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Seminar Series Dates 2007-2008

Mondays - 12:00n to 1:00pm in Room 2231 WH (Lecture Hall)

The following dates are reserved and available:

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 - Visiting Professor in Ophthalmology (Hosted by: Bob Barlow)

OCTOBER 1, 2007 - "Single-molecule biophysics with a protein nanopore", Presented by: Liviu Movileanu, Syracuse University (Hosted by: Stewart Loh)
OCTOBER 22, 2007 - "Design and Discovery of D-peptide Inhibitors of HIV Entry", Presented by: Michael S. Kay, University of Utah (Hosted by: Stewart Loh)

NOVEMBER 19, 2007 - Dr. Hurley - Visiting Professor in Ophthalmology (Hosted by: Barry Knox/Bob Barlow)

JANUARY 3, 2008 - "The phosphatase laforin crosses evolutionary boundaries and links 'plant starch' to neurodegeneration", Presented by: Matthew Gentry, PhD, University of California, San Diego (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
JANUARY 7, 2008 - "Nucleating branched filaments: structural, biochemical and computational insights into actin and Arp2/3 complex", Presented by: Brad Nolen, PhD, Yale University (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
JANUARY 17, 2008 - "Chromatin-Remodeling and Epigenetics Assist Circadian Clock-Regulated Gene Expression", Presented by: William Belden, PhD, Dartmouth Medical School (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
JANUARY 24, 2008 - "Insights into mRNA-tRNA translocation from cryo-EM reconstructions of the 80S ribosome", Presented by: Derek Taylor, PhD, The Wadsworth Center (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
JANUARY 31, 2008 - "Structural Insights in DNA replication", Presented by: Scott Bailey, PhD, Yale University (Hosted by: Rich Cross)

FEBRUARY 4, 2008 - "The Lowe Syndrome Protein OCRL in Early Steps of the Endocytic Pathway", Presented by: Yuxin Mao, PhD, Yale University (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
FEBRUARY 11, 2008 - "Lipid Signal Regulation of Membrane Trafficking and Oncogenesis", Presented by: Guangwei Du, PhD, SUNY Stony Brook (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
FEBRUARY 14, 2008 - "Functional Regulation of Telomeres by Telomerase and Telomeric Proteins", Presented by: Lifeng Xu, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (Hosted by: Rich Cross)
FEBRUARY 28, 2008 - "Crystallographic Investigations of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex II and Complex III", Presented by: Edward Berry, PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Hosted by: Rich Cross)

MARCH 3, 2008 - "CNS control of energy homeostasis by nutrient and endocrine signals", Presented by: Michael Wolfgang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University (Hosted by Rich Cross)
MARCH 31, 2008 - Visiting Professor in Ophthalmology (Hosted by: Bob Barlow)

APRIL 7, 2008 - "The construction of a calcium sensor using a novel protein folding mechanism", Presented by: Margaret Stratton, Graduate Student, Loh Lab
APRIL 21, 2008 - "Structure and mechanism of P-glycoprotein, an ABC transporter involved in multi drug resistance", Presented by: Brandy Verhalen, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
APRIL 28, 2008 - "Sickle Cell Disease: Beyond Hemoglobin S", Presented by: Steven R. Goodman, PhD, Vice President for Research and Dean of the College of Graduate Studies, SUNY Upstate Medical University (Hosted by: David Amberg)

MAY 5, 2008 - "How to build an eye: From genotype to phenotype", Presented by: Yung Lyou, Research Project Assistant, Graduate Student, Zuber Lab
MAY 12, 2008 - "A Cytoskeletal Approach to Understanding Osmoadaptation", Presented by: Richard Mangio, Graduate Student, Amberg Lab
MAY 19, 2008 - "V-ATPase intra- and inter- actomics by peptide arrays and mass spectrometry", Presented by: Lee Parsons, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab

JUNE 2, 2008 - "Toward understanding retinal exit from cone visual pigment", Presented by: Colleen Kuemmel, Graduate Student, Knox Lab
JUNE 9, 2008 - "Imagine Live Photoreceptors and its Application towards Understanding Retinitis Pigmentosa", Presented by: Mohammad Haeri, Graduate Student, Knox Lab
JUNE 16, 2008 - "The peripheral stalk complex of the Thermoplasma acidophilum A-ATPase. 'Hot bugs and cool magnets' ", Presented by: Erik Kish-Trier, Graduate Student, Wilkens Lab
JUNE 23, 2008 - "Molecular Basis for the Recognition of Snurportin 1 by Importin B", Presented by: Gregory Mitrousis, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab
JUNE 30, 2008

AUGUST 18, 2008
AUGUST 25, 2008 - Adam Olia, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 - Sheena Claire Li, Graduate Student, Kane Lab
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 - David Lubin, Graduate Student, Loh Lab
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 - Diana Mitrea, Graduate Student, Loh Lab

OCTOBER 6, 2008 - Jonathan Nardozzi, Graduate Student, Cingolani Lab
OCTOBER 20, 2008 - Wei Chun Ng, Graduate Student, Kane Lab



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