SEMINARS
2005 - 2006 VICB Seminar Series Schedule
 
Date Starts Ends Presenter / Title Location

Wednesday
September 7, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. Zucai Suo, Ohio State University: "Mechanism of DNA Translesion Synthesis" 1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
September 21, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. Darryl Bornhop, "Label-Free Molecular
Interaction Studies by Nanoscale Interferometry"
1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
September 28, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. David Wright & Dr. James Crowe, A Tale of Two Cities: Nanoscience Meets Medical Science 1220 MRBIII

Monday
October 3, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. Kip Guy, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Chemical Proteomics of Nuclear Hormone Receptors PRB 206

Wednesday
October 5, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Christian Griesinger, Max Planck Institute, "Parkinson's Disease and More: An NMR Spectroscopic View"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
October 12, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Lawrence J. Marnett & Dr. Terry Lybrand, "Understanding Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor Interactions"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
October 19, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Larry Zwiebel, "Molecular Neurobiology of Olfaction in Anopheline Mosquitoes: The Chemical Biology of Malaria Transmission"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
October 26, 2005 Cancelled

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Muthiah Manoharan, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, "Translating RNA Interference Into Drugs Via Chemical Modifications"

1220 MRBIII
Cancelled

Wednesday
November 2, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Daniel Liebler & Dr. Mike Freeman, "Chemical modification and signal transduction by the Keap1:Nrf2 system"

1220 MRBIII

Friday
November 18, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Joseph Noel, Salk Institute for Biological Studies. "Understanding and manipulating the biosynthesis of beneficial natural products: Lessons learned from evolution and structural biology." Co-sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology.

208
Light Hall

Monday
November 21, 2005

4:00 PM 5:30 PM

Dr. Thomas Meade, Northwestern University,"Seeing is Believing: Multimodal-Biochemically Activated Probes"
Co-sponsored with the Department of Chemistry

5211 Stevenson Center

Wednesday
November 30, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Walter Chazin & Dr. Ellen Fanning, "Structural mechanisms of a simple eukaryotic DNA replication machine"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
December 7, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. John Marino, National Institute of Standards & Technology: "Probing the Mechanism of Heterotrimeric G-protein Signaling using High-resolution NMR"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
December 14, 2005

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Anne Gershenson, Brandeis University: "Protease inhibition by serpins:  Single molecule studies of molecular mousetraps"

1220 MRBIII
         
     
Spring 2006 Schedule
 
         

Wednesday
January 11, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Pehr Harbury, Stanford University, "Chemical Evolution"

1220 MRBIII

Monday
January 23, 2006

4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Mark Sliwkowski, Genentech, Inc. "Targeting ErbB Receptors In Solid Tumors." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
January 25, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Malcolm Maccoss, Merck & Company, Inc., "EMEND a Potent, Orally Active Substance P Antagonist for the Treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV): from the Medicinal Chemistry Bench to the Clinic"

1220 MRBIII
Monday
January 30, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Patrick Harran, UT-Southwestern, "Discovery Biology Fueled by Synthetic Chemicals." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Tuesday
January 31, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Patrick Harran, UT-Southwestern, "Synthetic Means to Reach Natural Ends." Co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology.

1220 MRBIII
Wednesday
February 1, 2006
3:00 PM 5:00 PM Mini-Symposium: Sara Courtneidge, The Burnham Institute, "Src, its substrates, and cancer cell invasion," & Steven McKnight, University of Texas Southwestern, "Schizophrenia, Stem Cells and Sprouty Signaling" 208 Light Hall
Monday February 6, 2006 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Richard Caprioli, Vanderbilt University. "Protein Profiles Directly from Tissues for Discoery in Biological and Clinical Research." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Monday
February 13, 2006

4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. John Haley, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "Tumor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Networks Probed by Quantitative Mass Spectrometry." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
February 15, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. M. G. Finn, The Scripps Research Institute, "Chemically Tailoring the Form and Function of Virus Particles"

1220 MRBIII
Monday
February 20, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Michael Luzzio, Pfizer, Inc. "Research Paradigms in the Discovery of Targeted Anticancer Therapies." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
February 22, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. C. S. Raman, University of Texas - Medical School, "Role of Prostacyclin in Vasculogenesis and a Structural Mechanism for its Biosynthesis"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
March 1, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Sidney Altman, Yale University, "New Functions of RNase P"

208 Light Hall
Monday
March 6, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Ben Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute. "Activity-Based Proteomics." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
March 8, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Jennifer Doudna, University of California at Berkeley, "Double-Stranded RNA Recognition and Processing During Early Steps of RNA Interference." Co-sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology.

1220 MRBIII
Monday
March 20, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Alice Ting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Fluorescent Reporters of Protein Trafficking and Function in Living Cells." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
March 22, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Richard Nass & Dr. Michael Aschner, "Manganese: From Worms to MRI" THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Cancelled
Wednesday
April 5, 2006
12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. Glen B. Legge, University of Houston, "Phosphorylation of the Tissue Factor Cytoplasmic Tail and its Role in Modulating Structure and Binding Affinity." Co-sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology. 1220 MRBIII
Monday
April 10, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Sheila David, The University of Utah. "The Role of Base Excision Repair in Preventing Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
April 12, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Nicola Pohl, Iowa State University: "Synthetic Strategies for Glycomics"

1220 MRBIII
Monday
April 17, 2006
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Dr. Greg Verdine, Harvard University. "Interrogation, Recognition and Repair of Damaged Bases in DNA." Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. 512 Light Hall

Wednesday
April 19, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Ned Porter & Dr. Jason Morrow. "Insights Into Lipid Peroxidation - From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Relevance"

1220 MRBIII

Wednesday
April 26, 2006

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

Dr. Anna Mapp, University of Michigan. "Small Molecule Transcriptional Regulators"

1220 MRBIII
Monday
May 15, 2006
4:15
PM
5:15
PM
Dr. Rafael Radi, Universidad de la República
Montevideo - Uruguay, "The Biological Chemistry of Nitric Oxide." Co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry.
5211 Stevenson Center

Tuesday
May 16, 2006

8:30 AM 9:30 AM Dr. Rafael Radi, Universidad de la República
Montevideo - Uruguay,"Peroxynitrite, Mitochondrial Signaling of Apoptosis and Protection by Decomposition Catalysts." Co-sponsored by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology.
512 Light Hall
Wednesday May 17, 2006 12:15 PM 1:15 PM Dr. Rafael Radi, Universidad de la República
Montevideo - Uruguay, "The Biochemistry of Peroxynitrite and Antioxidant Mechanisms During Mammalian Host Cell-Pathogen Interactions"
1220 MRBIII
Tuesday
May 23, 2006
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Dr. Peter Schultz, The Scripps Research Institute, "New Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology" 1220 MRBIII
 

 

 

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