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Borden Lacy presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 9/5/2017
Aug. 29, 2017—Dr. Borden Lacy, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “Structures and Functions of the Clostridium difficile toxins TcdA and TcdB” on Tuesday, September 5, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-09-05 Lacy
Lauren Salay presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 8/15/2017
Aug. 14, 2017—Lauren Salay, of the Chazin Lab, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “Do the Fe-S cluster and charge transport through DNA have roles in template priming by DNA primase?” on Tuesday, August 15, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-08-15 Salay
Darwin Fu presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 7/25/2017
Jul. 19, 2017—Darwin Fu, of the Meiler Lab, presents the RCR Special Session: “#SciComm: Outreach in the age of social media” on Tuesday, July 25, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 512 Light Hall. Please note the room change for this seminar. MBTP-CSB 2017-07-25 Fu RCR
Brett Collins presents the BioSci/CSB Seminar on 7/24/2017
Jul. 18, 2017—Brett Collins, University of Queensland, presents: “The endosome at atomic resolution” at a special seminar sponsored by Biological Sciences & Center for Structural Biology on Monday, July 24, at 3:10 pm in 214 Light Hall. Please note the location change for this seminar. 7-24-17 Flyer Brett Collins
CSB receives funding for TIPs initiative
Jul. 18, 2017—Vanderbilt University has awarded funding to the Center for Structural Biology (CSB) Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative: “A Reinvestment in Cryo-Electron Microscopy at Vanderbilt – VRA.” Initiative participants include CSB faculty and School of Medicine clinical faculty. The project will reinvest in the CSB by acquiring a new microscope that will enable the laboratory to remain...
Introduction to DEER Spectroscopy Workshop – 7/31/2017
Jul. 18, 2017—Join us for the Introduction to DEER Spectroscopy Workshop on Monday, July 31, from 9:30am-5:00pm in 419-D Light Hall. Double Electron-Electron Resonance (DEER) is a pulsed EPR technique capable of routinely measuring 20 to 60 Å distance distributions between spin labels, and distances over 100 Å have been measured. DEER is widely applicable in the...
Justin Marinko presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 7/18/2017
Jul. 18, 2017—Justin Marinko, of the Sanders Lab, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “There and Back Again a Proteins Tale: Function and Intracellular Trafficking of Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 (PMP22)” on Tuesday, July 18, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-07-18 Marinko
Chrystal Starbird – Dissertation Defense 7/17/2017
Jul. 18, 2017—Chrystal Starbird, of the Iverson Lab, presents: “Structural insights into the role of assembly factors in the assembly, function and flavinylation of Complex II” on Monday, July 17, at 11:00 am in 206 Preston Research Building.
Ray Blind presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 7/11/2017
Jul. 6, 2017—Dr. Ray Blind, Department of Medicine, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “Crystal structure of the human IPMK orthologue: implications for drug design and gene regulation” on Tuesday, July 11, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-07-11 Blind
Research Spotlight – Walter Chazin
Jun. 16, 2017—CSB Researcher Watler Chazin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Aaron Ehlinger, Ph.D., and colleagues have shown that an ancient primase polymerase – PrimPol – helps replicate DNA from cell to cell where there is a damage to DNA. The study published in Nature Communications, demonstrate that PrimPol is recruited to reprime DNA synthesis through its interaction with...
Joe Alvin – Dissertation Defense 6/22/2017
Jun. 16, 2017—Joe Alvin, of the Lacy Lab, presents: “Structural and functional studies of large clostridial toxin glucosyltransferase domains” on Thursday, June 22, at 10:00am in 206 Preston Research Building. Alvin-Defense Announcement
Cheryl Law presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 6/20/2017
Jun. 16, 2017—Cheryl Law, of the Sanders Lab, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “Structural studies of triple mutant KCNE1TVG” on Tuesday, June 20, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-06-20 Law
Steffen Lindert presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 6/13/2017
Jun. 8, 2017—Dr. Steffen Lindert, Ohio State University, presents the MBTP/CSB Special Seminar: “CryoEM-Guided Iterative Molecular Dynamics – Rosetta Protein Structure Refinement Protocol Improves Protein Model Quality” on Tuesday, June 13, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-06-13 Lindert
CSB researchers honored as emeriti faculty
Jun. 6, 2017—Congratulations to CSB Researchers Al Beth and Paul Bock on being honored with the emeritus title. Drs. Beth and Bock were among the thirty-two retiring faculty members to be recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony on May 12. Both have an extensive record of service mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows as well as an active...
Puck Ohi presents MBTP/CSB Seminar on 6/6/2017
May. 26, 2017—Dr. Ryoma “Puck” Ohi, Cell & Developmental Biology, presents the MBTP/CSB Seminar: “Mitotic Spindle Assembly in Animal Cells” on Tuesday, June 6, at 12:30pm-1:20pm in 1220 MRB3. MBTP-CSB 2017-06-06 Ohi-P