Calendar of Events
Scroll down for the MBTP/CSB Seminar and CSB Faculty Meeting schedules.
CSB Co-sponsored Seminars 2020-2021
MBTP/CSB Seminar Series 2020-2021
The 2020-2021 seminars will be held via Zoom at 12:00pm until it is safe to meet in-person. Please contact Karen Davis to request Zoom information.All in-person MBTP/CSB Seminars are held in 1220 MRB3, 12:20pm - 1:10pm.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2020 Student Invited Speaker | Jose Rodriguez, PhD UCLA | "New frontiers in electron diffraction and the quest to resolve the atomic structures of toxic, functional and infectious amyloids" |
| September 15, 2020 | Nicole Kendrick Olivares Lab | "How TorsinA takes the ATPase out of AAA+ Superfamily: Mechanism of Nucleotide Usage by TorsinA" |
| September 29, 2020 | Teru Nakagawa, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Working on a Project" |
| October 6, 2020 | Will Wan, PhD Biochemistry | "Determining Structures in Complex Environments Using Cryo-Electron Tomography" |
| October 20, 2020 | Kelvin Luong Fesik Lab | “Structural insights to guide medicinal chemistry” |
| October 27, 2020 RCR Special Session | Marija Zanic, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Lab Dynamics" |
| November 3, 2020 | QJ Zhou, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | “Seeing More, Knowing More: Visualizing Ultrastructure of Synapses” |
| November 17, 2020 | Veronica Farmer Zanic Lab | "XMAP215 promotes microtubule catastrophe in spite of an increased GTP-cap size" |
| December 1, 2020 | Jens Meiler, PhD Chemistry | "Engineering antibodies and Vaccines with Rosetta" |
| December 15, 2020 | Colbie Chinowski Tyska Lab | "Multiscale function of non-muscle myosin-2c in the intestinal epithelium" |
| January 12, 2021 | Gregor Neuert, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | "Cell physiology in kinetic environments" |
| January 19, 2021 Karpay Award Presentation | James Hutchison, Sanders Lab | "We're All in This Together: Choosing the Right RAFTing Partners" |
| January 26, 2021 RCR Special Session | Ivelin Georgiev, PhD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Patents, startups, and collaborations" |
| February 2, 2021 | Mike Stone, PhD Chemistry | "Chemistry and Biology of N7-dG DNA Alkylation Products" |
| February 16, 2021 | Alyssa Rodriguez Eichman Lab | "The autoinhibitory role of the GRF domain of DNA glycosylase NEIL3" |
| March 2, 2021 | Chuck Sanders, PhD Biochemistry | "Membrane Protein Super-Trafficking as a Disease Mechanism" |
| March 16, 2021 | Alexandra Schwartz Mchaourab Lab | "On the Road to Defining my PhD: Initial Experiments with Neurotransmitter: sodium symporters" |
| March 30, 2021 RCR Special Session | Breann Brown, PhD Biochemistry | "When" |
| April 6, 2021 | Borden Lacy, PhD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Structures of Bacterial Type IV Secretion Machines" |
| April 20, 2021 | Jessica Taylor Brown Lab | "Molecular Basis for Regulation of Heme Biosynthesis and Blood Disease" |
| April 27, 2021 Special Seminar | Colbie Chinowsky Tyska Lab | "The Endless Frontier" |
| May 4, 2021 | Marija Zanic, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Microtubules on the path to catastrophe" |
| May 18, 2021 | Ivette Perez Iverson Lab | "Arrestin activation mediated effector interaction" |
| May 25, 2021 RCR Special Session | Ray Blind, PhD Medicine, Biochemistry & Pharmacology | "Asterisks, abstracts and articles: addressing academic authorship" |
| June 1, 2021 | Hassane Mchaourab, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Cryo-EM structure, MD simulations and DEER spectroscopy of a multidrug ABC transporter reveal an elusive pre-transport intermediate featuring asymmetric drug binding" |
| June 22, 2021 | Steven Walker Olivares Lab | "Investigating the mechanics of the ClpP peptidase in proteolysis" |
| June 29, 2021 RCR Special Session | Walter Chazin, PhD Biochemistry and Chemistry | "The Many Facets Of RCR: A Candy For Your Thoughts!" |
| July 6, 2021 | Walter Chazin, Director, MBTP Borden Lacy, Director, CSB | "Meeting with the Directors" |
| July 20, 2021 | Kathryn Brewer Sanders Lab | "Improving ddG Predictions of Membrane Protein Mutations" |
| July 27, 2021 RCR Special Session - POSTPONED | Hassane Mchaourab, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Statistical significance: Dos and Don’ts" This seminar is POSTPONED. |
| August 3, 2021 | Irina Kaverina, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Organization and function of microtubule network in pancreatic beta cells" |
| August 17, 2021 | Elleansar Okwei Meiler Lab | "Improving protein structure prediction using paramagnetic restraints" |
| August 31, 2021 | Gregor Neuert, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Data acquisition, storage, and analysis for experiments and computational modeling" |
| September 7, 2021 | Ben Spiller, PhD Pharmacology | |
| September 21, 2021 | Eli McDonald Plate and Meiler Labs | |
| September 28, 2021 | Pankaj Sharma, PhD Iverson Lab | "Assembly of respiratory complex II" |
CSB Faculty Meeting
The CSB Faculty Meeting will be held via Zoom at 12:00pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month until it is safe to meet in-person. In-person meetings will be held in 5131 MRB3 at 12:00 pm, unless otherwise noted.| Date | Faculty Presenter |
|---|---|
| December 8, 2020 | Carlos Lopez Biochemistry |
| January 5, 2021 (Date Change) | Borden Lacy Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| February 9, 2021 | Jens Meiler Chemistry |
| March 2021 | CANCELLED |
| April 13, 2021 | Breann Brown Biochemistry |
| May 11, 2021 | David Rinker and Jarrod Smith |
| June 8, 2021 | CANCELLED |
| July 13, 2021 | Business Meeting |
| August 10, 2021 | Ingrid Verhamme, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| September 14, 2021 | John Yang, Chemistry |
| October 12, 2021 | Walter Chazin, Biochemistry and Chemistry |
| November 9, 2021 | Nancy Carrasco, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| December 14, 2021 | |
| January 2022 | CANCELLED |