2008 - 2009 VICB Seminar Series Schedule |
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Fall 2008 Schedule |
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Starts/Ends |
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Presenter / Title |
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August 7, Thursday
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Alex Waterson, GlaxoSmithKline, ""The Evolution of ErbB Inhibition" |
512 Light Hall |
August 13, Wednesday
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12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
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Rafael Radi, Universidad de la República, "Mitochondrial superoxide and peroxynitrite formation and cellular dysfunction: Protection by mitochondrial-targeted antioxidants" |
1220 MRB III |
| September 9, Tuesday |
12:20 - 1:20 pm |
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Richard Armstrong, Vanderbilt University & Editor in Chief, Journal of Biochemistry: Ethical Issues and Obligations in Scientific Publishing...Co-sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology and the Center in Molecular Toxicology |
1220 MRB III |
| August 21, Thursday |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Stephen Fesik, Abbott Laboratories, "Identification of cancer targets using siRNA-based screens" |
214 Light Hall |
September 17, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Alan Brash, Vanderbilt University, "Catalase-related hemoproteins: beyond the catalatic reaction with H2O2" |
1220 MRB III |
| September 24, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Antoine Van Oijen, Harvard Medical School, "Under the Hood of the Replisome: A Single-Molecule View of DNA Replication" |
1220 MRB III |
October 15,
Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Prasad Shastri, Vanderbilt University, "Nanoparticles as Modulators of Cell Shape and Function" |
1220 MRB III |
October 22,
Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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W. Todd Lowther, Wake Forrest, "The Thioesterase-Orlistat Complex of Human Fatty Acid Synthase: a Molecular Blueprint for Biological Function and Drug Design" |
1220 MRB III |
October 29,
Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Scott Rowlinson, Eli Lilly, "Biotherapeutic Discovery Research at Eli Lilly: Addressing Patient Needs Through Protein Engineering" |
1220 MRB III |
November 5,
Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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David Walt, Tufts University, “Microarrays: From Genomes to Single Molecules” |
1220 MRB III |
| November 12, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Alex Brown, Vanderbilt University, "Phospholipase D Signaling Network and Enzymology" |
1220 MRB III |
| November 19, Wednesday |
Seminar
Moved to March 11th |
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Jennifer Laurence, University of Kansas, "Investigating Post-translational Modifications that Regulate Localization and Activity of Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver PRL-1" |
1220 MRB III |
| December 3, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Kimberly Colson, Bruker BioSpin Corporation, "Applications of NMR to Metabolomics" |
1220 MRB III |
| December 10, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Aaron Jacobs, Vanderbilt University, "BAG3: A Critical Regulator of Bcl-2 Proteins in the Face of Oxidized Lipid
Stress" |
1220 MRB III |
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Spring 2009 Schedule |
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Presenter / Title |
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| January 21, Wednesday |
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
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Andrew Byrd, National Cancer Institute, "Allosteric Activation of Ubiquitin Ligase Activity: Structural and Functional Biology of gp78 and the E1:E2:E3 Interactions" |
1220 MRB III |
| February 11, Wednesday |
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
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Josh Rabinowitz, Princeton University, "Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Cellular Metabolism" |
1220 MRB III |
| February 18, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley, "Synthetic Biology in Pursuit of Low-Cost, Effective, Anti-Malarial Drugs"
View Dr. Keasling's March 10, 2009 appearance on "The Colbert Report" (click here). |
1220 MRB III |
| March 4, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Amos B. Smith, III, University of Pennsylvania, "Evolution of Multi-Component Anion Relay Chemistry (ARC): Construction
of Architecturally Complex Natural and Unnatural Products" |
1220 MRB III |
| March 11, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Jennifer Laurence, University of Kansas, "Investigating Post-translational Modifications that Regulate Localization and Activity of Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver PRL-1" |
1220 MRB III |
| March 25, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Heidi Hamm , Vanderbilt University, "How Do Receptors Activate G Proteins?" |
1220 MRB III |
| April 1, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Reinhard Sterner, University of Regensburg, "Evolution and Design of (βα)8Barrel Enzymes" |
1220 MRB III |
| April 8, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Frank Raushel, Texas A & M, "Deciphering Enzyme Specificity" |
1220 MRB III |
| April 15, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Deborah Hung, Harvard Medical School, "Chemical biological approaches to Mycobacterium tuberculosis" |
1220 MRB III |
| April 22, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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David Cane, Brown University, "Nature’s Dirty Secrets – Exploring the Microbial Terpenome" |
1220 MRB III |
| April 29, Wednesday |
12:15 pm -
1:15 pm |
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Wolfgang Peti, Brown University, "Structural Basis of Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulation" |
1220 MRB III |
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