Fridays in Chemistry 033 at 2:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
To propose a guest speaker, please contact a co-chair of the seminar series:
• MCB: Prof. Adam Zlotnick
• Chemistry: Prof. Charles Dann III
• Biology or Med. Science: Prof. Adam Zlotnick and Prof. Charles Dann III
Fall 2019
Dec. 2nd (Special Seminar): Lu Gan (National University of Singapore) "Exploration of chromosome structure in situ" Seminar held in Chemistry 033: Host: Steve Bell
Aug. 30 Monica Oliver de la Cruz (Northwestern) "Design of Functional Protein Membranes" Host: Bogdan Dragnea
Sept. 6: Kay Choi (UTBM - Galveston) "How do flaviviruses find their own RNA genome for viral replication?" Host: Tuli Mukhopadhyay
Sept. 20: Jon Dinman (University of Maryland, College Park) "Mechanisms and Implications of Programmed Translational Recoding" Hosts: Tuli Mukhopadhyay & Jonathan Schlebach
Sept. 27: Susan Buchanan (NIH-NIDDK) "Structural insight into the biogenesis of beta barrel membrane proteins" Host: Susanne Ressl (Held in SI 001)
Oct. 11: Karen Fleming (Johns Hopkins) "From Chaperones to the Membrane with a BAM!" Host: Jonathan Schlebach
Oct. 18: Vince Hilser (Johns Hopkins) "Allosteric tuning of dynamics can drive cold adaptation in an enzyme" Host: David Giedroc
Oct. 25: Martin Lawrence (Montana State) "Biological Warfare, a Molecular Level Case Study from Yellowstone National Park" Host: Steve Bell
Nov. 01: Dipali Sashital (Iowa State) "Mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas systems: From adaptive immunity to biotechnology" Host: Heather Hundley
Nov. 15: Yousong Ding (University of Florida) "Nature-inspired discovery of new enzymology, chemicals and strategies" Host: Jared Lewis & QCB Chemistry Dept.
Nov. 22 Kelly Lee (University of Washington-Seattle) "Structural Dynamics of Viral Fusion Proteins Drive Functional and Antigenic Phenotypes" Host: Adam Zlotnick
Dec. 6: Douglas Mitchell (UIUC) "Big Data Genomics for Discovery of New Molecules and Enzyme Chemistry" Host: Mike VanNieuwenhze
Spring 2020
Jan. 24: Erica Ollmann Saphire (La Jolla Institute for Immunology) "TBA" Host: Jesper Pallesen
Jan. 31: Mike Cox (University of Wisconsin) "TBA" Host: Hengyao Niu
Feb. 14: Aashish Manglik (UCSF) "TBA" Host: Josh Ziarek
Feb. 21: Nagarajan Vaidehi (City of Hope) "TBA" Host: Josh Ziarek
Feb. 28: Gabe Meloni (UT-Dallas) "TBA" Host: David Giedroc
March. 6: Stephen Jacobson (IU - Chemistry) "TBA" Host: Adam Zlotnick
March. 27: Erin Carlson (University of Minnesota) "TBA" Host: Stephen Jacobson & Charles Dann
April 3: Wilfred van der Donk (UIUC) "TBA" Host: Mike VanNieuwenhze
April 10: Eranthie Weerapana (Boston College) "TBA" Host: David Giedroc
April 17: Karla Kirkegaard (Stanford) "TBA" Host: Tuli Mukhopadhyay
April 24: Lyle Simmons (Michigan) "TBA" Host: Matt Bochman
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