell division in C. elegans"

Bryan Phillips, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Iowa

09/03/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Cardiolipin Provides a Platform for Caspase-1 Activation and NLRP3 Inflammasome Assembly" Eric Elliot (Sutterwala lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Targeting Oxidative Metabolism of Multiple Myeloma Stem Cells to Overcome Chemoresistance"

Jeanine Schibler (Goel lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

08/27/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Novel epigenetic mechanisms involving histone demethylases in cancers"
Hank Qi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology 
University of Iowa

"ER stress, redox, and lipid catabolism: Why they matter for fatty liver disease and liver cancer"

Thomas Rutkowski, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Iowa

07/16/2015 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Dab2 knockdown impairs VEGFR2 recycling and misroutes it to the late endosomes for degradation"
Shivangi Inamdar (Choudhury / Yeaman labs)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

07/08/2015 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"A molecular probe based diagnostic test for rapid detection of E. coli"
Elizabeth Kenkel (McNamara lab)

MS Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/21/2015 - 12:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks
1st Year Graduate Students
05/14/2015 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
Final Exam Week
05/07/2015 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
Canceled - rescheduled to November 12, 2015 - Bradner
James Bradner, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for the Science of Therapeutics, Broad Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biochemistry

04/30/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Epigenetic Responses to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation" Randy Jirtle, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Epigenetics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Co-sponsored with the Free Radical Radiation Program

04/23/2015 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR 
Health Sciences Research Week
04/17/2015 - 2:00pm 
Aud. 3 BSB
"Molecular Mechanisms of the Anti-cancer Action of Schweinfurthins"
Chaoqun Zheng (Hohl lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/16/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“The role of mitochondrial CaMKII in vascular restenosis" Emily Nguyen (Grumbach lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Cis-regulatory control of periderm differentiation: functional screen of candidate enhancers"

Kaylia Duncan (Cornell lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/09/2015 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"BST-2/Tetherin: An antiviral factor with cancer-promoting capabilities" Wadie Mahauad Fernandez (Okeoma lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Nek2 & Usp7: A novel malignancy-driving interaction in Myeloma?"

Reinaldo Franqui Machin (Zhan lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/08/2015 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"An integrin-based mechanism for sensitizing melanomas to therapies" Xiaowen Sun (DeMali lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/07/2015 - 1:30pm 
2117 MERF
"Novel regulation and function of the actin bundling protein Fascin " Christopher Groen (Tootle lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/02/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Environmental and Bacterial Toxins Cause Dysfunctional Fat: Potential Role in Diabetes”
Al Klingelhutz, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Iowa

"Semen Exosomes: Friend or Foe in HIV Transmission?"

Chioma Okeoma, PhD

Assistant Professor of Microbiology
University of Iowa

04/01/2015 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"The role of NLR proteins in leishmaniasis" Gwendolyn Clay

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/26/2015 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Using stem cells to study macular degeneration" Allison Songstad (Tucker lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Defining the roles of low dose aspirin in lung cancer"

Daniel Kelpsch (Tootle lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/19/2015 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
Spring Break
03/12/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"LC3-associated Phagocytosis: Non-canonical Autophagy in Innate Immunity, Inflammation, and Aging"
Douglas Green, PhD

Member, St. Jude Faculty
Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

03/10/2015 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
Ernest Chivero Thesis Seminar "Tropism of human pegivirus and host immunomodulation: Insights into viral persistence"
Ernest Chivero (Stapleton lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/05/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Identifying redox and miR patterns in multiple myeloma cancer stem cells" 
Jeanine Schibler (Goel lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

"Cardiolipin provides a platform for caspase-1 activation and Nlrp3 inflammasome assembly"

Eric Elliott (Sutterwala lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/26/2015 - 1:30pm 
2117 MERF
Benjamin Steines Thesis Seminar - "Investigation and application of novel adeno-associated viral vectors for cystic fibrosis gene therapy"
Benjamin Steines (Zabner lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/26/2015 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
“Round and round: building a molecular corset for tissue elongation”
Sally Horne-Badovinac, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biochemistry

02/19/2015 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Role of Disabled protein 2 (Dab2) in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) trafficking, signaling, and vascular morphogenesis" and “Why does failure to express ABCF2 lead to gastrulation defects in Xenopus embryos?”
Shivangi Inamdar (Yeaman lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Michael Hayes (Weeks lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/12/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Can Redox-Directed Therapeutics Eliminate Proteasome Inhibitor Resistance in Multiple Myeloma?" and “Organelle Stress Response in Obesity” Apollina Goel, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
University of Iowa

Ling Yang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Iowa

02/05/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"DNA repair: from single molecules to mechanism-based therapeutics" and “Differential regulation of specific GPCRs by a new type of accessory proteins, MRAPs”
Maria Spies, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
University of Iowa
(MCB Faculty Candidate)

Julien Sebag, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
University of Iowa
(MCB Faculty Candidate)

01/29/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Congenital Heart Disease: From Human Genetics to Zebrafish"
H. Joseph Yost, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology

01/22/2015 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"A Dominant Protective Modifier in ΔF508 CF mice" and "Cellular neurobiology of 5-HT neurons and their role in neurological disease"
Scott Tyler (Engelhardt lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

George Richerson, MD, PhD

Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience
Professor and Head of Neurology
University of Iowa

12/11/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Redox Regulation of Inflammation and Thrombosis by Methionine Oxidation" and "Understanding the Unfolded Protein Response Signaling Network during Chronic Stress" Sean Gu (Lentz lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Javier Gomez (Rutkowski lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

12/04/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“RABL6A – a new biomarker of pancreatic cancers?” and “Tyrosine phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau”
Dawn Quelle, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology
University of Iowa

Gloria Lee, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine - Immunology
University of Iowa

11/27/2014 - 4:00pm  Thanksgiving Break 
NO SEMINAR
11/26/2014 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"TRAF2 Phosphorylation Regulates CD40 Signaling to Facilitate B-cell Lymphoma Progression"
Lauren Workman (Habelhah)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/20/2014 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Human Pegivirus modulates NK cell function by inhibiting IL-12 signaling pathways" and "Cdk7 is required for proper mRNA capping and regulated RNA polymerase II elongation" Ernest Chivero (Stapleton lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Kyle Nilson (Price lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/13/2014 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks
1st Year MCB Graduate Students
11/06/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Evolution of enzymes' activity" and "How many ways are there to bind ssDNA? Single-stranded DNA-binding and chromosome maintenance" Amnon Kohen, DSc

Professor of Chemistry
University of Iowa

Marc Wold, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry
University of Iowa

10/30/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Tau: an Interactor and Substrate for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2" and "Structure-function of SYS-1/β-catenin in Wnt/β-catenin asymmetric pathway" Yohan Kim (Lee lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Arielle Lam (Phillips lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/23/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Phospholipase D Lipid Signaling in Cancer and Metabolism"
Michael Frohman, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair of Pharmacological Sciences
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Pharmacology and the Center for Hypertension Research

10/16/2014 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Myopathic lamin mutations cause reductive stress and abnormal cellular signaling " and “Role of Grb2 in human T cell activation” Lori Wallrath, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry
University of Iowa

Jon Houtman, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Iowa

10/09/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"MicroRNA-dependent mechanisms of thrombosis in obesity" and "Rapid Detection of E. coli urinary tract infections with a nuclease-activated probe" Ilya Blokhin (Lentz lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Beth Kenkel (McNamara lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/02/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Mechanisms of quality control in secretory and endolysosomal membrane traffic" Alex Merz, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology

09/25/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Molecular explanations for the toxicity of oxygen” Jim Imlay, PhD

Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
Co-sponsored with the Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program

09/18/2014 - 4:00pm 
1110 MERF
"A Solid State Conceptualization of Information Transfer from Gene to Message to Protein"
Steven McKnight, PhD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

09/11/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Neutrophil as a model system for investigation of cell migration and Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM) disease" Dianqing Wu, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Co-sponsored with the Dept. of Pharmacology

09/08/2014 - 2:00pm 
2189 MERF
"The Role of AIM2 and NLRP12 in the Innate Immune Response to Francisella tularensis” Tyler Ulland (Sutterwala Lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

09/04/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"The roles of NLRP10 in inflammation and parasite control in cutaneous leishmaniasis" and "Novel nuclear localization and function of the actin bundling protein Fascin" Gwendolyn Clay (Wilson lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Christopher Groen (Tootle lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

08/28/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"New insights into the genetics of human blindness by studying donor eyes" and "Molecular Dissection of the PPARG-Cullin-3-RhoA Pathway" Robert Mullins, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa
(Faculty candidate)

Curt Sigmund, PhD

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
University of Iowa

06/26/2014 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Reprogramming factor gene dosage impacts the derivation and differentiation of iPS cells" Khanh Duong (Levasseur lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

06/25/2014 - 9:00am 
Aud. 1 BSB
"Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation of DNA Methylation during Malignant Transformation"  BoKuan Wu

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/23/2014 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
Prostaglandin signaling temporally regulates actin cytoskeletal remodeling during Drosophila oogenesis Andrew Spracklen (Tootle lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/01/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"The role of mitochondrial disruption and cardiolipin recognition in Nlrp3 inflammasome activation" Eric Elliot (Sutterwala lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/24/2014 - 4:00pm 
101 BBE (Kollros Aud.)
"Gimme some skin: cell fate specification and Wnt signaling in the C. elegans epidermis" David Eisenmann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
(co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biology)

04/21/2014 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"The role of neuronal mTOR signaling in the regulation of physiological processes" Kenjiro Muta (Rahmouni lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/18/2014 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
“miR-888: A novel cancer-testis antigen that targets the progesterone receptor in endometrial cancer” Adriann Hovey (Leslie lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/18/2014 - 10:00am 
2189 MERF
"Neutrophil priming and host inflammation: the roles of NOX2 and Toll-like receptors" Laura Whitmore (Moreland lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/17/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Therapeutic Potential of Targeting the IKKε-TRAF2 Phosphorylation Axis in NF-κB-driven Mature B-cell Malignancies” and “Role of PKM2 in Schweinfurthin's Anticancer Activities” Lauren Workman (Habelhah lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Chaoqun Zheng (Hohl lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/11/2014 - 2:00pm 
Aud. 1 BSB
"Manipulation of the Innate Immune Response and Evasion of Macrophage Host Defense Mechanisms by Francisella tularensis" Matthew Long (Allen lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/10/2014 - 4:00pm 
283 EMRB
"The Two Faces of Human WASp: Cytoskeletal remodeler and Chromatin remodeler" and "Role of Disabled Protein 2 (Dab2) in Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) trafficking, signaling and vascular morphogenesis" Yatin Vyas, M.D., MBBS

Mary Joy and Jerre Stead Professor of Pediatric 
Professor of Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
(MCB faculty candidate)

Shivangi Inamdar (Yeaman lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/04/2014 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Oncomorphic TP53 mutations in advanced serous ovarian cancers" Pavla Brachova (Leslie lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/03/2014 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks Rotation Talks
04/02/2014 - 9:00am 
1117 MERF
“Molecular Basis of Insulin Resistance in Bardet Biedl Syndrome" Rachel Starks (Rahmouni lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/27/2014 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Integrin-based strategy for sensitize melanoma to therapies" and "NLRP12 mediates neutrophil recruitment during pulmonary bacterial infection" Xiaowen Sun (DeMali lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Tyler Ulland (Sutterwala lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/20/2014 - 4:00pm  SPRING BREAK
NO SEMINAR DURING SPRING BREAK
03/13/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"PyMINEr - A tool for discovery of intervariable relationship networks and their dysregulation in disease" and "Understanding redox regulation in myeloma cancer stem cells" Scott Tyler (Engelhardt lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Jeanine Schibler (Goel lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/12/2014 - 1:30pm 
2189 MERF
"Identification and validation of small molecule inhibitors for the Tiam1/SDC1 interaction" Josue Lopez (Fuentes lab)

MS Thesis Defense
MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/06/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“The reproductive plasticity of planarians” Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Stowers Institute
Kansas City, MO
(co-sponsored with the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center)

02/27/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Analysis of transcription in a primary T cell model of HIV-1 latency and reactivation" and "Understanding disease mechanisms of human ciliopathies through protein-protein interaction studies" Kyle Nilson (Price lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Seongjin Seo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
(MCB faculty candidate)

02/20/2014 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Redox regulation of thrombosis and inflammation by methionine oxidation"and "Structure-function of SYS-1/β-catenin in C. elegans Wnt/β-catenin asymmetric pathway" Sean Gu (Lentz lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Koon-Yee Lam (Phillips lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/13/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Polyphosphate: an Ancient Molecule with New Roles in Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Inflammation" James Morrissey, Ph.D.

Professor and Head of Biochemistry
Roy and Eva Hong Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

02/06/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Understanding the Unfolded Protein Response Signaling Network During Chronic Stress" and “The Cardiogenic Transcription Factor Nkx2-5 is Dynamically Regulated in Xenopus laevis” Javier Gomez (Rutkowski lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Michael Hayes (Weeks lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

01/30/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Understanding the biology of melanocytes and melanoma to develop new strategies for therapy" Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.

Caspar Wistar Professor in Melanoma Research
Director, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center 
The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, PA
(co-sponsored with the Dept. of Biochemistry)

01/23/2014 - 10:30am 
Watzke (Aud. 2 BSB)
“Nrf2 Signaling in Cell Survival and Cancer” Anil Jaiswal, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
(co-sponsored with Free Radical Cancer Biology Program)

01/16/2014 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Studies towards treatment of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome" Val Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D.

Martin & Ruth Carver Chair in Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

12/12/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"SHP-2, a binding partner of hyperphosphorylated tau" and "Neuronal Bbs1 protein and glucose homeostasis" Yohan Kim (Lee lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Rachel Starks (Rahmouni lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

12/05/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Using a genome-wide shRNA screen to study glucocorticoid-resistant leukemia" and "Prostaglandins negatively regulate Drosophila Enabled to temporally restrict actin remodeling"  Elizabeth Kenkel (Pufall lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Andrew Spracklen (Tootle lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/28/2013 - 4:00pm  No Seminar (Thanksgiving Break)
No Seminar
11/26/2013 - 12:30pm 
2117 MERF
"The Role of Aplha-Catenin and ZO-1 in Coupling Tight Junctions to Adherens Junctions" Jessica Maiers (DeMali Lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/19/2013 - 3:00pm 
Aud. 3 BSB
"The lysosomal transporter Niemann-Pick C1 is a critical intracellular receptor for Ebola virus" Kartik Chandran, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Harold and Muriel Block Faculty Scholar in Virology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Bronx, NY

11/15/2013 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
“Cell Biological Defects in Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis” Mark Schultz

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/14/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"GB virus C: insights into cellular tropism and transmission in humans" and "Oncomorphic TP53 mutations in advanced serous ovarian cancers"  Ernest Chivero (Stapleton lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Pavla Brachova (Leslie lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/07/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"microRNA-dependent Mechanisms of Thrombosis in Obesity" and "AAV Vector Development in the CF Pig" Ilya Blokhin (Lentz lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Ben Steines (Zabner lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/04/2013 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"Characterization of Cis-Acting Partners within the Cytomegalovirus Major Immediate-Early Enhancer that Strengthen MIE Gene Expression and Viral Fitness" Courtney Galle

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/31/2013 - 3:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks Rotation Talks
10/24/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Transposable elements, landscapers for shaping genetic and epigenetic regulatory network" Ting Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Genetics and Computer Science & Engineering
Washington University
Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
St. Louis, MO

10/17/2013 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Developmental Nuclear Localization of the Actin Bundling Protein Fascin" and "Development of a Cellular Model of Dnmt1 Activation in Carcinogenesis"
Christopher Groen (Tootle lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Bokuan Wu (Brenner lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

10/10/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Discovery and development of a neuroprotective compound" and "ER stress, the development of glaucoma, and the potential for cell based therapy” Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Iowa

Markus Kuehn, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa

10/03/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: State of the Art – 2013” and "Differential priming responses in neutrophils: a consequence of a common TLR1 polymorphism?"  Richard Smith, M.D.

Professor of Otolaryngology
Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Laura Whitmore (Moreland lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

09/26/2013 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 2 BSB
"Developing a reporter marking system to guide blood cell therapies based on pluripotent cells" and "NLRP10 and cutaneous leishmaniasis" Khanh Duong (Levasseur lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Gwen Clay (Wilson lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

09/19/2013 - 1:00pm 
Aud. 2 BSB
"Novel Targets of Insulin Signaling in the Heart" and “Transcriptional Regulation of SIRTUIN1: Metabologenomic Interactions” E. Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Director of Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
Professor of Internal Medicine  - Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Iowa

Kaikobad Irani, M.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor of Internal Medicine  - Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Iowa

09/12/2013 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 2 BSB
"Exploring the Basis for Electrical Signaling Through an Expanded Genetic Code" and "TRAF2 Phosphorylation Regulates the CD40 Signaling Kinetics: Implications for Neoplastic B-cell Survival"  Christopher Ahern, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
University of Iowa

Lauren Workman

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

09/05/2013 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 2 BSB
"Genetic Regulation of Gastrulation in Zebrafish" Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D.

Professor & Head
Department of Developmental Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

08/29/2013 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 2 BSB
"Glaucoma, Genes, and Autophagy" and "Translational Proteomics and Biochemistry of Blindness" John Fingert, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa

Vinit Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa

07/08/2013 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Modeling Epilepsy in Drosophila melanogaster" Cathryn (Katie) Cranston

MS Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

06/21/2013 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
"FHIT Inactivation Combined with Cigarette Smoke Enhances the Oxidative Stress Response" Jennifer Boylston

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/22/2013 - 4:00pm 
283 EMRB
“Immune Regulation of Multiple Sclerosis” Nitin Karandikar, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor of Pathology
Dr. Richard G. Lynch Chair in Experimental Pathology
Chair and Department Executive Officer
University of Iowa

05/16/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
No MCB Seminar
No seminar due to Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture

 

 

05/16/2013 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Understanding the Contribution of Individual Zinc Fingers to a Multi-functional, Polydactyl Transcription Factor" Ryan Baxley

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/13/2013 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
"Structure and Functional Studies of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Mutant Proteins Defective in Translesion Synthesis and Mismatch Repair" Lynne Dieckman

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

05/09/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Heterotrimeric G Protein  Subunits: a Central Player in Leukocyte Migration and Tumor Metastasisn" and “Architecture of the Energy Landscape of Lentiviral Envelope Glycoproteins” Songhai Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
University of Iowa

Hillel Haim, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology
University of Iowa

05/02/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"TRAF2 Phosphorylation Regulates CD40 Signal Transduction: Implications for Neoplastic B-cell Survival" and "Quest for Schweinfurthin Binding Proteins"  Lauren Workman (Habelhah Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Chaoqun Zheng (Hohl Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/25/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Integrins and Melanoma" and "Human neutrophils display donor-specific priming responses upon TLR2/1 ligation"  Xiaowen Sun (DeMali Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Laura Whitmore (Moreland Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/24/2013 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Macrophage microRNA and mRNA responses to ligation of TLRs or infection with Leishmania infantum chagasi" Erik Wendlandt

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/23/2013 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"A Novel Role for Prolyl-Hydroxylase 3 Gene Silencing in Epithelial to Mesenchymal-Like Transition" Trenton Place

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/22/2013 - 9:30am 
2117 MERF
"Loss of ASIC1a and Bicarbonate Administration Attenuate the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury" Terry Yin

MS Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/18/2013 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Role of Disabled Protein 2 (Dab2) in the Trafficking and Signaling of Angiogenic Receptors" and “Capturing Interactions Relevant to RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control” Shivangi Inamdar (Choudhury Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Kyle Nilson (Price Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa
(Please note time & location change)

04/18/2013 - 8:30am 
2117 MERF
"Taking Shape: Regulating Mitochondria Morphology Through Alternative Splicing and Phosphorylation of Fission Factor Proteins" Theodore Wilson

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/11/2013 - 4:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Understanding the Physiological Relevance of the Unfolded Protein Response Signaling Network" and "Role of Methionine Oxidation in Atherothrombosis" Javier Gomez (Rutkowski Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Sean Gu ( Lentz Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

04/04/2013 - 3:45pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks Rotation Talks

MCB 1st Year Graduate Students
University of Iowa

03/28/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"YPEL3: a p53 regulated gene involved in cellular senescence" Steven Berberich, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wright State University
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, OH
(co-sponsored with HCCC Cancer Genomics & Cell Growth Program and the Department of Pharmacology)

03/26/2013 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Non-canonical Mechanisms of MicroRNA Evolution, Regulation and Function: Computational Insight, Biological Evaluation and Practical Application" Ryan Spengler

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/14/2013 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Characterization of GBV virus C target cells in HIV/GBV-C co-infected subjects: effects on immune activation and cell survival" and "CD45 promoter exclusively marks multilineage hematopoiesis in vitro and following transplantation" Ernest Chivero (Stapleton Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Khanh Duong (Levasseur Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/07/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"The Role of NLR Proteins in Leishmaniasis" and "Insight into a Novel Mechanism of Insulin Resistance from a Rare Disease" Gwendolyn Clay (Wilson Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Rachel Starks (Rahmouni Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

03/05/2013 - 3:00pm 
Watzke Aud. (#3), BSB
CANCELLED - "The Lysosomal Transporter Niemann-Pick C1 is a Critical Intracellular Receptor for Ebola Virus Entry" Kartik Chandran, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
of Yeshiva University
Bronx, NY
(co-sponsored with Microbiology)
(Please note day & time change)

02/28/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Timing is everything: prostaglandins temporally regulate actin remodeling during Drosophila follicle development" and "AAV vectors in the porcine cystic fibrosis model" Andrew Spracklen (Tootle Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Benjamin Steines (Zabner Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/26/2013 - 8:30am 
2117 MERF
"GB Virus C Interactions with HIV: Effects on Immunoactivation and Mechanisms of Immunomodulation" , Nirjal Bhattarai

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/21/2013 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Oncomorphic p53 mutations in ovarian cancer" and "Defining the role of miR-888 over-expression in endometrial cancer" Pavla Brachova (Leslie Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Adriann Hovey (Leslie Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

02/14/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Regulation of the Actin Bundling Protein Fascin by Prostaglandin Signaling" and "Identification of Signaling Pathways Bridging Tumor-Initiating Cells and Metastasis" Christopher Groen (Tootle Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Weizhou Zhang (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Pathology
University of Iowa

02/07/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Metabolic Actions of Endocrine FGFs" and "Translational Research in Multiple Myeloma" Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
University of Iowa

Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Iowa

01/31/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Mechanisms of exercise-induced pain and analgesia” and “A microRNA network regulates expression and biosynthesis of CFTR” Kathleen Sluka, P.T., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
University of Iowa

Paul McCray, M.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor, Pediatrics
University of Iowa

01/24/2013 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Identifying the Mutations that Cause Orofacial Clefting Using Zebrafish" and "Development of a Cellular Model of Dnmt1 Activation in Carcinogenesis" Robert Cornell, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Iowa

Bokuan Wu (Brenner Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

12/06/2012 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
"Emerging fluorescence technology to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecules and organelles within cells" , Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Chief, Section on Organelle Biology, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch
NIH, Bethesda, MD
co-sponsored with Anatomy & Cell Biology (Students, hosts)
PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE

11/29/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"The Role of mTOR Signaling in Mediating Central Action of Insulin" and "Leishmania-induced Changes in Macrophage mRNA and microRNA Expression" Kenjiro Muta (Rahmouni Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Erik Wendlandt (Wilson Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/15/2012 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
“Molecular mechanisms of TRAF6 function in signaling pathways of the oncogenic viral mimic of CD40, LMP1” Kelly Arcipowski (Bishop lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Graduate Student

University of Iowa

11/15/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Elucidating Regeneration in Zebrafish" Kenneth Poss, Ph.D.

Professor, Cell Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
(co-sponsored with Anatomy & Cell Biology)
(Please note the time change)

11/08/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Loss of the Tumor Suppressor FHIT Exacerbates the Oxidative Stress Response" and "Determining the Molecular Link Between Adherens Junctions and Tight Junctions" , Jennifer Boylston (Brenner Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

Jessica Maiers (DeMali Lab)

MCB Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/08/2012 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
"Role of Parf, a Novel Partner of ARF, in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcimoma and in ARF Signaling" Viviane Muniz (Quelle lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

11/01/2012 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks Rotation Talks
10/25/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Adapting to hypoxia: Genetic analyses in C. elegans" Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Ph.D.

Professor, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
(co-sponsored with the HCCC and Free Radical Cancer Biology Program)

10/18/2012 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
"Effects of Francisella Tularensis on Human Neutrophil Function and Fate" and “NAD Metabolism, Reversible Acetylation and the Evolutionary Drive to Store Fat”  Lee-Ann Allen, Ph.D.

Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Iowa

Charles Brenner, Ph.D.

Professor and Head, Biochemistry
University of Iowa

(Please note the time and location change)

10/11/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"A Redox Basis for Epigenetic Disruption in Cancer" and “Control of Blood Pressure by Hypothalamic Action of Leptin” Frederick Domann, Ph.D.

Professor, Radiation Oncology
Director of MCB
University of Iowa

Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Pharmacology
University of Iowa

10/11/2012 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
“Molecular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy” Scott Ebert (Adams lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

10/04/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Cardiac precursors: dancing around the endoderm" and "Prostaglandins: the little lipids that could" Fang Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Iowa

Tina Tootle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Iowa

 

(Please note the time change)

09/27/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Metabolic Regulation by the Brain Renin-Angiotensin System"  Justin Grobe, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
University of Iowa

09/20/2012 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
“Endosome-Golgi trafficking of receptors during angiogenesis and epithelial cystogenesis” and "Vesicle-coat associated signal transduction in cardioprotection and cancer"  Amit Choudhury, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Iowa

Mark Stamnes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
University of Iowa

(Please note the time and location changes)

09/13/2012 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
"Co-Receptor Regulation of HIV Entry" Lee Ratner, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Medicine
      Oncology Division
         Medical Oncology Section
         Molecular Oncology Section
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
(co-sponsored with the Department of Biochemistry)

(Please note the room change)

09/06/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Endothelial Cells, Fat Metabolism, and the Protein That Cannot Be Named" AND "Synapse Formation, Loss, and Regeneration in the Cochlea: Role of Neurotrophic Factors" Brandon Davies, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
University of Iowa

Steven Green, Ph.D.

Professor, Biology
University of Iowa

08/30/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"CaMKII regulates stress responses in the vascular wall" AND "From Covert to Overt: Unveiling the Hidden Portal to Mitochondrial Fates of Pyruvate" Isabella Grumbach, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Iowa

 

Eric Taylor, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
University of Iowa

08/23/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Building eyes from the skin up" AND “Molecular mechanisms of metalloenzymes driving important biological pathways” Budd Tucker, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Opthalmology
University of Iowa

Mishtu Dey, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
University of Iowa

07/11/2012 - 2:00pm 
283 EMRB
Investigating the Potential Relationship Between Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Obesity Christopher Elmore (Adam's lab)

MS Thesis Seminar
Graduate Student
Molecular & Cellular Biology Program

07/06/2012 - 1:30pm 
2189 MERF
"Regulators of Airway Submucosal Gland Development and Function” Weiliang (William) Xie (Engelhardt lab)

Thesis Seminar
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student
University of Iowa

07/05/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“New Molecular Players in Ischemic Stroke and Atherosclerosis” Anil Chauhan (Molecular & Cellular Biology Faculty Candidate

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

University of Iowa

07/03/2012 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
“New Transcriptional Roles for the Classic Drosophila Insulator Protein Suppressor of Hairy-wing” Alexey Soshnev (Geyer lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

07/02/2012 - 9:00am 
2189 MERF
"PRICKLE2, a Link Between Autism and Epilepsy?" Levi Sowers (Bassuk lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

06/28/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
TBA - Andrew Spracklen and Benjamin Steines Andrew Spracklen (Tootle lab) and Benjamin Steines (Zabner lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students

University of Iowa

06/21/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Adriann Hovey and Nirjal Bhattarai Adriann Hovey (Leslie lab) and Nirjal Bhattarai (Stapleton lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students

University of Iowa

06/14/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
TBA - Trent Place and Pavla Brachova Trent Place (Domann lab) and Pavla Brachova (Leslie Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students

University of Iowa

06/07/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Insights on the Manipulation of Innate Immune Responses by Francisella tularensis  Matthew Long (Allen lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

05/31/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Development of a Cellular Model of Dnmt1 Activation in Carcinogenesis Bokuan Wu (Brenner lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

05/24/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Role of Neuronal mTOR/S6K Signaling in Mediating Insulin and Angiotensin II Action Ken Muta (Rahmouni lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

05/17/2012 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Cell Surface Interactions during Neurodegeneration and Neural Repair
Stephen Strittmatter (Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series)

Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology

Director, Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair

Yale University

05/17/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Modulation of Cdc42 Activity by the Batten Disease Protein CLN3 Mark Schultz (Davidson lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

05/15/2012 - 1:00pm 
2189 MERF
Selective Targeting of Cancer Cells with RNA Aptamers Justin Dassie (Giangrande lab)

Theis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

05/10/2012 - 4:00pm  No Seminar - Final Exam Week
No Seminar - Final Exam Week
05/03/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Role of Parf in ARF Signaling and in PDAC Viviane Muniz (Quelle lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/26/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Mitochondrial Fusion and Division Hiromi Sesaki

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

co-sponsored with the Department of Pharmacology (Stefan Strack, host)

04/20/2012 - 1:00pm 
283 EMRB
Function of Replication Protein A in DNA Repair and Cell Checkpoints Cathy Hass

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/19/2012 - 4:00pm 
283 EMRB (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)
Roles of miRNAs in Innate Immunity and Leishmania infantum chagasi Infection Erik Wendlandt (Wilson lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/17/2012 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Chromatin Modifications in Normal and Tumorigenic T Cells Jeffrey Recchia-Rife (Dupuy lab)

MS Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Program Student

University of Iowa

04/16/2012 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Strategies for Improving Adeno-Associated Viral Infection of Airway Epithelia David Dickey (Zabner lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/12/2012 - 4:00pm 
1110 MERF Prem Sahai Auditorium
The Long Road to a Malaria Vaccine
Michael Good (Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series)

Professor and Research Leader

Institute for Glycomics

Griffith University

04/12/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Effect of Brain Acidosis after Traumatic Brain Injury Terry Yin (Welsh lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/09/2012 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Targeting Prostate Cancer with Synthetic RNA Ligands Greg Thomas (Giangrande lab)

Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

04/05/2012 - 3:30pm 
1289 CBRB
Rotation Talks - NOTE TIME CHANGE - 3:30 p.m. Rotation Talks - NOTE TIME CHANGE

1st Year Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students

University of Iowa

03/29/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
CANCELLED - Insights on the Manipulation of Innate Immune Responses by Francisella tularensis CANCELLED - Rescheduled for June 7 - Matthew Long (Allen lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

03/22/2012 - 4:00pm 
TBA
TBA - Bruce Spiegelman
Bruce Spiegelman (Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series)

Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

03/22/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Planar Cell Polarity Gene PRICKEL2; A New Candidate Autism Gene?  Levi Sowers (Bassuk lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

03/15/2012 - 4:00pm  No Seminar - Spring Break
No Seminar - Spring Break
03/08/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Keratins in Surface Epithelia: Intriguing Functions and Role in Multiple Diseases Pierre Coulombe

E.V. McCollum Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
co-sponsored with the Craniofacial Center (Martine Dunnwald, host)

 

03/01/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Diverse Stresses Induce Gadd45a to Reprogram Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression, Leading to Muscle Atrophy Scott Ebert (Adams lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Program

University of Iowa

02/23/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Effect of Synthetic RNA Ligands on PSMA-Mediated Carcinogenesis Greg Thomas (Giangrande lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

02/16/2012 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Revisited: Therapeutic Implications
Beverly Mitchell (Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series)

Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center

Stanford, CA

02/16/2012 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Determining the Molecular Link Between Adherens Junctions and Tight Junctions Jessica Maiers (DeMali lab)

NOTE TIME CHANGED TO 1:00 p.m.

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

University of Iowa

02/09/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“Studying Glucocorticoid Selectivity and Resistance in B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia” Miles Pufall (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

University of Iowa

02/02/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
A Novel Diagnostic Imaging Approach for Bacterial Infections James McNamara (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

University of Iowa

01/26/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Symmetry breaking in the Xenopus egg: localized mRNAs set the stage. Douglas Houston (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Associate Professor, Biology

University of Iowa

01/19/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Epigenetic role of chromatin regulator PHF8 in development and cancers Hank Qi (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology

University of Iowa

01/12/2012 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Investigations of a model insulator protein in the Drosophila ovary. Ryan Baxley (Geyer lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

12/15/2011 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
FINAL EXAM WEEK
12/08/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
“New Insights into Repair-specific Roles of Replication Protein A” Cathy Hass (Wold Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

12/01/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Inhibiting the Replication of DNA Damage by PCNA Mutations Lynne Dieckman (Washington Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

11/24/2011 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/17/2011 - 4:00pm 
Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium 1110 MERF
Genetic and Molecular Dissection of a Simple Circadian System
Carver College of Medicine - Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture SeriesJay C. Dunlap, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Genetics, Professor of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School

11/17/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: time change for this seminar)
Mechanism of Fhit Tumor Suppression Jennifer Boylston (Brenner Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

11/10/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
MnSOD vs p53: Friends or Foes? Daret K. St. Clair, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Basic Research, Markey Cancer Center, 
Professor, Graduate Center for Toxicology,
University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky

11/03/2011 - 3:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: today's seminar will meet from 3-5 PM)
Various Rotation Talk Titles by First-Year Graduate Students  First-Year Graduate Students

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students,
University of Iowa

10/27/2011 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Amplification of Signaling Pathways Involved in Tumor Cell Chemotaxis and Dissemination in vivo John S. Condeelis, Ph.D.

The Judith and Burton P. Resnick Chair in Translational Research,
Professor & Co-Chair of Anatomy & Structural Biology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
New York, New York

10/20/2011 - 4:00pm 
Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium 1110 MERF
Novel Ion Channels
Carver College of Medicine - Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture SeriesDavid E. Clapham, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School

10/20/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: time change for this seminar)
Cancer Cell Specific Delivery of siRNAs Justin Dassie (Giangrande Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

10/13/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Unraveling the Molecular Workings of the Human Cytomegalovirus Major Immediate-early Enhancer/Promoter Courtney Galle (Meier Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

10/06/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Roles Of The Kinase TAK1 In TRAF6-mediated Signaling Pathways Of CD40 And Its Oncogenic Viral Mimic, LMP1 Kelly Arcipowski (Bishop Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student,
University of Iowa

09/29/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Regulation of Epithelial Sodium Channel Trafficking and Gating Peter Snyder, M.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vice Chair for Faculty Advancement
Director of Cardiovascular Research Programs
University of Iowa

09/22/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Understanding Tumor Microenvironment for Improved Therapy of Multiple Myeloma Apollina Goel, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology,
University of Iowa

09/15/2011 - 4:00pm 
Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Role of Diabetes in Control of Brain Cholesterol Metabolism and Function
Carver College of Medicine - Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture SeriesC. Ronald Kahn, M.D.

Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School

09/15/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: time change for this seminar)
RNA Regulatory Networks in Health and Disease Yi Xing, Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa

 

09/08/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Recruitment Regulation: How Mff Impacts Mitochondria Dynamics Theodore Wilson (Strack Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

09/01/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Macrophage Accumulation in Adipose Tissue: Past, Present, and Future Alyssa H. Hasty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

 

co-sponsored with The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center

 

08/25/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
siSPOTTR: Improving Off-Target Prediction in RNAi Design Ryan Spengler (Davidson Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

08/23/2011 - 12:30pm 
1117 MERF
Beyond the Genome Punctuation: The Non-canonical Function of an Insulator Protein in Transcriptional Regulation Alexey Soshnev (Geyer Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Student

 

08/19/2011 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Using Mouse Models to Investigate the Genetics of T-cell Acute Lymphocyte Leukemia Katherine Berquam-Vrieze (Dupuy Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

 

06/16/2011 - 3:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Mechanisms of Chemosensitivity of Serotonin Neurons George Richerson, M.D., Ph.D. (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor and Head, Department of Neurology,
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics,
University of Iowa

06/09/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Tetherin Potently Inhibits Virus Replication in vivo Chioma Okeoma, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa

06/02/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Quenching Cellular Thirst: Understanding Fluid Phase Endocytic Defects In Batten Disease" by Mark Schultz and "Development Of A Cellular Model Of Dnmt1 Activation In Carcinogenesis" by Bo-Kuan Wu Mark Schultz (Davidson Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Bo-Kuan Wu (Brenner Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

05/26/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"ARF Activity In A New Model Of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Metastasis" by Viviane Muniz and "Role Of p70S6K Signaling Pathway In Mediating Angiotensin II Action In The Central Nervous System" by Kenjiro Muta Viviane Muniz (D. Quelle Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Kenjiro Muta (Rahmouni Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

05/26/2011 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
Expression Profiling And Functional Studies Of Non-Coding RNAs In The Central Nervous System Amy Dubinsky (Davidson Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

05/19/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Neurological Defects Associated With Overpressure Airwave Induced Traumatic Brain Injury" by Terry Yin and "The Role of microRNAs 200b and 200c in TLR4 Signaling, NF-κB Activation and Macrophage Polarization" by Erik Wendlandt Terry Yin (Welsh Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Erik Wendlandt (Wilson Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

05/12/2011 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR FINAL EXAM WEEK
05/05/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Francisella tularensis and macrophage interactions: A story of bacterial virulence mechanisms and innate defense functions Matthew Long (Allen Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

05/03/2011 - 4:00pm 
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Perspectives of Tumorvirus Research Carver College of Medicine - Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture SeriesHarald zur Hausen, MD, DSc, MDs

German Cancer Research Centre

04/28/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"The Role Of PRICKLE2 In Behavior" by Levi Sowers and "Determining The Molecular Link Between Adherens Junctions And Tight Junctions" by Jessica Viner Levi Sowers (Bassuk Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Jessica Viner (DeMali Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

04/26/2011 - 2:30pm 
2117 MERF
Activators Of Vinculin Enhance Cell Adhesion And Sensitize Melanomas To Chemotherapy Elke Nelson (DeMali Lab)

Thesis Dissertation, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

04/21/2011 - 4:00pm 
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Neuroplasticity and Neurodiversity Carver College of Medicine - Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture SeriesFred H. Gage, PhD

Salk Institue for Biological Studies

04/21/2011 - 2:00pm 
Beisner Auditorium 1, BSB
Novel Bisphosphonates as Inhibitors of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Brian Wasko (Hohl Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

04/21/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: the time change for this seminar)
The Effect Of Synthetic RNA Ligands On PSMA-Mediated Carcinogenesis (Gregory Thomas) and ATF4 Causes Skeletal Muscle Atrophy Via Gadd45a-mediated Activation Of p21 Expression (Scott Ebert) Gregory Thomas (Giangrande Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Scott Ebert (Adams Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

04/20/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: Date and time change for this seminar)
Mechanosensory Hair Cell Death and Regeneration in Zebrafish David Raible, PhD

Professor, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

04/19/2011 - 10:30am 
1117 MERF
Spatiotemporal Regulation of Signal Transduction in Living Cells Dr. Jin Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University

04/14/2011 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR UI Health Sciences Research Week
04/07/2011 - 3:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: this seminar will start at 3:00 PM)
Various Rotation Talk Titles by First-Year Graduate Students First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Talks

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Students, University of Iowa

04/05/2011 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
Biochemical Effects of Pathogenic Actin Mutations on Actin Function Sarah Bergeron (Rubenstein Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

03/31/2011 - 4:00pm 
Prem Sahai Auditorium, 1110 MERF (Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series)
Oxidants, Metabolism and Stem Cell Biology Dr. Toren Finkel, MD., PhD

Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, MD

03/31/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: the time change for this seminar)
Interactions Between Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerase ETA and Ubiquitin-modified PCNA Lynne Dieckman (Washington Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/25/2011 - 2:00pm 
Beisner Auditorium 1, BSB
Examining Cleft Lip and Palate as a Lifelong Disease: Genetic Investigation of Causes and Outcomes Beth Davidson (Murray Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

03/24/2011 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF (NOTE: the room change for this seminar)
Protective Functions Of Replication Protein A: RPA's Crucial Role In Maintaining Your Genome's Integrity Cathy Hass (Wold Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/24/2011 - 3:30pm 
2117 MERF (outside this seminar room)
Graduate Student Recognition Week Reception
Graduate Student Recognition Week

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular & Cellular Biology

03/17/2011 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR SPRING BREAK
03/10/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Loss Of FHIT Tumor Suppressor - Contribution To Carcinogenesis In Epithelial Cells Jennifer Boylston (Brenner Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/03/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Cancer Cell Specific Delivery of siRNAs Justin Dassie (Giangrande Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/24/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Avoiding the "bad seeds" in siRNA design reduces off-target effects and cellular toxicity. Ryan Spengler (Davidson Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/17/2011 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: the time change for this seminar)
Human Cytomegalovirus Lytic Switch Activation is Sustained by Enhancer TGGGC A/G - and GC-Box Repeats Courtney Galle (Meier Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/10/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Molecular Mechanisms Of TRAF6 Utilization By The Oncogenic Viral Mimic Of CD40, LMP1 Kelly Arcipowski (Bishop Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/03/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Non-coding RNAs Are Epigenetic Regulators Of Gene Transcription In Human Cells Kevin Morris, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

01/27/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Impact Of Alternative Slicing On Dynamin-related Protein 1 Function Theodore Wilson (Strack Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

01/20/2011 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Understanding The Role Of A Drosophila Insulator Protein In The Female Germline Ryan Baxley (Geyer Lab)

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student, University of Iowa

01/18/2011 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
The Role Of GB Virus C E2 And Anti-E2 Antibodies In HIV Inhibition Emma Mohr (Stapleton Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

12/16/2010 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
FINAL EXAM WEEK
12/09/2010 - 3:00pm 
1289 CBRB (NOTE: Time change for this seminar)
Various Rotation Talk Titles by First-Year Graduate Students First-Year Graduate Students

Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Iowa

12/02/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Airway Submucosal Gland Defects in Cystic Fibrosis Alter Stem/Progenitor Niches in the Proximal Airway Weiliang Xie (Engelhardt lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

11/25/2010 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/18/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
What Makes an AAV More Infectious? David Dickey (Zabner lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

11/11/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Telomeres: Cellular Mortality and Cancer Sheila A. Stewart, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

11/11/2010 - 9:00am 
5-669 BSB
Control of the protein and lipid content of the plasma membrane by ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins in S. cerevisiae Soraya Johnson

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

11/04/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin's Role in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Sarah Bergeron (Rubenstein lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

10/28/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
IAPs: Ubiquitination, Signaling, and Cancer Jonathan D. Ashwell, MD

Laboratory Chief, Laboratory of Immune Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

10/27/2010 - 9:00am 
5-669 BSB
SEMINAR CANCELLED: Control of the protein and lipid content of the plasma membrane by ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins in S. cerevisiae Soraya Johnson, (Moye-Rowley Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

10/21/2010 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Auditorium (Aud. 3) BSB (NOTE: Location change for this seminar)
My Life as a Dog/Editor Guy Riddihough, PhD

Senior Editor, Science Magazine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

10/14/2010 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF (Please note the time and location change for this seminar)
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Actin Polymerization in Cells Roberto Dominguez, PhD

Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

10/07/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Hitchhikers Guide To Photoreceptors Sheila Baker, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa

09/30/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
How Ephexin Signaling And Calcium Channels Stabilize Synapse Function In Drosophila C. Andrew Frank, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Iowa

09/21/2010 - 9:30am 
5-669 BSB (NOTE: Date, time, and location change)
Protein Quality Control And Conformational Disease: Lessons From Yeast Jeffrey L. Brodsky, PhD

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA

09/16/2010 - 2:30pm 
1289 CBRB (PLEASE NOTE: Time change for this seminar)
Identification Of A Conserved Epilepsy Pathway From Flies To Man J. Robert Manak, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Iowa

09/09/2010 - 3:00pm 
Aud. 1 BSB (NOTE: location and time change for this seminar)
The Role Of The p53 Family Of Genes In The Fidelity Of Information Transfer Arnold Levine, PhD

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

09/02/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Wnt Signaling Controls Cell Fate Specification And Asymmetric Cell Division In C. elegans Bryan Phillips, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Iowa

08/26/2010 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Auditorium (Aud. 3) BSB (NOTE: location change for this seminar)
Synaptonemal Complex Morphogenesis In C. elegans Meiosis Sarit Smolikove, PhD (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Iowa

08/12/2010 - 9:00am 
2117 MERF
Cancer vs Herpes: The Final Chapter In Nuclear Lamina Disruption Natalie Leach (Roller Lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

06/17/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Understanding The Role Of Insulator Protein In Genome Organization And Gene Expression In Drosophila Germline Alexey Soshnev (Geyer lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

06/10/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Replication of Type A and B Strains of Francisella Tularensis in Interferon-gamma Activated Human Macrophages (Matt Long) and Replication Protein A: Not Just for Replication! (Cathy [Staloch] Hass) Matt Long (Allen lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Cathy (Staloch) Hass (Wold lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

06/03/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Interactions Of Eukaryotic DNA Polymerases And Replication Accessory Factors During Translesion Synthesis (Lynne Dieckman) and MicroRNA Profiling And Regulatory Networks In The Brain (Amy Dubinsky) Lynne Dieckman (Brenner lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Amy Dubinsky (Davidson lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

05/27/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
MCB First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Talks MCB First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Presentations

MCB Graduate Students, University of Iowa

05/20/2010 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF - Urmila Sahai Seminar Room
Building Brain Circuits Hollis Cline, PhD

College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

05/13/2010 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
FINAL EXAM WEEK
05/06/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Selective Targeting Of EphA2 Positive Breast Cancers" by Justin Dassie and "FHIT-ing Protein Function With Phenotype - How Loss Of FHIT Relates To Tumorigenesis" by Jennifer Boylston Justin Dassie (Giangrande lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Jennifer Boylston (Brenner lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

04/29/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
It’s All About Change: The Antigen-Driven Initiation Of B Cell Receptor Signaling Susan Pierce

NIH/NIAID (co-sponsored with Immunology)

04/22/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
GB Virus C Envelope Protein E2 Elicits Antibodies That React With HIV-1 Particles And Neutralize HIV-1 Infectivity Emma Mohr (Stapleton lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

04/15/2010 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
College of Medicine Research Week
04/08/2010 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
The ACP’s of p120, Kaiso and Colon Cancer Al Reynolds

Vanderbilt University, (co-sponsored with Biochemistry)

04/01/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
A Network of TGGGC-motifs and GC-boxes in the Human Cytomegalovirus Major Immediate-Early Enhancer Drives Viral Gene Expression and Replication by Courtney Galle and Sopping Up The Competition: Long Non-Coding RNAs As Endogenous MicroRNA “Sponges” by Ryan Spengler Courtney Galle (Meier lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Ryan Spengler (Davidson lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/25/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
"Molecular Mechanisms Of TRAF6 Utilization By The Oncogenic Viral Mimic Of CD40, LMP1" by Kelly Arcipowski and "Dynamin Related Protein 1: How Alternative Splicing Impacts Protein Function And Localization" by Ted Wilson Kelly Arcipowski (Bishop lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

Ted Wilson (Strack lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/18/2010 - 4:00pm  NO SEMINAR
SPRING BREAK
03/11/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
FGFR2: A Genetic Link Between Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate and Breast Cancer Beth Erickson

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

03/04/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Induction And Evasion Of Innate Antiviral Responses By Hepatitis Viruses Stanley M. Lemon

The University of Texas Medical Branch (sponsored by The Levitt Center)

02/25/2010 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF - (Urmila Sahai Seminar Room)
Beyond the Double Helix - Reading & Writing the Histone Code C. David Allis, PhD

College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

02/18/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Targeting Integrin Function Using Vinculin Activators Elke Nelson (DeMali lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/17/2010 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Toward Understanding The Role Of Protein Context In The Polyglutamine Disease, SCA3 Ginny Harris (Gonzalez-Alegre lab)

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

02/11/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Understanding The Role Of A Drosophila Insulator Protein In The Female Germline Ryan Baxley (Geyer lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

02/04/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Novel Bisphosphonates as Inhibitors of the Mammalian Cholesterol and Mycobacterial Cell Wall Biosynthetic Pathways Brian Wasko (Hohl lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

01/28/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Cell Of Origin Directly Impacts Genetic Selection In SB Models Of T-ALL Katherine Vrieze (Dupuy lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

01/21/2010 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Defects In Airway Submucosal Glands Alter Stem/Progenitor Niches In The Mouse Trachea Weiliang Xie (Engelhardt lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

01/14/2010 - 4:00pm 
3 BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
Role Of Nox2 Derived Intracellular ROS In Priming Of Neutrophils Jessica Moreland, Associate Professor (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa

12/10/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
MCB First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Talks MCB First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Presentations

MCB First-Year Graduate Students, University of Iowa

12/03/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Title TBD by Amit Choudhury Amit Choudhury (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Iowa

11/30/2009 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
A Battle Of Good And Evil: Regulating Transcription For Viral And Cellular Gain Brian Krueger

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

11/26/2009 - 4:00pm  Thanksgiving Break
NO SEMINAR
11/19/2009 - 4:00pm 
1110A MERF (Prem Sahai Auditorium)
Molecular Mechanisms of Endocytosis
Pietro De Camilli

College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

11/18/2009 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF (Note: Wednesday seminar at 1:00 p.m. in 2117 MERF)
"CANCELLED" Evolution Of The P53 Family Of Genes And Polymorphisms In The Human p53 Pathway Arnold Levine

Cancer Institute of New Jersey (Co-sponsored wht the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ananomy & Cell Biology)

11/12/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Actin’s Role In Hearing And Deafness Sarah Bergeron (Rubenstein lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

11/05/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
What Makes An AAV More Infectious? David Dickey (Zabner lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

10/29/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Constructing the Fortress: Dissecting Mechanisms of Surface Polysaccharide Synthesis in Two Fungal Pathogens J. Stacey Klutts (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa

10/22/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Functional Redundancy Of PKC Isoforms During Herpes Simplex Primary Envelopment Natalie Leach (Roller lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

10/15/2009 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
The Social Life of Bacteria E. Peter Greenberg

College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

10/08/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Splicing Is Dynamically Regulated In Response To Diverse Environmental Signals In Yeast Gregg Whitworth (Student-Invited Speaker)

Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

10/01/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
MicroRNAs In Development And Disease Scott Hammond

University of Noth Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Co-sponsored with Genetics)

10/01/2009 - 2:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Characterization Of Mammalian Exocyst Subunit Sec3 Nicholas Andersen

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

09/30/2009 - 1:00pm 
1289 CBRB (Note: 1:00-2:00 p.m. on Wednesday in 1289 CBRB)
Intracellular Protein Sorting in Health and Disease Ramanujan Hegde

NIH, Bethesda, MD (Co-sponsored with Anatomy & Cell Biology)

09/24/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Mechanism Of Action Of The FHIT Tumor Suppressor Gene: Re-Examination Of An Early Step In Lung Carcinogenesis Charles Brenner (MCB Faculty Candidate)

Professor and Head of Biochemistry

09/21/2009 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
The Role of MicroRNAs During Liver Regeneration And Hepatitis C Viral Infection Rebecca Marquez

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

09/17/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Translational Research Journeys: From Bedside to the Bench in Skeletal Repair and Arthritis Randy Rosier

College of Medicine Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series

09/10/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Genetic Analysis Of Lipid Homeostasis In S. Cerevisiae Soraya Johnson (Moye-Rowley lab)

MCB Graduate Student, University of Iowa

09/09/2009 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Designed Zinc Finger Nucleases That Cleave Hepatitis B Viral DNA Thomas "TJ" Cradick

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

09/03/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
New Mechanisms Of Mitochondrial Communication Heidi M. McBride

University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Co-sponsored with Pharmacology)

08/27/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Targeted Molecular Therapy For Endometrial Cancer Kimberly Leslie, M.D.

Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

08/26/2009 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Understanding The Role Of LEM Domain Proteins In Drosophila Development Belinda Pinto

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

07/14/2009 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
The Role Of Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-expressing Fibroblasts In Alveolar Formation Patricia Kimani

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

06/18/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Embryonic stem cell pluripotency: insights toward somatic cell reprogramming Dana Levasseur (Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

06/11/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The roles of Gβγ/PI3Kγ signaling in zebrafish embryogenesis Fang Lin (Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology

06/10/2009 - 10:00am 
5-669 BSB
The Functional Role Of Ybp1 In Yap1-Medicated Oxidative Stress Resistance Stella Lee

MS Thesis Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

06/04/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Molecular Mechanisms Of Obesity Associated With Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Kamal Rahmouni (Faculty Candidate)

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

05/28/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Genetic Links between Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate and Breast Cancer (Erickson) and Activators of Vinculin in Cell Adhesion (Nelson) Beth Erickson and Elke Nelson

MCB Graduate Students Beth Erickson (Murray lab) & Elke Nelson (DeMali lab)

05/21/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Transcription Factor ATF4 And Its Role In Muscle Atrophy (Scott Ebert), Exploring The Role Of TRAF3 In B-cell Response To TLR Ligands (Mark Schultz), Optimizing Aptamer Chiimeras For RNAi Processing (Greg Thomas), and Roles Of MicroRNA's In Liver Regeneration (Erik Wendlandt)  MCB First-Year Graduate Student Rotation Presentations

MCB Graduate Students

05/14/2009 - 4:00pm  Final Exam Week Final Exam Week

NO SEMINAR

05/05/2009 - 3:00pm 
AUD 3 - BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
Evidence For Ancient Infections: The Evolution Of Human Intrinsic Immunity To Retroviruses Michael Emerman

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (co-sponsor: Microbiology - W. Maury, host),

04/30/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Inhibition of Mycobacterium Cell Wall Biosynthetic Enzymes Using Novel Bisphosphonates (Wasko) and A Forward Genetic Screen Identifying Mutations In T-ALL (Vrieze) Brian Wasko and Katy Vrieze

MCB Graduate Students Brian Wasko (Hohl lab) & Katy Vrieze (Dupuy lab)

04/23/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Investigations Of Transcriptional Regulatory Independence In Drosophila (Soshnev) and Regulation Of Lef-1 Expression By Sox2 In Airway Submucosal Glands (Xie) Alexey Soshnev and William Xie

MCB Graduate Students Alexey Soshnev (Geyer lab) & William Xie (Engelhardt lab)

04/22/2009 - 10:00am 
2117 MERF
Structural Maintenance And Chemosensory Function Of Human Airway Motile Cilia Alok Shah

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

04/21/2009 - 11:00am 
MacEwen Conference Room, 1-561 BSB
Profiling Different Dermal Papilla Populations Reveals Different Mechanisms For Hair Follicle Development Ryan Driskell, Ph.D

2006 UI MCB Graduate, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

04/16/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Examination Of GBV-C Cell Binding And Entry (Mohr), Biochemical Comparison Of Beta And Gamma Nonmuscle Actins In Vitro (Bergeron) Emma Mohr and Sarah Bergeron

MCB Graduate Students Emma Mohr (Stapleton lab) & Sarah Bergeron (Rubenstein lab)

04/09/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Unraveling The 7SK snRNP Brian Krueger

MCB Graduate Student (Price lab)

04/06/2009 - 12:00pm 
2117 MERF
Structure and Interactions of Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau in Human Prostate Cancer Cells Skye Souter

Dissertation Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student

04/02/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Molecules And Mechanisms Regulating Leukocyte Migration Across Endothelium William Muller

Northwestern University (co-sponsor: Internal Medicine/Inflammation Program) (Student sponsored speaker)

03/26/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Genetic Analysis Of Alzheimer's Disease In Drosophila Mel Feany

Brigham and Women's Hospital (co-sponsored with Neuroscience) (Gloria Lee, host)

03/19/2009 - 4:00pm  Spring Break
Spring Break

NO SEMINAR

03/12/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
What Makes An AAV More Infectious David Dickey

MCB Graduate Student (Zabner lab)

03/05/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
No Seminar Today
SEMINAR CANCELLED
02/26/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Herpes Simplex Viruses Plot To Hyjack A Cellular Kinase Natalie Leach

MCB Graduate Student (Roller lab)

02/19/2009 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 3 - BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
An Investigation Into The Localization And Function Of The Small GTPase Rab12 Justin Kaufman

MCB Graduate Student (Sheff lab)

02/12/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Ataxin-3: Could A Minor Splice Isoform Play A Major Role In Polyglutamine Disease? Ginny Harris

MCB Graduate Student (Paulson/Gonzalez-Alegre labs)

02/05/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
ABC Transporter Depletion Confers Resistance To A Sphingolipid Biosynthesis Inhibitor Soraya Johnson

MCB Graduate Student (Moye-Rowley lab)

01/29/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Stem Cells In Mammary Development And Breast Cancer Max Wicha

University of Michigan (co-sponsors: Department of Surgery and Radiation Oncology) (R. Domann, host)

01/22/2009 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Motile Cilia On Airway Epithelia Are Chemosensory Alok Shah

MCB Graduate Student (Welsh Lab)

01/15/2009 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 3 - BSB (Watzke Auditorium)
Mechanisms Of Depolyploidization In Cancer Cells Following Radiation-Induced Mitotic Catastrophe Fiorenza Ianzini

Assistant Professor, Pathology

12/18/2008 - 12:00pm  Final Exam Week
Final Exam Week

NO SEMINAR

12/11/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Student Rotation Talks Scott Ebert, Mark Schultz, Greg Thomas, Erik Wendlandt

MCB Graduate Students

12/04/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Distinct PDZ Domain Function in Tiam-family Guanine Exchange Factor Proteins Ernesto Fuentes

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

11/27/2008 - 12:00pm  Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break

NO SEMINAR

11/25/2008 - 9:00am 
2189 MERF
Transcriptional Regulation of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Ki Youb Park

(Thesis defense)

11/24/2008 - 9:30am 
2117 MERF
Control of RNA Polymerase II Elongation Bo Cheng

(Thesis defense)

11/20/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Lineage-dependent Tumorigenesis and the Paracrine Hormone Hypothesis of Colorectal Cancer Scott Waldman

Thomas Jefferson University (co-sponsored with the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center), (R. Hohl, host)

11/13/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Role of miRNAs During Liver Regeneration and Hepatitis C Viral Infection Rebecca Marquez

MCB Graduate Student (McCaffrey Lab)

11/06/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Cutting up Hepatitis B Viral DNA with Zinc Finger Nucleases T.J. Cradick

MCB Grad Student (McCaffrey Lab)

10/30/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud. 3 BSB
Sec3-Exocyst Localizes to and Stabilizes Desmosomes Nick Andersen

MCB Graduate Student (Yeaman Lab)

10/23/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Structure and Interactions of Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau in Human Prostate Cancer Cells  Skye Souter

MCB Graduate Student (Lee Lab)

10/16/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger: Adapting to Chronic ER Stress  Thomas Rutkowski

Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology

10/09/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
How flexible proteins regulate cell division and apoptosis; Arf, p27 and PUMA Richard Kriwacki

St. Jude Children's Hospital (co-sponsored with Pharmacology and Biochemistry, D. Quelle (Pharmacology) and E. Fuentes (Biochemistry), host )

10/02/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Molecular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy Christopher Adams

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

09/25/2008 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
Genetic and Functional Analyses of p120-catenin: Diverse roles in Cell Adhesion and Cancer Al Reynolds

Vanderbilt University

09/18/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Characterizing the role of PDGF-A/PDGF-R_ signaling in pulmonary fibroblast differentiation and function during alveolar develop Patricia Kimani

MCB Graduate Student (McGowan Lab)

09/11/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
The Caspase-1 Inflammasome in Infection and Inflammation  Fayyaz Sutterwala

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

09/04/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Pushing the envelope: Dissecting the roles of Bocksbeutel and Otefin in Drosophila Development Belinda Pinto

MCB Grad Student (Geyer Lab)

08/28/2008 - 4:00pm 
1289 CBRB
New Recessive Epilepsy Genes Alexander Bassuk

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

08/26/2008 - 1:30pm 
5181 MERF
Protein Expression and Trafficking in the Intracellular Stage of Leishmania chagasi Chia-Hung Christine Hsiao

(Thesis defense)

06/05/2008 - 4:00pm 
*Spivey Aud BSB*
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Rotation Talks
05/29/2008 - 4:00pm 
*Spivey Aud BSB*
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Rotation Talks
05/22/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Implications for the Use of the Anti-diabetic Drug Metformin in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (Adam Case/Domann lab) and Role of Sox2 in Regulation of Lef-1 Expression in Airway Submucosal Glands (William Xie/Engelhardt lab)
William Xie and Adam Case

(Engelhardt Lab-Xie) (Domann Lab-Case)

05/15/2008 (All day)  FINAL EXAM WEEK
FINAL EXAM WEEK
05/08/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Subversion of a Liver-specific microRNA by Hepatitis C Virus
Peter Sarnow

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (co-sponsor: Levitt Center for Virology, A. McCaffrey, host)

05/01/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Biochemical Effects of Deafness-Causing Gamma-Actin Mutations on Actin Functions (Bergeron) and LARP7 is a Stable Component of the 7SK snRNP (Krueger)
Sarah Bergeron and Brian Krueger

(Rubenstein Lab-Bergeron) (Price Lab-Krueger)

04/24/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Seminar is Cancelled
Seminar Cancelled-Mel Feany
04/24/2008 - 1:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Renin Gene Enhancer Function Polymorphism and Response to Oxidative Stress
Hana Itani (Sigmund Lab) Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology

04/17/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
The Role of Emerin and PKCdelta in HSV-1 Primary Envelopment (Leach) and Acceleration and Augmentation of AAV-mediated Gene Expression (Dickey)
Natalie Leach and David Dickey

(Roller Lab-Leach) (Zabner Lab-Dickey)

04/11/2008 - 1:30pm 
2117 MERF
Genetic and Immunological Studies of Resistance to Leishmania chagasi Infection
Nicholas Ettinger (Wilson Lab) Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology

04/10/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Sensing Hedgehogs with Cilia: A Tale of Two Cilia
Alok Shah

(Welsh Lab)

04/03/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Coordinate Control of Multidrug Resistance and Sphingolipid Homeostasis
Soraya (Riley) Johnson

(Moye-Rowley Lab)

04/03/2008 - 12:30pm 
2117 MERF
Translesion Synthesis by Yeast Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta
Craig Howell (Washington Lab) Thesis Seminar

Molecular & Cellular Biology

03/27/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
The Histone Code & DNA Damage Response
Tej Pandita

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (co-sponsor: Free Radical & Radiation Biology, P. Goswami, host)

03/20/2008 (All day)  SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
03/13/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Characterization of the Rab Family Proteins Rab11a and Rab12
Justin Kaufman

(Sheff Lab)

03/06/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Influence of C-Terminal Splicing on the Enzymatic Activity and Aggregation of Ataxin-3, a Polyglutamine Disease Protein
Ginny Harris

(Paulson, Gonzalez-Alegre Lab)

02/28/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Design and Testing Zinc-Finger Nucleases Specific for Hepatitis B Viral DNA
TJ Cradick

(McCaffrey Lab)

02/21/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Mechanisms of P-TEFb-mediated RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control
Bo Cheng

(Price Lab)

02/14/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
The Role of miRNAs in LIver Regeneration and Viral Pathogenesis
Rebecca Marquez

(McCaffrey Lab)

02/07/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Make or Break Decisions: Neuronal Survival and Mitofusin 2 Phosphorylation
Shanna Nifoussi

(Strack Lab)

01/31/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
Translesion Synthesis by the Sequential Action of Yeast Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta
Craig Howell

(Washington Lab)

01/24/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
RGS Proteins: Physiologic Functions and Potential as Drug Targets
Richard Neubig

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (co-sponsor Cardiovascular Center, R. Fisher, host)

01/17/2008 - 3:30pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
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Rotation Talks
01/10/2008 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud BSB
RNA-Based Therapies Against Cancer
Paloma Giangrande

Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

12/17/2007 (All day)  FINAL EXAM WEEK
FINAL EXAM WEEK
12/13/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Ubiquitin Chain Editing Activity of the Neurodegenerative Disease Protein Ataxin-3
Brett Winborn

(Paulson lab)

12/06/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Interaction Networks for Protein Phosphatases: Insights into DNA Damage Checkpoint Recovery
Anne Claude Gingras

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

11/29/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Pulmonary Fibroblast Differentiation During Alveolar Development: Investigating the Role of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-AA
Patricia Kimani
11/26/2007 - 1:00pm 
2117 MERF
Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Hyperhomocysteinemia-Induced Vascular Dysfunction
Roman Rodionov

Molecular and Cellular Biology

11/22/2007 (All day)  THANKSGIVING BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/15/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Targeting Dosage Compensation to Active Genes on the Drosophila X Chromosome
Mitzi Kuroda

Harvard University, Boston, MA

11/08/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Sec3 Co-localizes with KifC3, Minus End-directed Kinesin at Desmosomes
Nick Anderson

(Yeaman lab)

11/01/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Regulation of Renin Gene Expression by Oxidative Stress
Hana Itani

(Sigmund lab)

10/25/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 3 BSB-Watzke
Characterization of the 'Neuronal' Protein Tau in Human Prostate Carcinoma Cells
Skye Souter

(Lee lab)

10/18/2007 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Transcription Factor Recruitment, Dynamics and Function at Specific Inducible Genes In Vivo and in Real Time
John T. Lis

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

10/11/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Transcriptional Regulation of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Ki Youb Park

(Russo lab)

10/05/2007 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
MicroRNAs in Development and Disease
James Dahlberg

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

09/27/2007 - 4:00pm 
Aud 1 BSB-Beisner
Functional Genomic Discovery of Novel Adaptive and Innate Immune Pathways
Jenny Ting

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

09/20/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Tearing Open the Envelope: Dissecting the Tissue-Specific Functions of dMAN1 in Drosophila Development
Belinda Pinto

(Geyer lab)

09/13/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Major Surface Protease (MSP or GP63) in the Amastigote Life Stage of Leishmania chagasi 
Christine Hsiao

(Wilson lab)

09/06/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Role of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in Translesion Synthesis
Bret Freudenthal

(Washington lab)

08/30/2007 (All day)  Patricia Kimani-RESCHEDULED TO 11/29
Patricia Kimani-RESCHEDULED TO 11/29
06/28/2007 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
DYT1 Dystonia: Exploiting Biological Pathways to Design Novel Therapies
Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre

Neurology

06/07/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Loss of Bardet Biedl Syndrome Protein Alters the Morphology and Function of Motile Cilia in Mouse Airway Epithelia (Shah), A Regulatory Connection Between Genes Involved in Sphingolipid Biosynthesis (Riley)
Soraya Riley (Moye-Rowley lab) and Alok Shah (Welsh lab)
05/24/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Brian Wasko (Hohl Lab), Stella Lee (Moye-Rowley Lab), Katherine Vrieze (Maury Lab)
Rotation Talks
05/17/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Developing and Testing HBV Sequence-Specific Zinc Finger Nucleases (Cradick) and The Role of MMP-9 in Airway Remodeling (Denker)
TJ Cradick (McCaffrey lab) and Jim Denker (Zabner lab)
05/10/2007 - 4:00pm 
Watzke Aud 3 BSB
Angiogenesis Mediated by the Endothelial Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor 
John Cooke

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

05/03/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Mechanisms of P-TEFb-mediated RNAPII Elongation Control (Cheng) and The Role of miRNAs in Liver Regeneration (Marquez)
Rebecca Marquez (McCaffrey Lab) Bo Cheng (Price Lab)
04/26/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Sphingosine Kinase 1: Role in Key Macrophage Functions
Natalie Melrose

(Kusner lab)

04/19/2007 (All day) 
1-561 BSB
Studies Examining the In Vivo Function of Human Renin Transcriptional Enhancers Using PAC-mediated Recombineering and Transgenesis
Xiyou (Joe) Zhou

Sigmund's Lab

04/19/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
K63-linked and Mixed Linkage Editing Activity of the Neurodegenerative Disease Protein Ataxin-3
Brett Winborn

(Paulson lab)

04/19/2007 - 1:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Dysregulation of NADPH Oxidase in Human Disease
Jennifer Marden

Engelhardt's Lab

04/12/2007 - 4:00pm 
Beisner Aud I BSB
Desmosomes on the Move; Assembly from Organelles to Tissues
Kathleen Green

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

04/05/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in Humans and Mice
David Motto

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

03/29/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Translesion Synthesis by the Sequential Action of Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta
Craig Howell

(Washington lab)

03/22/2007 - 4:00pm 
Beisner Aud 1 BSB
The Secret Life of Actin 
R. Dyche Mullins

UCSF, San Francisco, CA

03/15/2007 (All day)  SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
03/08/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Sec3 Interacts with KifC3, a Plus End Directed Kinesin, at Desmosomes
Nick Andersen

(Yeaman lab)

03/01/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Renin Gene Enhancer Function, Polymorphism, and Response 
Hana Itani

(Sigmund lab)

02/19/2007 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Chromatin Structure and Epigenetic Modifications in the Human 
Ann Dean

NIH, Bethesda, MD

02/15/2007 (All day) 
283 EMRB
The Multiple Functions of the Human Cytomegalovirus 
Dustin Petrik (Stinski Lab)

Molecular Cellular Biology

02/15/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Tau From Human Prostate Carcinoma Lines
Skye Souter

(Lee lab)

02/08/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Transcriptional Regulation of the Neuropeptide CGRP
Ki Youb Park

(Russo lab)

02/01/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Modulation of Early Human Immune Responses by Leishmania chagasi
Nick Ettinger

(Wilson lab)

01/25/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Using Drosophila as a Model to Understand Human Laminopathies: A Study of dMAN1
Belinda Pinto

(Geyer lab)

01/18/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase by isoprenoid bisphosphonates
Andy Wiemer

(Hohl lab)

01/11/2007 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Major Surface Protease (MSP or GP63) in the Amastigote Life Stage
Christine Hsiao

(Wilson lab)

12/14/2006 (All day)  Final Exam Week
Final Exam Week
12/07/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Brian Wasko (Moye-Rowley Lab), Stella Lee (Yeaman Lab), Katherine Vrieze (Weeks Lab)
Rotation Talks
11/30/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Analysis of Human Renin Enhancers in Transgenic Mouse
Xiyou Zhou (Sigmund lab)
11/27/2006 (All day) 
2117 MERF
P-TEFb Complex Ratios during Apoptosis and HIV Replication
Sebastian Biglione Maury's Lab

Molecular & Cell Biology

11/23/2006 (All day)  THANKSGIVING BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/16/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Vinculin: a dynamic regulator of cell adhesion
Kris Demali

Associate Professor, Biochemistry (Faculty Candidate)

11/14/2006 - 11:00am 
1117 MERF
Wnt3a Regulates Lef-1 Expression During Airway Submucosal 
Ryan Driskell

Engelhardt's Lab

11/09/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Physiological Role of Xeroderma Pigmentosum DDB2 in Carcinogenesis
Toshiki Itoh

Assistant Professor, Pathology (Faculty Candidate)

11/02/2006 - 4:00pm 
Aud II BSB-Spivey
Rab7 Regulated Endocytosis and Neurologic Disease
Angela Wandinger-Ness

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

10/26/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Molecular Basis of Nonpeptide Antigen Recognition by gd T Cells
Craig Morita

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate)

10/19/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Role of Platelet-derived Growth Factor A in Pulmonary Myofibroblast and Alveolar Development
Patricia Kimani (McGowan lab)
10/12/2006 - 4:00pm 
BBE 101
RNAi and other Ancient Pathways Programmed by Small RNA
Phillip Zamore

University of Massachusetts, Wooster, MA

10/05/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) in Hyperhomocysteinemia
Roman Rodionov (Lentz lab)
09/28/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The autoregulatory and transactivating functions of the human cytomegalovirus IE86 protein use independent mechanisms for promoter binding
Dustin Petrik (Stinski lab)
09/21/2006 - 4:00pm 
Aud 1 BSB-Beisner
Functional and Structural Organization of Hepatitis C Virus E2 Envelope Glycoprotein
Steven Foung

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

09/14/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in JNK and NF-kB activation
Hasimu Hapahake

Assistant Professor, Pathology (Faculty Candidate)

09/08/2006 - 4:00pm 
BBE101
A Serendipitous Finding: The Human Polycycstic Kidney Disease Locus Encodes a Second Transcript, a Novel Extracellular Matrix Protein
Robert Bacallao

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

08/31/2006 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Signaling Through the Protein-Tyrosine Kinase Lck 
Marietta Harrison

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

08/24/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Investigation of the Activation and Function of the Adapter 
Jon Houtman

Assistant Professor, Microbiology (Faculty Candidate)

06/19/2006 - 2:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Post Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclin E during the Embryonic Development of Xenopus Laevis
Michael Slevin (Hartley Lab)

Molecular Biology

05/25/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Ybp1 and Yap1 Interaction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae During Oxidative Stress, Apoptotic stimulation of caspase 9 dominant negative cells results in reduced ROS, Q Infinity and Beyond! Creating a Knock-in Model of Machado-Joseph Disease,
Rotation Talks
05/18/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Role of Sphingosine Kinase I in the Pathogenesis 
Natalie Melrose (Kusner lab)
05/11/2006 (All day)  Final Exam Week - no seminar
Final Exam Week - no seminar
05/04/2006 - 4:00pm 
Aut 1 BSB
Wnt Signaling During Animal Development (co-sponsor: Anatomy & Cell Biology Dept., J. Engelhardt, host)
Roel Nusse

Stanford, Stanford, CA

04/27/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Transcriptional Regulation of the Neuropeptide CGRP; Targeting GTPases in Cancer through Bisphosphonate-induced Depletion of Specific Isoprenoids 
Ki Youb Park (Russo lab) and Andy Wiemer (Hohl lab)
04/17/2006 - 12:00pm 
1289 CBRB
Developing Safer Therapeutic Agents Via Aptamer-Antidote Pairs (co-sponsor: Gene Therapy Center, A. McCaffrey, host)
Bruce Sullenger

Duke University, Durham, NC

04/13/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Sec3-Containing Exocyst Complexes Localize to Desmosomes in Polarized Epithelial Cells; Structure-Function Analysis of an Error-Prone DNA Polymerase
Nick Andersen (Yeaman lab) and Craig Howell (Washington lab)
04/06/2006 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
Metastable Epialleles and Imprinted Genes: Epigenomic Targets Linking Prenatal Nutrition to Adult Disease (co-sponsor: Biochemistry Dept., R. Domann, host)
Randy Jirtle

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

03/30/2006 (All day)  COM Research Week - no seminar
COM Research Week - no seminar
03/23/2006 - 4:00pm 
2117 MERF
TNF Gene Regulation and Implications for Infections (co-sponsor: Immunology Program, G. Bishop, host)
Anne Goldfeld

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

03/16/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Basically Speaking: A Regulatory Interaction in Replication 
Sara Binz

(Wold lab)

03/09/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Peeking Inside the Envelope and Finding a 
Belinda Pinto (Geyer lab) and Brett Winborn (Paulson lab)
03/02/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Investigations into Infection with Leishmania chagasi, the 
Nick Ettinger

(Wilson lab)

02/24/2006 (All day) 
2117 MERF
Negative Regulation of HIV-1 Alternative Splicing is Necessary for Efficient Virus Production
Joshua Madsen

THesis Defense (Stoltzfus Lab)

02/23/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Characterization of the 'Neuronal' Protein Tau in Prostate 
Skye Souter

(Lee lab)

02/16/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Identification and Function of Polymorphisms in the Human Renin Enhancer
Hana Itani

(Sigmund lab)

02/09/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Major Surface Protease (MSP or GP63) in the Intracellular Amastigote Life Stage of Leishmania chagasi
Chia-Hung Hsiao

(Wilson lab)

02/02/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Role of JunD in Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Jennifer Marden

(Engelhardt lab)

01/26/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Gene therapy for Alexander Disease Using Viral Vectors and RNAi 
Daniel Bonthius, Associate Professor

Pediatrics (Faculty Candidate)

01/19/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Inducers of Apoptosis Affect Regulation of P-TEFb 
Sebastian Biglione

(Maury lab)

01/12/2006 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Regulation of T Cell Signaling Cascades by the Prolyl Isomerase Cyclophilin A 
John Colgan, Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate),

12/15/2005 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
12/08/2005 - 3:30pm 
1117 MERF
Brian Krueger, Ginny Harris, Natalie Leach, William Bennett, Rebecca Marquez and Sarah Bergeron 
Rotation Talks
12/01/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Post Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclin E and the Effects of Antisense Knockdown During Embryonic Development
Michael Slevin
11/24/2005 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
11/17/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Lymphoma Development in Bax Transgenic Mice is Associated with Chromosomal Instability
Chris van de Wetering

Pathology

11/10/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Astrocytes as Initiators of Neurodegenerative Disease: the Alexander disease experience (co-sponsor: Neuroscience, D. Bonthius, host)
Albee Messing, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
11/03/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Tales of Fish, Cockroaches and Tails
S. Ramaswamy, Associate Professor

Biochemistry

10/28/2005 - 3:00pm  Macrophages Restrict Infection of Legionella by Detecting Cytosolic Flagellin (co-sponsor: Divsion of Infectious Disease Inflammation Program, L. Allen, host)
Michele Swanson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
10/20/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Phylogenomic Analyses of Eukaryotes Reveal Hidden Sex Lives and an Early Origin of Meiosis
John Logsdon, Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

10/13/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Model Systems for the Development of Targeted Cancer Therapeutics (co-sponsor: Physiology & Biophysics, students, host)
John Hunter, Xenogen Corporation, Alameda, CA
10/06/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in the Endothelial Dysfunction of Hyperhomocysteinemia
Roman Rodionov
09/29/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Recombinant Human Cytomegalovirus Containing the Q548R IE86 Mutation is Unable to Inhibit Cellular DNA Synthesis or arrest cell Cycle Progression
Dustin Petrik
09/22/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Inhibiting Hsp90 in Cancer: A Multi-targeted Approach to Molecular Therapy (co-sponsor: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, M. Horne, host)
Len Neckers

NCI-NIH, Rockville, MD

09/15/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Regulation of Lef-1 in Airway Progenitor Niches
Ryan Driskell
09/08/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Manipulation of Neutrophil Function by Helicobacter Pylori 
Lee-Ann Allen, Associate Professor

Internal Medicine

09/01/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7 in Human Melanoma: Angel or Devil?
Mei-Yu Hsu, Assistant Professor

Pathology

08/25/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Investigation of Apoptosis Pathways Using in vitro Systems
Tomomi Kuwana, Assistant Professor

Pathology

08/12/2005 - 1:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Pleiotropic Functions of TNFa Determine Distinct IKKb-Dependent Hepatocellular Fates in Response to LPS 
Rana Dajani

Molecular Biology Program

08/10/2005 - 2:30pm 
283 EMRB
P-TEFb Regulation by 7SK, HEXIM1, HEXIM2 and HIV Tat
Sarah Byers

Molecular Biology Program

05/27/2005 (All day) 
283 EMRB
Fluorescence Characterization of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Structure and Function
Nam Lee, (John Koland Lab) (Thesis Defense)

Molecular Biology

05/26/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Soraya Riley, Andrew Wiemer, Alok Shah, Natalie Melrose 
Rotation Talks

Molecular Biology

05/19/2005 (All day)  No Seminar - Research Week
No Seminar - Research Week
05/12/2005 (All day)  No Seminar
Final Exam Week

No Seminar - Final Exam Week

05/05/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Canceled
Len Neckers

NCI-NIH, Rockville

04/25/2005 - 4:00pm 
Aud. 1, BSB
Replication, Recombination, and Damage Control in S. pombe Meiosis (co-sponsor: Genetics, students, host)
Susan Forsburg

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles

04/22/2005 - 11:00am 
1-561 BSB
Modifier Genes in the Phenotypic Manifestation of Primary Disease-causing Mutations
Suma Shankar

(Edwin Stone Lab)

04/21/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Advice to Neurons: Lose the REST (co-sponsor: Biological Sciences, S. Green, host)
Gail Mandel

SUNY-Stony Brook

04/20/2005 - 2:00pm 
2117 MERF
Neisseria meningitidis-induced Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte-human Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cell Interactions
Jessica Hook

(William Nauseef Lab)

04/12/2005 - 3:00pm 
Aud. 3, BSB
Association of the Herpes Virus Regulatory Protein ICP27 with RNA Polymerase II and RNA Processing and Export Factors and Recruitment to Viral Transcription Sites (co-sponsor: Microbiology, M. Stoltzfus, host)
Rozanne Sandri-Goldin

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA

04/07/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Studies of Genetic Susceptibility to Visceral Leishmaniasis (Nick Ettinger) Expression of Major Surface Proteases (MSP or GP63) of Leishmania chagasi (Christing Hsiao)
Nick Ettinger (Wilson lab) and Christine Hsiao (Wilson lab)
03/31/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Transcriptional Regulation of Renin Gene in the Kidney (Hana Itani), "Neuronal" Proteins in Non-neuronal Cells: Upregulation of Tau in Prostate Cancer Cells (Skye Souter)
Hana Itani (Sigmund Lab) and Skye Souter (Lee lab)
03/24/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
P-TEFb Complexes during HIV Replication and Cell Death
Sebastian Biglione (Maury lab)
03/17/2005 (All day)  No Seminar - Spring Break
No Seminar - Spring Break
03/10/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Receptor-independent Activators of G-Protein Signaling Pathways (co-sponsor: Physiology & Biophysics, N. Artemyev, host) 
Stephen Lanier

LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

03/03/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Regulation of viral alternative splicing is necessary for HIV-1 replication
Joshua Madsen (Stoltzfus lab)
02/24/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Functional Analysis of Human Renin Enhancers in vivo
Xiyou Zhou (Sigmund lab)
02/17/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Mechanism of life span extension by Drosophila MnSOD (co-sponsor: Biochemistry, L. Wallrath, host)
John Tower

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles

02/10/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Regulation of Sodium Transport by Nedd4-2
Omar Itani (Thomas lab)
02/03/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
The Role of JunD in Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Jennifer Marden (Engelhardt lab)
01/27/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Will functional genomics save the world from killer viruses, pandemics, and bioterrorism? (co-sponsor: Levitt Center for Virology, J. Stapleton, host)
Michael Katze

Univ. of Washington, Seattle

01/24/2005 - 4:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilm Formation on Surfaces Relevant to Cystic Fibrosis 
Matthew Parsek

Assistant Professor, Microbiology (Faculty candidate)

01/13/2005 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Induction of P16INK4 Expression during Cellular Stasis is Associated with Keratinocyte Migration
Ben Darbro (Klingelhutz lab)
12/16/2004 (All day)  Final Exam Week
Final Exam Week
12/09/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Mouse Model of Chromosomal Instability Employing Lck-Bax Transgenic Mice
Christopher van de Wetering (Knudson lab)
12/02/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Students Talks
Rotation Talks
11/29/2004 - 4:00pm 
1-561 BSB
Inhibition of Hepatitis B Virus by RNA Interference in Mice: How Gene Therapy Can Make You Learn About Immunology
Anton McCaffrey

Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate)

11/25/2004 (All day)  Thanksgiving Break - no seminar
Thanksgiving Break - no seminar
11/18/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Regulation of Cell Polarity and Exocytosis: Lessons From Yeast (co-sponsor: Anatomy & Cell Biology, C. Yeaman, host)
Patrick Brennwald

UNC, Chapel Hill

11/11/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Mutant p53 and DNA Methylation Cooperate to Silence Gene Expression in Cancer
Frederick Domann

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

11/04/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Post Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclin E and the effects of Antisense Knockdown during Embryonic Development
Michael Slevin (Hartley lab)
10/28/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Characterization of a an Antigenic Epitope on GB Virus C Envelope Glycoprotein (E2) that is Involved in Binding to the E2 Receptor 
Jack Stapleton

Professor, Internal Medicine (New Faculty Member)

10/21/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
G Family Cyclins in Stressed-Out Cells: the p53/Mdm2 Pathway Partner Cyclin G1 is Unstable, but G2 is AKTin' FOXOy!
Mary Horne

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

10/14/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Novel Xin , an Intercalated Disc Protein, in Cardiac Development and Function
Jim Jung-Chin Lin

Professor, Biological Sciences

10/07/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Hyperhomocysteinemia
Roman Rodionov (Lentz Lab)
09/30/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Mechanism of Nucleotide Incorporation Opposite DNA Damage by Eukaryotic DNA Polymerase
Todd Washington

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry (New Faculty Member)

09/23/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Isoprenoids: Not Simply Intermediates in the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway
Raymond Hohl

Professor, Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate)

09/16/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Functional Detailing of CMV's Master Switch
Jeffery Meier

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine (New Faculty Member)

09/09/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Paraoxonase: a Novel Innate Immune Mechanism
Egon Ozer (Zabner lab)
09/02/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Identifying the Functional Domains of the Human Cytomegalovirus IE86 Protein
Dustin Petrik (Stinski lab)
08/26/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Identifying Regions within a Lef-1 Promoter Fragment that are Specific for Expression During Airway Gland Morphogenesis
Ryan Driskell (Engelhardt lab)
06/24/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Functional Analysis of the Human Renin Enhancers In Vivo 
Xiyou Zhou

(Sigmund lab)

06/17/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Neisseria Meningitidis-induced Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte-human Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cell Interactions
Jessica Hook

(Nauseef lab)

06/10/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Identification and Analysis of Nedd4-2 Isoforms
Omar Itani

(Thomas lab)

06/03/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Rotation Talks: titles to be announced
Rotation talks

Nicholas Andersen, Nicholas Ettinger, Brett Winborn

05/27/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Analysis of Genetic Factors in the Modification of Phenotypic
Suma Shankar

(Stone/Daiger labs)

05/20/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
P-TEFb and HIV Replication
Sebastian Biglione

(Maury lab)

05/13/2004 - 4:00pm  No seminar
No seminar
05/06/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
HIV-1 ESSV is Necessary for Viral Replication
Joshua Madsen

(Stoltzfus lab)

04/29/2004 - 10:30am 
2117 MERF
The Epigenetic Inheritance of Transcriptional States
Jasper Rine

University of California at Berkeley

04/22/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Redox Regulation of Signal Transduction Pathways Following Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Jennifer Marden

(Engelhardt lab)

04/15/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
How the SHIV/macaque System Can Be Used to Answer Questions Pertaining to HIV Vaccine Development and Induction of Disease
Malcom Martin

National Institutes of Health

04/08/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
TNF and NFKappaB on the Teeter Totter of Life and Death
Rana Dajani

(Engelhardt lab)

04/01/2004 - 4:00pm  No seminar
No seminar
03/25/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
p16INK4a Induced Telomere-independent Senescence and the Keratinocyte Wound
Ben Darbro

(Klingelhutz lab)

03/18/2004 (All day)  No Seminar
No Seminar
03/11/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
A Story of Life and Death: Survival and Apoptotic Signaling in Spiral Ganglion Neurons
Steven Green

Biological Sciences

03/04/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Pinning Down in Cell Signaling, Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease
Kun Ping Lu

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School

02/26/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Evidence for Inflammation in Age-related Macular Degenerationas
Gregory Hageman

Ophthalmology

02/19/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Regulation of Chromosomal Instability, Centrosomes, and Lymphoma Development by the Bcl-2 Family 
Christopher van de Wetering

(Kundson lab)

02/12/2004 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Fluorescence Approaches in the Investigation of the EGF Receptor Structure and Function 
Nam Lee

(Koland Lab)

02/05/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Patterning Head Development: A Story in Segments
Robb Krumlauf

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

01/29/2004 - 2:30pm 
2117 MERF
Calcium-Dependent Signaling in Cardiac Hypertrophy: Dissection of a Pathway
Ken Richardson

(Hill Lab) Thesis Defense

01/27/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Michael Katze
Michael Katze

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, co-sponsored with the Levitt Center for Virology (J. Stapleton, host)

01/22/2004 - 4:00pm 
1117 MERF
Roles of the E6 and E7 Genes of Human Papillomaviruses in Cancer
Paul Lambert

University of Wisconsin

12/18/2003 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter

Final exam week

12/09/2003 - 10:30am 
2189 MERF
The Role of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitory Proteins (CKIs) in the Active Maintenance of Quiescence and Tumor Suppression, co-sponsored with Pharmacology (D. Quelle, host)
Martine Roussel

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

12/04/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Click here for seminar notice
Nick Ettinger, Brett Winborn, Nick Anderson

Rotation Talks

11/27/2003 (All day)  no seminar
http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter

Thanksgiving Break

11/20/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Mechanistic Studies of Dihydrofolate Reductase
Amnon Kohen, Assistant Professor

Chemistry (faculty candidate)

11/13/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Klebsiella pneumoniae: Molecular pathogenesis and biofilm formation
Steven Clegg

Professor, Department of Microbiology

11/05/2003 - 4:00pm 
283 EMRB
The Decision to Become a Terminally Differentiated Plasma Cell
Kathryn Calame

Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, co-sponsored with Immunology, NOTE SPECIAL DAY - WED.

10/30/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae within Human Neutrophils
Mark Simons

(Apicella lab)

10/24/2003 (All day) 
2117 MERF
Mechanisms of Silent Chromatin Formation and Spreading
John Danzer

Thesis Defense

10/23/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Post Transcriptional Regulation of cyclin E mRNA during the embryonic to adult cell cycle transition
Mike Slevin

Grad Student (Hartley Lab)

10/16/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Regulation of Programmed Cell Death by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
Paul Ogg

(Roller lab)

10/09/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
The Mechanism of Action of Two Drugs that Affect P-TEFb Complexes
Sarah Byers

(Price Lab)

10/02/2003 - 1:30pm 
1-561 BSB
Genes and mutations causing retinitis pigmentosa: where do we go from here?
Stephen Daiger

University of Texas, Houston, TX

09/25/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Polarized Sorting in the Endosomal System
David Sheff

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

09/18/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Using Zebrafish to Study the Regulation of Gene Expression Along the Embryonic Left-right Axis
Michael Rebagliati

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

09/11/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Antioxidants, Cell Cycle, and Cancer Therapeutics
Prabhat Goswami, Assistant Professor

Radiation Oncology (faculty candidate)

08/28/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
The beta2 adrenergic receptor - Cav1.2 calcium channel signaling complex
Johannes Hell, Associate Professor

Pharmacology

07/26/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
The Role of P-TEFb in HIV Replication
Sebastian Biglione

Grad Student

07/19/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Paradoxical Effects of Bcl-2 Family Members on Tumorigenesis and Chromosomal Instability
Christopher van de Wetering

Grad Student

07/12/2003 (All day)  New Trends in Molecular Biology
http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
06/05/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Rana Dajani
Rana Dajani

Grad Student

05/29/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Xiyou Zhou
Xiyou Zhou

Grad Student

05/22/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Joshua Madsen
Joshua Madsen

Grad Student

05/15/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Jason Duex
Jason Duex

Grad Student

05/08/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Jennifer Marden
Jennifer Marden

Grad Student

05/01/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Linda McCarter
Linda McCarter

Microbiology

04/24/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Dan Tenen
Dan Tenen

Harvard

04/17/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Suma Shankar
Suma Shankar

Grad Student

04/10/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Martine Dunnwald
Martine Dunnwald

Dept. of Dermatology

04/03/2003 - 4:00pm  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
03/27/2003 - 10:30am 
2-501 BSB
Hugo Bellen
Hugo Bellen

Baylor COM

03/20/2003 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
03/13/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Paul Ogg
Paul Ogg

Grad Student

03/06/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Nam Lee
Nam Lee

Grad Student

02/27/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Gloria Lee
Gloria Lee

Internal Medicine

02/20/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Jeff Domsic
Jeff Domsic

Grad Student

02/13/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
John Danzer
John Danzer

Grad Student

02/06/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Jeffrey Salisbury
Jeffrey Salisbury

Mayo Clinic

01/30/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Valerie Odero
Valerie Odero

Grad Student

01/23/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Andrew Lidral
Andrew Lidral

Orthodontics

01/16/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Henry Paulson
Henry Paulson

Neurology

01/09/2003 - 4:00pm 
2-501 BSB
Title for seminar goes here: just so you know.
Michael Feiss

Microbiology

12/19/2002 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
12/12/2002 (All day)  Steven Barger
Steven Barger

Reynolds Center on Aging, Little Rock, AR

12/05/2002 (All day)  Rotation Talks
Rotation Talks
11/28/2002 (All day)  Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
11/07/2002 (All day)  Edwin Stone
Edwin Stone

Ophthalmology

10/31/2002 (All day)  Stefan Strack
Stefan Strack

Pharmacology

10/24/2002 (All day)  Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz

Pathology

10/17/2002 (All day)  David Weiss
David Weiss

Microbiology

10/10/2002 (All day)  David Kusner
David Kusner

Internal Medicine

10/03/2002 (All day)  Lori Wallrath
Lori Wallrath

Biochemistry

09/26/2002 (All day)  Joseph Zabner
Joseph Zabner

Internal Medicine

09/19/2002 (All day)  Charles Yeaman
Charles Yeaman

Anatomy & Cell Biology

09/12/2002 (All day)  Michael Glickman
Michael Glickman

Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel

09/05/2002 (All day)  Michael Rebagliati
Michael Rebagliati

Anatomy & Cell Biology

08/29/2002 (All day)  Andrew Russo
Andrew Russo

Physiology & Biophysics

06/06/2002 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
05/30/2002 (All day)  Jason Duex
Jason Duex

Grad Student

05/23/2002 (All day)  Eric Brown
Eric Brown

University of California, San Francisco

05/16/2002 (All day)  Jeff Domsic
Jeff Domsic

Grad Student

05/09/2002 (All day)  Ken Richardson
Ken Richardson

Grad Student

05/02/2002 (All day)  Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman

UC Berkeley

04/25/2002 (All day)  Brenda Andrews
Brenda Andrews

University of Toronto

04/18/2002 (All day)  Gary Gussin
Gary Gussin

Biological Sciences

04/11/2002 (All day)  Rory Fisher
Rory Fisher

Pharmacology

04/04/2002 (All day)  http://molcellbio.grad.uiowa.edu/seminar-presenter
03/28/2002 (All day)  Paul Ogg
Paul Ogg

Grad Student

03/21/2002 (All day)  Valerie Odero
Valerie Odero

Grad Student

03/14/2002 (All day)  Chenguang Fan
Chenguang Fan

Grad Student

03/07/2002 (All day)  Rebecca Hartley
Rebecca Hartley

Anatomy and Cell Biology

02/28/2002 (All day)  Nikolai Artemyev
Nikolai Artemyev

Physiology and Biophysics

02/21/2002 (All day)  John Danzer
John Danzer

Grad Student

02/14/2002 (All day)  Jim Jung-Ching Lin
Jim Jung-Ching Lin

Biological Sciences

02/07/2002 (All day)  Alice Rodriguez
Alice Rodriguez

Grad Student

01/31/2002 (All day)  Rob Piper
Rob Piper

Physiology & Biophysics

01/24/2002 (All day)  Jyothi Arikkath
Jyothi Arikkath

Grad Student

01/17/2002 (All day)  Jackie Bickenbach
Jackie Bickenbach

Anatomy and Cell Biology

01/10/2002 (All day)  Steven Lentz
Steven Lentz

Internal Medicine

12/20/2001 (All day)  Final Exam Week
Final Exam Week
12/13/2001 (All day)  Dan Weeks
Dan Weeks

Biochemistry

12/06/2001 (All day)  Rotation Talks
Rotation Talks
11/29/2001 (All day)  Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones

Microbiology

11/22/2001 (All day)  Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
11/15/2001 (All day)  Mark Stamnes
Mark Stamnes

Physiology & Biophysics

11/08/2001 (All day)  Emily Kuhn
Emily Kuhn

Graduate Student

11/01/2001 (All day)  Peter Rubenstein
Peter Rubenstein

Biochemistry

10/25/2001 (All day)  John Menninger
John Menninger

Biological Sciences

10/18/2001 (All day)  Mary Horne
Mary Horne

Pharmacology

10/11/2001 (All day) 
Aud. II, BSB
Michael Carey
Michael Carey

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

10/04/2001 (All day)  Jeffrey Murray
Jeffrey Murray

Pediatrics

09/27/2001 (All day)  Michael Welsh
Michael Welsh

Internal Medicine

09/20/2001 (All day) 
Aud. II, BSB
Philip Murphy
Philip Murphy

NIH, Bethesda, MD (Nauseef)

09/13/2001 (All day)  Nikolai Artemyev
Nikolai Artemyev

Physiology & Biophysics