Interdisciplinary graduate program in

Molecular & Cellular Biology
Discovery is the name of the game.
Seminars
Spring 2008 || Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Date: Speaker: Title: Time: Room:
1/10/2008 Paloma Giangrande, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
RNA-Based Therapies Against Cancer 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
1/16/2008 Rotation Talks, See attached flyer *3:00 p.m.* *Spivey Aud BSB*
1/17/2008 Rotation Talks, See attached flyer 3:30 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
1/24/2008 Richard Neubig, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (co-sponsor Cardiovascular Center, R. Fisher, host)
RGS Proteins: Physiologic Functions and Potential as Drug Targets 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
1/31/2008 Craig Howell, (Washington Lab)
Translesion Synthesis by the Sequential Action of Yeast Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
2/7/2008 Shanna Nifoussi, (Strack Lab)
Make or Break Decisions: Neuronal Survival and Mitofusin 2 Phosphorylation 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
2/14/2008 Rebecca Marquez, (McCaffrey Lab)
The Role of miRNAs in LIver Regeneration and Viral Pathogenesis 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
2/21/2008 Bo Cheng, (Price Lab)
Mechanisms of P-TEFb-mediated RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
2/28/2008 TJ Cradick, (McCaffrey Lab)
Design and Testing Zinc-Finger Nucleases Specific for Hepatitis B Viral DNA 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
3/6/2008 Ginny Harris, (Paulson, Gonzalez-Alegre Lab)
Influence of C-Terminal Splicing on the Enzymatic Activity and Aggregation of Ataxin-3, a Polyglutamine Disease Protein 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
3/13/2008 Justin Kaufman, (Sheff Lab)
Characterization of the Rab Family Proteins Rab11a and Rab12 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
3/20/2008 SPRING BREAK,
3/27/2008 Tej Pandita, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (co-sponsor: Free Radical & Radiation Biology, P. Goswami, host)
The Histone Code & DNA Damage Response 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
4/3/2008 Soraya (Riley) Johnson, (Moye-Rowley Lab)
Coordinate Control of Multidrug Resistance and Sphingolipid Homeostasis 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
4/3/2008 Craig Howell (Washington Lab) Thesis Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Translesion Synthesis by Yeast Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta 12:30 pm 2117 MERF
4/10/2008 Alok Shah, (Welsh Lab)
Sensing Hedgehogs with Cilia: A Tale of Two Cilia 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
4/11/2008 Nicholas Ettinger (Wilson Lab) Thesis Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Genetic and Immunological Studies of Resistance to Leishmania chagasi Infection 1:30 pm 2117 MERF
4/17/2008 Natalie Leach and David Dickey, (Roller Lab-Leach) (Zabner Lab-Dickey)
The Role of Emerin and PKCdelta in HSV-1 Primary Envelopment (Leach) and Acceleration and Augmentation of AAV-mediated Gene Expression (Dickey) 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
4/24/2008 Seminar Cancelled-Mel Feany, Seminar is Cancelled 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
4/24/2008 Hana Itani (Sigmund Lab) Thesis Seminar, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Renin Gene Enhancer Function Polymorphism and Response to Oxidative Stress 1:00 pm 1-561 BSB
5/1/2008 Sarah Bergeron and Brian Krueger, (Rubenstein Lab-Bergeron) (Price Lab-Krueger)
Biochemical Effects of Deafness-Causing Gamma-Actin Mutations on Actin Functions (Bergeron) and LARP7 is a Stable Component of the 7SK snRNP (Krueger) 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
5/8/2008 Peter Sarnow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (co-sponsor: Levitt Center for Virology, A. McCaffrey, host)
Subversion of a Liver-specific microRNA by Hepatitis C Virus 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
5/15/2008 FINAL EXAM WEEK,
5/22/2008 William Xie and Adam Case, (Engelhardt Lab-Xie) (Domann Lab-Case)
Implications for the Use of the Anti-diabetic Drug Metformin in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (Adam Case/Domann lab) and Role of Sox2 in Regulation of Lef-1 Expression in Airway Submucosal Glands (William Xie/Engelhardt lab) 4:00 p.m. Watzke Aud BSB
5/29/2008 Rotation Talks, Click here for titles 4:00 p.m. *Spivey Aud BSB*
6/5/2008 Rotation Talks, Click here for flyer 4:00 p.m. *Spivey Aud BSB*
Fall 2008
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