Seminars and Supergroup Meetings
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2011/2012 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142
| Sep 21 | Anna Pyle (Yale University) TBD | ||
| Oct 12 |
Jack Johnson (Yale University) "Mechanisms of Biological Dynamics Determined from Studies of Virus Particle Maturation" |
| Nov 2 |
Ken Dill (UC-San Francisco) TBD |
| Nov 9 |
Taekjip Ha (U Illinois, Champaign-Urbana) "Single Molecule Fluorescence-Force Analysis of Protein Dynamics on Single Stranded DNA" |
| Nov 30 |
Jin Zhang (Johns Hopkins) "Spatiotemporal Regulation of Protein Kinases" |
| Jan 18 |
David Draper (Johns Hopkins) "Putting RNA, Ions and Osmolytes Together: Are There Simple Answers for Complex Solutions?" |
| Mar 7 |
Steve Brenner (UC-Berkeley) TBD |
| Mar 14 |
Ruth Nussinov (National Cancer Institute) TBD |
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| Apr 11 | Juli Feigon (UC - Los Angeles) "The Architecture of Telomerase RNA" |
| Apr 25 |
Ed Chapman (U of Wisconsin) TBD |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Oct 3 |
Perkins & Falke Labs Refreshments – Betterton & Nesbitt Labs Introducers – D. Adams & E. Holmstrom |
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| Oct 24 |
Betterton & Nesbitt Labs Refreshments – Eaves & Wuttke Labs Introducers – K. Goldfarb & G. Smith |
| Nov 14 |
Eaves & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – Clark & McHenry Labs Introducers – P. Slivka & S. Weiss |
| Dec 5 |
Clark & McHenry Labs Refreshments – Gill & Pardi Labs Introducers – K. Hassett & J. Swan |
| Jan 23 |
Gill & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Kaar & Sousa Labs Introducers – K. Jansen & J. Marcano-Velazquez |
| Feb 13 |
Kaar & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Cech & Yin Labs Introducers – I. Godfroy & J. Zinder |
| Mar 5 |
Cech & Yin Labs Refreshments –Batey & Stowell Labs Introducers – E. Holmstrom & P. Slivka |
| Apr 2 |
Batey & Stowell Labs Refreshments – Jimenez & Taatjes Labs Introducers – J. Swan & J. Zinder |
| Apr 23 |
Jimenez & Taatjes Labs Refreshments – Perkins & Falke Labs Introducers – K. Goldfarb & Joan Marcano-Velazquez |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2010/2011 Academic Year
Biotechnology Opportunities Series – Wednesday 5:30 pm in Koelbel 340 & Chem 142
| Sept 15 |
Hot Topics & Careers in Biotechnology - Koelbel 340 | ||
| Sept 29 |
Is my Biotech Idea Feasible? - Chem 142 | ||
| Oct 13 |
People & Partnerships: The New Model of Biotech Financing - Koelbel 340 | ||
| Oct 27 |
Product Development - Chem 142 |
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| Nov 10 |
Commercial Development - Koelbel 430 |
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| Nov 17 | Intellectual Property & Licensing Strategies - Chem 142 | ||
| Dec 1 |
Business Development - Chem 142 |
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142
| Oct 27 |
Cynthia Wolberger (Johns Hopkins) Structural Insights into Ubiquitin Signaling |
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| Nov 3 | Don Engleman (Yale) pH-Dependent Transmembrane Peptide Insertion: Mechanisms and Uses in Drug Delivery and Tumor Imaging |
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| Nov 10 | Steve Harrison (Harvard) Molecular Mechanisms for Entry of Viruses into Cells |
| Feb 16 |
Chris Lima (Baylor) TBD |
| Mar 9 | Steve Mayo (Caltech) TBD |
| Mar 16 |
Robert Blankenship (Washington U) TBD |
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| Apr 6 |
Roger Williams (Cambridge, MRC) TBD |
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| Apr 13 | Jennifer Duodna (Berkeley) TBD |
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| Apr 20 | Tom Alber (Berkeley) TBD |
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| Apr 27 |
Doug Rees (Caltech) TBD |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 13 | Falke & Leinwand Labs Refreshments – Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Introducer – M. Tibbitt |
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| Oct 4 |
Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Refreshments – Goodrich & Randolph Labs Introducer – J. Marcano-Velazquez |
| Oct 25 | Goodrich & Randolph Labs Refreshments – McHenry & Wuttke Labs Introducer – J. Deacon |
| Nov 15 | McHenry & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Pardi Labs Introducer – T. Dickey |
| Dec 6 |
McIntosh & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Kaar & Sousa Labs Introducer – K. Dean |
| Jan 10 |
Kaar & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Cech & Yin Labs Introducer – J. Lubbeck |
| Feb 7 |
Cech & Yin Labs Refreshments –Stowell & Batey Labs Introducer – J. Swan |
| Feb 28 | Stowell & Batey Labs Refreshments – Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Introducer – Y. Yan |
| Mar 28 |
Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Refreshments – Anseth & Perkins Labs Introducer – V. Bowman |
| Apr 18 |
Anseth & Perkins Labs Refreshments – Falke & Leinwand Labs Introducer – E. Holmstrom |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2009/2010 Academic Year
Methods and Career Series – Tuesday 12:15 pm in CIRES S274
| Oct 20 | Barbara Dix - Applications of spectroscopy to atmospheric sciences | ||
| Oct 27 | Rebecca Montange - Optical trapping in single molecule biology | ||
| Nov 10 | Delphine Farmer - Applications of aerosol mass spectrometry to atmospheric sciences | ||
| Dec 1 | Andrea Edwards - X-Ray crystallographic analysis of proteins and nucleic acids |
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142
| Sep 16 | Bill Weis (Stanford) Molecular Insights into Alpha-Catenin as a Regulator | ||
| Sep 23 | Bill Clemons (Caltech) Structural Studies of Tail-Anchored Protein Targeting |
| Sep 30 | Kevin Sanbonmatsu (Los Alamos) Simulation of Ribozymes and Riboswitches |
| Oct 14 | Rob Knight (CU Boulder) RNA as a Lens into the Human Microbiome |
| Dec 2 | Scott Blanchard (Cornell) Conformational Dynamics in the Ribosome | ||
| Jan 13 | David Baker (U Washington) Prediction of Protein Structure and Function | ||
| Jan 27 | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton) Quorum Sensing Mechanisms in Bacteria | ||
| Feb 10 | Sunney Xie (Harvard) Single Molecule Biophysics | ||
| Mar 10 | Chris Chang (UC Berkeley) Metals in Neurons | ||
| Mar 14 | Dorothee Kern (Brandeis) Protein Dynamics | ||
| Mar 28 | Lewis Kay (U Toronto) NMR Studies of Larger Proteins |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 14 | Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Refreshments – Ahn & Wuttke Introducer – R. Brown |
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| Oct 5 | Ahn & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – Randolph & Yin Labs Introducer – A. Churnside |
| Oct 26 | Randolph & Yin Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Pardi Labs Introducer – M. Tibbitt |
| Nov 16 | McIntosh & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Copley & Sousa Labs Introducer – C. Sandoval |
| Dec 7 | Copley & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Betterton & McHenry Labs Introducer – J. Deacon |
| Jan 25 | Betterton & McHenry Labs Refreshments – Stowell & Batey Labs Introducer – J. Cope |
| Feb 15 | Stowell & Batey Labs Refreshments –Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Introducer – T. Dickey |
| Mar 8 | Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Refreshments – Anseth & Perkins Labs Introducer – Q. Yuan |
| Apr 5 | Anseth & Perkins Labs Refreshments – Falke & Hoenger Labs Introducer – K. Dean |
| Apr 26 | Falke & Hoenger Labs Refreshments – Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Introducer – J. Lubbeck |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2008/2009 Academic Year
Career Events
Wed 22 April 5:30 pm – CIRES Auditorium – MICS Career Panel Discussion (click to play movie - if its developmental server is off line please try again later)
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:
*Wednesday 4:00 pm in Duane G1B20
**Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium
| Sep 10 | Ray Stevens (Scripps) Crystal structures of GPCRs and pharmacological insights | ||
| Sep 17 | Jeff Gordon (Washington Univ) Bioinformatics of human gut microbiome |
| Oct 1* | Paul Chaikin (NY Univ) Self-replication with colloids |
| Oct 8 | Art Johnson (Texas A&M) Fluorescence analysis of membrane protein biogenesis |
| Oct 15 | Sheng Ding (Scripps) Chemical approach to stem cell biology | ||
| Oct 29 | Lan Huang (UC Irvine) Proteomics analysis of the ubiquitin degredation pathway | ||
| Nov 5 | Christine Payne (Georgia Tech) Intracellular delivery and imaging of quantum dots | ||
| Nov 12 | Tobias Meyer (Stanford) Exploring cell signaling by fluorescence microscopy | ||
| Nov 19 | Jackie Barton (Caltech) DNA-mediated protein signaling in damage and repair | ||
| Dec 10* | Michelle Wang (Cornell) Unpacking DNA at the single molecule level | ||
| Jan 28 | Sean Eddy (Washington Univ) Next generation search tools: Beyond BLAST | ||
| Mar 4 | Jon Weissman (UCSF) Functional insights from hi-res genetic interaction maps | ||
| Apr 1 | Bill Weiss (Stanford) Structural analysis of the Wnt signaling pathway | ||
| Apr 15 | Mike Rosen (UT Southwestern) Strucure and dynamics of cooperativity in Vav1 | ||
| Apr 24** | Jennifer Ogilvie (U Michigan) Spectroscopy from single molecules to single cells |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 8 | McIntosh & Smalyukh Refreshments – Randolph & Yin Introducer – K. Landgraf |
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| Oct 6 | Randolph & Yin Labs Refreshments – Pardi & Wuttke Labs Introducer – J. Cope |
| Oct 27 | Pardi & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – Knight & Sousa Labs Introducer – P. Dittmer |
| Nov 17 | Knight & Sousa Labs Refreshments –Betterton & McHenry Labs Introducer – C. DeForest |
| Dec 8 | Betterton & McHenry Labs Refreshments – Stowell & Batey Labs Introducer – A. Garst |
| Jan 26 | Stowell & Batey Labs Refreshments – Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Introducer – C. Sandoval |
| Feb 23 | Taatjes & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Hoenger & Perkins Labs Introducer – R. Brown |
| Mar 16 | Hoenger & Perkins Labs Refreshments – Falke & Anseth Labs Introducer – A. Libby |
| Apr 6 | Falke & Anseth Labs Refreshments – Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Introducer – A. Churnside |
| Apr 27 | Nesbitt & Palmer Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Smalyukh Labs Introducer – J. Falke |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2007/2008 Academic Year
Career Lunches
Fri Noon in CIRES S274, lunch provided
| TBA | Career lunches TBA throughout the year |
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:
*Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium
| Sep 12 | Chris Hill (Univ Utah) Crystallographic studies of proteosomes | ||
| Oct 3 | Jen. Lippincott-Schwartz (NIH) Biophysical imaging of events in live cells |
| Oct 24 | Jamie Williamson (Scripps) Structural studies of RNA structure-function |
| Nov 7 | Rod MacKinnon (Rockefeller) Crystallography of channels (Nobel Laureate) |
| Nov 28 | Sam Butcher (Wisconsin) RNA structure-function, NMR | ||
| Nov 30* | Matt Lang (MIT) Single molecule and optical tweezer analysis of proteins | ||
| Dec 14* | Harry Gray (Caltech) Optical/laser spectroscopy of metalloproteins, Bioinorganic | ||
| Mar 5 | Pascale Legualt (Montreal) RNA structure-function, NMR | ||
| Mar 19 | David Lilley (Dundee) Analysis of nucleic acid conformations by FRET | ||
| Apr 2 | Art Johnson (Texas A&M) Biophysical studies of G-proteins | ||
| Apr 4* | Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli (MIT) Nanotechnology and new materials | ||
| Apr 9 | Mike Rosen (UT Southwestern) Biophysical studies of Rho-GTPases | ||
| Apr 23 | Amy Rosenzweig (Northwestern) Structure-function of metalloenzymes |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20 (may change in Spring)
| Aug 27 | Copley & Lin Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Pardi Labs Introducer – K. Landgraf |
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| Oct 1 | McIntosh & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Knight & Sousa Labs Introducer – T. Armel |
| Oct 22 | Knight & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Betterton & Batey Labs Introducer – P. Dittmer |
| Nov 12 | Betterton & Batey Labs Refreshments –Stowell & Voeltz Labs Introducer – J. Cope |
| Dec 10 | Stowell & Voeltz Labs Refreshments – Taatjes & Perkins Labs Introducer – A. Edwards |
| Jan 28 | Taatjes & Perkins Labs Refreshments – Hoenger & Jimenez Labs Introducer – C. DeForest |
| Feb 18 | Hoenger & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Falke & Nesbitt Labs Introducer – J. Fiore |
| Mar 10 | Falke & Nesbitt Labs Refreshments – Anseth & Palmer Labs Introducer – K. Wenberg |
| Mar 31 | Anseth & Palmer Labs Refreshments – Leinwand & Wuttke Labs Introducer – S. Altschuler |
| Apr 28 | Leinwand & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – Copley & Yin Labs Introducer – H. Lee |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2006/2007 Academic Year
NEW! Career Lunches
Fri Noon in CIRES S274, lunch provided
| Sep 29 | Joshua Bornhorst (U. Arkansas Med. Ctr.) Clinical chemistry: A field with a shortage of Ph.D. researchers and directors | ||
| TBA | Other career lunches TBA throughout the year |
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:
*Mon 4:00 pm in Benson 185, Thu 4:00 pm in MCDB A2B20, ***Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium
| Sep 18* | Shimon Weiss (UCLA) Single-molecule studies of gene expression and rafts | ||
| Sep 20 | Rob Batey (U. Colorado) Crystallographic studies of RNA switches |
| Oct 4 | Greg Voth (U. Utah) Computational approaches to biomolecular dynamics |
| Oct 5** | Siegfried Musser (U. Texas) Biophysical studies of membrane proteins |
| Nov 8 | Karolin Luger (CSU) Crystallographic studies of chromosomes | ||
| Nov 15 | Olve Peersen (CSU) Structural analysis of protein-nucleic acid interactions | ||
| Nov 29 | U. Kutateladze (UCHSC) NMR structural studies of membrane docking proteins | ||
| Dec 1*** | Peter Wolynes (UCSD) Potential energy surfaces and protein folding | ||
| Dec 13 | Tom Steitz (Yale) Structure of DNA polymerase III | ||
| Feb 14 | Nick Grishin (UTSW, HHMI) Computational studies of protein structure-function | ||
| Feb 28 | Anna Marie Pyle (Yale, HHMI) RNA structure-function | ||
| Mar 7 | Carolyn Bertozzi (UC Berkeley, HHMI) Carbohydrate structure-function | ||
| Mar 21 | Chris Miller (Brandeis U., HHMI) Biophysics of ion channels | ||
| Apr 4 | Kathy Collins (UC Berkeley) Structural biology of telomeres | ||
| Apr 11 | Danny Reinberg (UMDNJ) Molecular mechanisms of epigenetics |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 11 | Knight & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Betterton & McHenry Labs Introducer – Carrie Bernecky |
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| Oct 2 | Betterton & McHenry Labs Refreshments – Batey & Jimenez Labs Introducer – Micah Hamady |
| Oct 23 | Batey & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Hoenger & Stowell Labs Introducer – Loren Hough |
| Nov 13 | Hoenger & Stowell Labs Refreshments –Perkins & Taatjes Labs Introducer – Karen Meyer-Arendt |
| Dec 11 | Perkins & Taatjes Labs Refreshments –Ahn & Falke Labs Introducer – Rebecca Montagne |
| Feb 5 | Ahn & Falke Labs Refreshments – Nesbitt & Randolph Labs Introducer – Sarah Altschuler |
| Feb 26 | Nesbitt & Randolph Labs Refreshments – Leinwand & Palmer Labs Introducer – Chris Arthur |
| Mar 19 | Leinwand & Palmer Labs Refreshments – Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Introducer – Daniel Cash |
| Apr 16 | Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Pardi Labs Introducer – Julie Fiore |
| May 7 | McIntosh & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Knight & Sousa Labs Introducer – David Wren |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2005/2006 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:
*Wednesday 4:00 pm in Duane Physics G1B20, **Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium
| Sep 7* | Paul Selvin (Illinois) Single-molecule studies of molecular motors | ||
| Sep 9** | Jim Weisshaar (Wisconsin) Protein diffusion and vesicle fusion |
| Sep 21 | Ed Chapman (Wisconsin) Molecular mechanisms of Ca-triggered exocytosis |
| Sep 28 | Kevin Weeks (UNC) High-throughput RNA structural analysis |
| Oct 5 | Jack Szostak (Harvard) Transition from chemical to darwinian evolution | ||
| Oct 7** | Hans Frauenfelder (Los Alamos) Protein energy landscapes: flucuations & function | ||
| Oct 12 | Diana Murray (Weill of Cornell) Computational analysis of PIP signaling | ||
| Oct 28** | Jane Vanderkooi (U. Penn) Water interactions with biomolecules | ||
| Nov 9 | Scott Silverman (U. Illinois) DNA in bioorganic chemistry and nanotechnology | ||
| Dec 7 | Xiaowei Zhang (Harvard) Single molecule imaging in vitro and in vivo | ||
| Feb 1 | Thomas Kunkel (NIH) Structure-function studies of DNA replication fidelity | ||
| Feb 15 | Kira Misura (U. Washington) Computational approaches to protein structure | ||
| Mar 1 | Eric Stebbins (Rockefeller U.) Structural studies of bacterial invasion machinery | ||
| Mar 8 | S. Khorasanizadeh (U. Virginia) NMR analysis of histone methylation | ||
| Apr 5 | Steve Hahn (Hutchinson Inst.) Structural studies of RNA polymerases | ||
| Apr 26 | Peter von Hippel (U. Oregon) Biophysics of protein-nucleic acid interactions |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Aug 29 | Clark & Copley Labs Refreshments – Betterton & Pardi Labs Introducer – Thomas Armel |
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| Sep 19 | Betterton & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Batey & Jimenez Labs Introducer – Carrie Bernecky |
| Oct 17 | Batey & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Perkins & Stowell Labs Introducer – Ryan Crisman |
| Nov 14 | Perkins & Stowell Labs Refreshments –Resing & Taatjes Labs Introducer – Carl Carlsson |
| Dec 5 | Resing & Taatjes Labs Refreshments –Falke & Sousa Labs Introducer – Amy Gelinas |
| Jan 23 | Falke & Sousa Labs Refreshments – Nesbitt & Randolph Labs Introducer – Liang Guo |
| Feb 20 | Nesbitt & Randolph Labs Refreshments – Cech & Leinwand Labs Introducer – Kyle Landgraf |
| Mar 13 | Cech & Leinwand Labs Refreshments – Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Introducer – Karen Meyer-Arendt |
| Apr 10 | Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Chen Labs Introducer – Rebecca Montagne |
| May 1 | McIntosh & Chen Labs Refreshments – Clark & Copley Labs Introducer – Troy Walton |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2004/2005 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium (Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)seminar dates)
| Aug 13 | Howard Berg (Harvard) FRET detection of kinase activity in vivo |
| Aug 19 | Lloyd Smith (Univ. Wisconsin) Single molecule mass spec |
| Oct 27 | James Ferrell (Stanford) Ultrasensitivity and oscillations in the Cdc2 system |
| Nov 10 | John Perona (UC Santa Barbara) Ensuring fidelity in aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis | ||
| Nov 17 | Xiaojiang Chen (USC) Structures of T antgen and MCM complexes | ||
| Dec 8 | Anjana Rao (Harvard Med) Calcineurin-NFAT signaling | ||
| Jan 12 | Richard Roberts (Caltech) Protein synthesis machinery | ||
| Feb 23 | Gerard Marriott (Univ. Wisconsin) Biophotonics analysis of the cytoskeleton | ||
| Mar 2 | Sunny Xie (Harvard) Single molecule approach to biology | ||
| Apr 13 | David Cafiso (Univ. Virginia) EPR spin labeling study of a membrane transporter | ||
| Apr 20 | Hiroaki Suga (Univ. Tokyo) Artificial Ribozymes for Programming the Genetic Code |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 20 | Betterton & Pardi Labs Refreshments – Sousa & Pace Labs Introducer – Joe Falke |
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| Oct 18 | Sousa & Pace Labs Refreshments – Batey & Jimenez Labs Introducer – Jen Roberts |
| Nov 15 | Batey & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Perkins & Stowell Labs Introducer – Aaron Cullen |
| Dec 6 | Perkins & Stowell Labs Refreshments –Ahn & Falke Labs Introducer – Amanda Carpenter |
| Jan 24 | Ahn & Falke Labs Refreshments – Anseth & Nesbitt Labs Introducer – Christopher Arthur |
| Feb 21 | Anseth & Nesbitt Labs Refreshments – Cech & Leinwand Labs Introducer – Petia Gatzeva-Topalova |
| Mar 14 | Cech & Leinwand Labs Refreshments – Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Introducer – Parag Shah |
| Apr 11 | Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Chen Labs Introducer – Aaron S. Miller |
| May 2 | McIntosh & Chen Labs Refreshments – Betterton & Pardi Labs Introducer – Michael Latham |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2003/2004 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium (Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)
| Sept 10 | Nils Walter (Univ. Michigan) In the fluorescent spotlight: RNA enzymes reveal their structural dynamics and utility |
| Oct 8 | Andy Robertson (Univ. Iowa) Protein Phrenology: Reading the Surface of Ubiquitin To Determine its Aptitudes and Tendencies |
| Oct 15 | Thorston Dierkman (Univ. Calif., Davis) Adaptability, Dynamics, and Electrostatics in RNA-Ligand Interactions |
| Oct 22 | Bob Sauer (MIT) Mechanism of Substrate Recognition and Unfolding During Energy Dependent Degradation by AAA+ Proteases |
| Nov 12 | Lloyd Smith (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison) Towards Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry | ||
| Nov 19 | Carolyn Price (Univ. Cincinnati) Telomeric DNA Processing: an Essential Step in Wuttke U. Cincinnati Med. Telomere Capping | ||
| Dec 10 | Erik Zuiderweg (Univ. Michigan) | ||
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Jan 27 |
Steven White (Univ. California, Irvine) How Membranes Shape Protein Structure | ||
| Feb 4 | Sunney Xie (Harvard Univ)Single Molecule Chemistry & Spectroscopy | ||
| Feb 11 | Floyd Romesberg (Scripps) Protein Dynamics | ||
| Feb 18 | Kevin Gardner (Univ. Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.) | ||
| Feb 25 | Gourisankar Gosh (Univ. California, San Diego) | ||
| Mar 3 | Adrian Ferre Amare (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr.) | ||
| Mar 10 | Mona Norcum (Univ. Massachussetts Medical Ctr.) | ||
| Mar 17 | Henry Bourne (Univ. California, San Francisco) Eukaryotic Chemotaxis | ||
| Mar 31 | Chris Francklyn (Univ. Vermont) | ||
| Apr 7 | Mark Hochstrasser (Yale Univ.) | ||
| Mar 14 | Tom Kerppola (Univ. Michigan Medical School) | ||
| Mar 21 | Scott Strobel (Yale Univ.) | ||
| Mar 28 | James Spudich (Stanford Univ. ) Molecular Studies of Motor Proteins |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20
| Sep 22 | Ahn & Cech Labs Refreshments – Sousa & Pace Labs Introducer – Amy Buck |
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| Oct 13 | Sousa & Pace Labs Refreshments – Batey & Jimenez Labs Introducer – Chris Downey |
| Nov 10 | Batey & Jimenez Labs Refreshments –Perkins & Stowell Labs Introducer – Aaron Cullen |
| Dec 8 | Perkins & Stowell Labs Refreshments –Betterton & Falke Labs Introducer – Aaron Miller |
| Jan 26 | Betterton & Falke Labs Refreshments – Anseth & Nesbitt Labs Introducer – Petia Gatzeva-Topalov |
| Feb 16 | Anseth & Nesbitt Labs Refreshments – Pardi & Leinwand Labs Introducer – Dan Resnicow |
| Mar 8 | Pardi & Leinwand Labs Refreshments – Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Introducer – Matt Seefeldt |
| Apr 5 | Goodrich & Wuttke Labs Refreshments – McIntosh & Chen Labs Introducer – Jennifer Roberts |
| May 3 | McIntosh & Chen Labs Refreshments – Ahn & Cech Labs Introducer – Aaron Hieb |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2002/2003 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium (Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)
| Oct 2 | Jeff Kieft (Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center) Structural insights into the molecular basis of Hepatitus C virus translation initiation |
| Oct 9 | Ignacio Tinoco (Univ. California, Berkeley) Mechanical unfolding of single RNA molecules: The biological way |
| Oct 16 | Deborah Wuttke (Univ. Colorado, Boulder) NMR studies of telomeric protein structures and the OB fold |
| Oct 30 | Patsy Babbitt (Univ. California, San Francisco) Computational development of models for understanding how protein structures deliver protein function |
| Nov 6 | Valerie de Crecy-Lagard (Scripps) From experimental evolution to comparative genomics: Revisiting the genetic code | ||
| Mar 5 | Kevin Shokat (UCSF) Engineered proteins for unnatural ligands: New tools for tracing protein kinase cascades | ||
| Mar 6 (Thurs) | Joel Pomeranz (Caltech) Transcriptional Target-Based Expression Cloning of Signaling Molecules | ||
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Mar 12 |
Doug Turner (Univ. Rochester) Folding and Targeting RNA | ||
| Mar. 19 | Youxing Jiang (Rockefeller Univ.) Structure and Mechanism of a Calcium-Gated Potassium Channel | ||
| Apr 2 | Xiao-Fan Wang (Duke Univ.) ATM/ATR Activation, Checkpoint, and Genomic Instability | ||
| Apr 9 | Jeff Gelles (Brandeis Univ.) How kinesin keeps its grip: The mechanism of a processive motor enzyme | ||
| Apr 16 | Michelle Arkin (Sunisis Pharmaceuticals) Small-molecule Antagonists of Interleukin-2/IL-2 Receptor | ||
| Apr. 23 | Jun Liu (Johns Hopkins Univ.) Calcium Signaling Modules Regulating Transcription During T Cell Activation and Apoptosis |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Porter (Fall) or Ekeley (Spring)
| Sep 16 | Anseth & Falke Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Perkins & Stowell Labs |
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| Oct 14 | Ahn & Copley Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Anseth & Falke Labs |
| Nov 18 | Nesbitt & Cech Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Ahn & Copley Labs |
| Dec 9 | Goodrich & Gill Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments –Nesbitt & Cech Labs |
| Jan 13 | McIntosh & Chen Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Goodrich & Gill Labs |
| Feb 17 | Rowlen & Pardi Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – McIntosh & Chen Labs |
| Mar17 | Pace & Sousa Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Pardi & Rowlen Labs |
| Apr 14 | Batey & Wuttke Labs– Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Pace & Sousa Labs |
| May 5 | Perkins & Stowell Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Batey & Wuttke Labs |
Seminars and Supergroup Meetings – 2001/2002 Academic Year
Biophysics Seminars – Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium (Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)
| Sep 5 | Jack Johnson (Scripps) Structure and dynamics of DNA and RNA virus capsids |
| Sep 26 | Larry Hunter (Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center) Data mining in the era of high throughput molecular biology |
| Oct 3 | Greg Petsko (Brandeis) Structural biology in the age of genomics |
| Oct 24 | Carlos Bustamante (Univ. California, Berkeley) Reversible unfolding of single RNA molecules by mechanical force |
| Oct 31 | Anthony Kossiakov (Univ. Chicago) Energetics of cytokine-induced receptor signaling |
| Nov 7 | Stephen Benkovic (Penn State Univ.) Perspective on biological catalysis |
| Nov 28 | Kris Palczewski (Univ. Washington) Crystal structure of rhodopsin: Implications for vision and G protein signaling |
| Dec 5 | Elizabeth Komives (Univ. California, San Diego) Biophysical studies of protein-protein interfaces using biacore, NMR and H/D exchange |
| Dec 12 | Rick Dahlquist (Univ. Oregon) Structural and dynamic view of sensory transduction in bacteria |
| Feb 20 | Chris Garcia (Stanford Univ.) Structural analysis of receptor-receptor and receptor-ligand interactions |
| Mar 6 | Steve Block (Stanford Univ.) Single molecule studies of molecular motors | ||
| Apr 24 | David Blair (Univ. Utah) Biophysics of the bacterial flagellar motor | ||
| May 1 | David Baker (Univ. Washington) Predictionof protein folding mechanisms |
Molecular Biophysics Supergroup – Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Porter (Fall) or Ekeley (Spring)
| Sep 17 | Ahn & Falke Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Rowlen & Wuttke Labs |
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| Oct 15 | McIntosh & Randolph Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Ahn & Falke Labs |
| Nov 12 | Cech & Pace Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – McIntosh & Randolph Labs |
| Dec 10 | Gill & Goodrich Labs – Porter B121 Refreshments – Cech & Pace Labs |
| Jan 28 | Chen & Nesbitt Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Gill & Goodrich Labs |
| Feb 18 | Leinwand & Pardi Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Chen & Nesbitt Labs |
| Mar 18 | Sousa & Uhlenbeck Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Leinwand & Pardi Labs |
| Apr 15 | Batey & Wuttke Labs– Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Sousa & Uhlenbeck |
| May 6 | Perkins & Stowell Labs – Ekeley 165/166 Refreshments – Batey & Wuttke Labs |
