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Biochemisty and Molecular Genetics Seminar Series Schedules

Academic Year 2013-2014

​​​Date ​ ​Description ​ ​Presenter ​Title ​Host​​
​September 2 ​ Not Available - Holiday ​ ​ ​ ​
​9 ​ ​Faculty Meeting ​ ​ ​ ​
​16 ​ ​​Seminar Available ​ ​ ​ ​
​23 ​ ​Chalk Talk ​ ​Jim Sikela ​ ​
​30 ​ ​Seminar ​ ​Sue Biggins (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) ​How do Cells get the Right Chromosomes? ​Paul Megee
​October 7 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​14 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​21 ​ Chalk Talk​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​28 ​ Not Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​29 ​ Sadler Lecture​ ​ James Berger (University of California-Berkeley)​ ​ ​
​November 4 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​11 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​18 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
25​ ​ ​Chalk Talk ​ ​ ​ ​
​December 2 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​9 ​ Faculty Meeting ​ ​ ​ ​
​16 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​23 ​ Not Available - Holiday​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​30 ​ Not Available - Holiday​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​January 6 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​13 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​20 ​ Not Available - Holiday​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​27 ​ Chalk Talk​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​February 3 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​10 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​17 ​ Not Available - Holiday​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​24 ​ Chalk Talk​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​March 3 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​10 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​17 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​24 ​ Chalk Talk​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​31 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​April 7 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​14 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​21 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​28 ​ Chalk Talk​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​May 5 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​12 ​ Faculty Meeting​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​19 ​ Seminar Available​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​26 ​ ​Not Available - Holiday ​ ​ ​ ​
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Academic Year 2012-2013

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Academic Year 2011-2012

Date Speaker Topic Host Location
October 3 Jasper Rine, PhD, University of California - Berkeley "Looking for Good News in the Human Genome" Johnston
 L18-9105
17 Adrian Krainer, PhD, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory  "Antisense-Based Modulation of Alternative Splicing as a Therapeutic Strategy" Zhao  L18-9105
November 7 Markus Muschen, PhD, University of California San Francisco and Children's Hospital Los Angeles "Oncogene Signaling and Negative Feedback in Leukemia" DeGregori L18-9105
  14 Karolin Luger, PhD, Colorado State University "Structural Transitions in Chromatin" Bentley L18-9105
December 5 Pravin, T.P. Kaumaya, PhD, Ohio State University  "Combination HER-2 Vaccine and VEGF Peptide Mimics in Breast and Ovarian Cancers" Hodges L18-9105
January  30 David Peabody, PhD, University of New Mexico  "Virus-like Particles as Platforms for Peptide Display" Sclafani  L18-9105
February 27 Scott Kennedy, PhD, University of Wisconsin  "Multi-generational Epigenetic Inheritance and Germline Immortality" Bentley
 L18-9105
 March 5 Anne-Laure Perraud, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison  "TRPM Ion Channels Fused to Enzymes: From Mg2+ to Oxidative Stress Sensing" DeGregori L18-9105
12 Dennis Winge, PhD, University of Utah "Biogenesis of Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase" Huang L18-9105
 April 2 Richard Johnson, CU Department of Medicine, Chief, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension  "New Insights into the Mechanisms Driving Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Role of Fructose and Uric Acid" N/A L18-9105
  9 Eric Greene, PhD, Columbia University  "Single Molecule Imaging of Protein-DNA Interactions With DNA Curtains" Kieft  L18-9105
16 Dong-Er Zhang PhD, University of Colorado San Diego  "RUNX1 and AMLI-ETO in Blood Cell Differentiation and Cancer" Liu L18-9105
May 7 Sue Jinks-Robertson, PhD, Duke University Medical Center "Transcription and Genome Instability in Yeast: the Top1 Connection" Hesselberth L18-9105
  21 Paul Chang, PhD, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT  "PARP Function in RNA Metabolism and the Unfolded Protein Response" Roberto Perales L18-9105
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Academic Year 2010-2011

Date Speaker Topic Host Location
September 2 Ken Jones, PhD
University of Georgia		 Genomics and population genetics: RNAseq, SNPs, and microsatellites L18-10106
6 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY      
7 Andrej Luptak, PhD
University of California, Irvine		 Self-cleaving ribozymes: Discovery and biological roles L18-9105
12-1pm
  13 Phil Anderson
University of Wisconsin
Genetics		 mRNA Surveillance by the C. elegans smg Genes Johnston L18-9105
12-1pm
  20 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
           
October 4 Lauren McIntyre 
University of Florida		   Johnston L18-9105
12-1pm
  11 Chalk Talk   Johnston L18-9105
12 Harry Noller Sadler Memorial Lecture Kieft/Seeds  Hensel Phelps Auditorium-West
3pm
  18 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
           
November 1 Chalk Talk   Huang L18-10106
2 Jessica Schultz
Thesis Defense		 Characterization and Transcriptional Regulation of the Alpha7 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Gene and Potential Roles in Schizophrenia RC1 North 8108
10am
  15 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  17 Julia Cooper Telomeres and the challenges to chromosome integrity Sclafani Hensel Phelps Auditorium-East
4pm
22 Dan Rossbach/Elan Valiquett/Seth Welsh BMG Rotational Talks L18-9105
12-1pm
  23 Ruben Gonzalez Translation factor control of ribosome and tRNA dynamics during protein synthesis Kieft L18-9105
12-1pm
 
December 6 Chalk Talk   Seeds L18-10106
  13 Jay Storz
University of Nebraska		 Mechanisms of hemoglobin adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia Hittinger L18-9105
12-1pm
  20 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
           
January 3 Chalk Talk   Liu L18-10106
  10        
  17 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY      
  24 Faculty Meeting       
  31        
           
February 7 Chalk Talk   Sclafani  L18-10106
  14
  21 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY      
  28 BMG Rotaional Talks      
           
March 7 Chalk Talk   Pollock L18-10106
  21 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  28 Jeremy Thorner A protein kinase signaling network that regulates plasma membrane lipid homeostasis Sclafani  L18-9105
12-1pm
           
April 4 Chalk Talk   DeGregori L18-10106
  11        
  18 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  25 Dennis R. Voelker Enemy at the Gates and the Hydrophobic Defense:  The Surprising Role of Pulmonary Surfactant Phospholipids as Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Viral Agents. Johnston L18-9105
12-1pm 
         
May 2 Chalk Talk   Davis L18-10106
  9        
  16 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  23 BMG Rotational Talks      
  30        
June 6 Nick Seeds L18-9105
12-1pm
13
27 Chalk Talk Kieft L18-10106
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Winter 2010

Date Speaker Topic Host Location
January 4        
  11 Richard Spritz
UC Denver
Human Medical Genetics
Program		   Johnston **
  18 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY      
  19 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  25 Rosalie Sears
Oregon Health & Science University
Molecular & Medical Genetics 		“Phosphorylation sites on c-Myc regulate its oncogenic activity” DeGregori **
           
February 1        
  8 Nick Seeds Chalk Talk-BMG Faculty Only   L18-10106
  15 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY      
  16 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  22 Hiten Madhani
UCSF
Biochemistry and Biophysics
"Control of heterochromatic gene silencing by nucleosome positionining and identity:  lessons from three different yeasts" Bentley **
           
March 1 Changwei Liu Chalk Talk-BMG Faculty Only   L18-10106
  8 Carla Finkielstein
Virginia Tech 		"Circadian Regulation of Cellular Homeostasis" Zhao **
  15 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  22 Dong-Er Zhang
Univ California San Diego
Cancer Center		 "Ubiquitin Like Modifier ISG15 and its Deconjugating Enzyme UBPi43/USP18" Liu **
  29 Tim Formosa
University of Utah
Moecular Biology 		"Making and Breaking Nucleosomes; What Are the FACTs?" Sclafani **
           
April 5        
  12 NO SEMINAR     **
  19 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  26 Tamim Shaikh, PhD
UC Denver
Pediatrics		   Johnston **
           
May 3 Philip Kapranov, PhD
Principal Genomics Scientist
Helicos BioSciences Corporation		 "The Multifaceted Human Transcriptome" Johnston Hensel Phelps East Lecture Hall
  10 Thomas Wilson
University of Michigan
Pathology 		"Genome resequencing for investigating induced alterations of the human and yeast genomes" Johnston **
  17 CANCELLED-Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  24 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
  24 James Hagman
UC Denver
Immunology		 "Regulation of chromatin structure and transcription in B cells" Degregori **
           
June 7 Takenori Takahata
Visiting Scholar 		"Plant Flavonoids Affect the Response of Cancer Cells to Topoisomerase I inhibitors" Sclafani **
  21 CANCELLED Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
           
July 19 Faculty Meeting     L18-10106
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**Beginning Fall 2009 all departmental seminars, faculty meetings and chalk talks will be held on Mondays. Seminars will begin at 12:00pm, in the RC1 South, 9th floor conference room.
Faculty meetings and chalk talks will begin at noon, 10th floor conference room.

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Title Location Start Time Presenter
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 9/10/2012 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Yeast as the Beast of Burden for Global Analysis of Malarial Biochemistry 9th floor conference room 9/17/2012 12:00 PM Dennis Voelker (NJH)
Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Seminar Hensel Phelps Auditorium East, RC-1 North, P18-1000 9/21/2012 01:30 PM Kevin Diebel, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
BMG Seminar - Genetic Studies on Inherited Retinal Degeneration 9th floor conference room 9/24/2012 12:00 PM James Friedman (UCD)
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 10/8/2012 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - TBD 9th floor conference room 10/15/2012 12:00 PM Anthony Leonardo (Janelia Farm Research Campus)
BMG Chalk Talk 10th floor Conference Room 10/22/2012 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Tending to the junk: heterochromatin formation and DNA elimination in Tetrahymena 9th floor conference room 10/29/2012 12:00 PM Douglas Chalker (Washington University)
BMG Seminar - Optimization of a Long-Acting PEGylated GLP-1 Agonist LY2428757 9th floor conference room 11/5/2012 12:00 PM John Mayer (Eli Lilly)
BMG Seminar - Investigating the enigma of the gibbon genome - Lucia Carbone 11/13/2012 10:00 AM Lucia Carbone
Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 11/26/2012 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Metals and the Aerobic Life Style 9th floor conference room 12/3/2012 12:00 PM Dr. Valeria Culotta (John Hopkins University)
BMG Seminar - Dicing up chromosomes during apoptosis 9th floor conference room 12/10/2012 12:00 PM Dr. Ding Xue (UC Boulder)
Chalk Talk - Aaron Johnson 12/17/2012 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - The k-turn motif in RNA: structure, folding and interactions with proteins 10th floor Conference Room 1/14/2013 12:00 PM Dr. David Lilley (University of Dundee)
BMG Chalk Talk - Bob Hodges 10th floor Conference Room 1/28/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 2/11/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Chalk Talk - David Pollock 10th floor Conference Room 2/25/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - TBD 9th floor conference room 3/4/2013 12:00 PM Dr. Grant Brown (University of Toronto)
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 3/11/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Regulation of chromatin interactions by ubiquitin modification 9th floor conference room 3/18/2013 12:00 PM Tingting Yao (CSU)
BMG Chalk Talk - Changwei Liu 10th floor Conference Room 3/25/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Regulation of Molecular Motors 9th floor conference room 4/1/2013 12:00 PM Samara Reck-Peterson (Harvard Medical School Dept of Cell Biology)
BMG Chalk Talk - Bob Sclafani 10th floor Conference Room 4/8/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th floor Conference Room 4/22/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Translation Initiation in Eukaryotes 9th floor conference room 5/6/2013 12:00 PM Jon Lorsch (John Hopkins)
Structural Biology Symposium Hensel Phelps West and Trivisible Room 5/9/2013 08:30 AM Structural Biology Symposium
BMG Chalk Talk - James DeGregori 10th floor Conference Room 5/13/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Seminar - Metabolic Regulation to Support Cell Proliferation 9th floor conference room 5/20/2013 12:00 PM Matthew Vander Heiden (MIT)
BMG Faculty Meeting 10th Floor Conference Room 6/3/2013 12:00 PM
BMG Chalk Talk - Dick Davis 10th Floor Conference Room 6/10/2013 12:00 PM