Spring 2008 Departmental Seminars
All seminars are held in room 128A Polk Hall at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.| Date | Title and Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10 | Photochemical Regulation of Biological Processes Alex Dieters NCSU Chemistry |
Dr. Brown |
| Jan. 17 | Modeling Unfolded States of Proteins: Application to Collagen and Tau Protein Collin Stultz MIT |
Dr. Mattos |
| Jan. 24 | The remarkable worldwide emergence of whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses): Lessons learned from West Africa Bob Gilbertson UC Davis |
Tara Nash |
| Jan. 31 | Multiple functions of rRNA methyltransferases in ribosomal biogenesis Jason Rife VCU |
Dr. Maxwell |
| Feb. 7 | Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria Bonnie Bassler Princeton (MATRONE)** |
Dr. Cavanagh |
| Feb. 14 | Targeted Metabolomics for Understanding Mechanisms
of Chronic Metabolic Disorders Deborah Muoio Duke |
Helen Rho |
| Feb. 21 | SGLT2 Inhibitors for Treatment of
Diabetes: From Benchtop to Bedside Chari Smith Glaxo Smith Kline |
Sarah MacKenzie |
| Feb. 28 | DHNTPase: a Nudix Hydrolase is the missing step of folate biosynthesis Sandra Gabelli Johns Hopkins |
Sue Fetics |
| Mar. 6 | Spring Break - No Classes | |
| Mar. 13 | Mass Spectrometry: A Flexible Tool for Drug Discovery Jon Williams Glaxo Smith Kline |
Erik Soderblom |
| Mar. 20 | Title Pending David MacAlpine Duke |
Dr. Hanley-Bowdoin |
| Mar. 27 | A Multifunctional Activator Protein in Vertebrates Stimulates Transcription of Both Small RNA Genes and Protein-Coding Genes Gary Kunkel Texas A&M |
Dr. Clark |
| Apr. 3 | Canceled | |
| Apr. 10 | Understanding Proteolytic Function through Protein Redesign Teaster Baird SFSU |
Dr. Mattos |
| Apr. 14 | A Life in Science Dr. Peter Doherty **5:00pm in Room 2215 Williams Hall |
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| Apr. 17 | Interaction of alphaviruses with tissue cultured cells Gongbo Wang NCSU |
Dr. Brown |
| Apr. 24 | Collision-induced dissociative chemical crosslinking reagents: applications to protein structural characterization using mass spectrometry Erik Soderblom NCSU |
Dr. Goshe |
*** NOTE: The MATRONE lecture will be in Dabney 222 at 5:00 pm





