MBTP/CSB Seminar Series 2020-2021
Archived Calendar: MBTP/CSB Seminar Series 2020-2021
| 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" |