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Biochemistry Seminar Schedule
Winter 2013
Fridays at 3:30 pm in Schaap Lecture Hall (unless noted otherwise)
January 11 Hyosuk Seo (Chow Lab, long format) Structural dynamics and protective molecular mechanism of the Botulinum neurotoxin
January 18 Dhanusha Nalawansha (Pflum Lab, Short format) A novel mutation in a histone modifying enzyme-EZH2, promotes hypertrimethylation in human B cell Lymphoma & Thisari Aluthgama Guruge (Bhagwat Lab, Short format) Deamination of modified cytosine bases by AID/APOBEC.
January 25 Prof. Xiang-Qiang (Rosie) Chu WSU Department of Physics (Host: Chow) New Opportunities in Biophysics: Application of Neutron Scattering
February 1 Nisansala Muthunayake (Chow Lab - Short format) Allosteric control of the ribosome by small-molecule antibiotics
February 8 Pavithra Dedigama Arachchige (Pflum Lab, short format) Salicylate activates AMP-activated protein kinase & Maheeka Embogama (Pflum Lab, short format) Paroxetin increases myocardial contractility by acting as a inhibitor of g protein-coupled receptor kinase 2
February 15 Shanqiao Wei (Bhagwat Lab - short format) Oxidative bisulfite sequencing of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine & Pavel Silvestrov (Cisneros Lab, short Format) Treating cancer by activation of cell apoptosis
February 20** Prof. Matt Soellner, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (host: Allen)
February 22 Kyle Vrtis (Romano Lab - long format)
February 27** Prof. James Peterson - University of Pennsylvania (Host: Pflum)
March 1 Prof. Ron Bose (M.D., Ph.D.), WUSTL Medical School (Host: Ahn)
March 4* Dr. Joanna Fowler, Brookhaven National Lab (Host: Hendrickson) Imaging Brain Chemistry in Diseases of Addiction
March 6** Prof. Erin Carlson - Indiana University (Host: Pflum)
March 8 Prof. Jeff Withey (WSU School of Medicine, Dept. if Immunology and Microbiology) (Host: Feig) Vibrio cholerae Pathogenesis in Humans and Fish
March 15 Chandani Warnasooriya (Rueda Lab - long format)
March 22 Sophia Shalhout (Bhagwat Lab)
March 25* Dr. Wei Yang (NIDDK) (Host: Bhagwat) Human DNA Polymerase eta: From Chemistry to Cancer Biology
March 29 Prof. Krishnarao (Rao) Maddipati (WSU Dept. of Radiology and Oncology, Host: Feig) Bioactive Lipids Research Program @ wayne
April 1* Prof. Dirk Trauner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Host: Stockdill) Natural Products and Neurons
April 5 Prof. David Wilson, University of Georgia (Host: Chow) One DNA Minor Groove - Many Possibilities: From Basics of Recognition to Therapeutics
April 12 Prof. Jane Jackman, Ohio State Univ. (Host: Feig)
April 19 Prof. Aloke Dutta (WSU School of Pharmacy, Host: Romano) Multifunctional drugs as new generation therapeutic agents for treatment of neurodegeneration diseases


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