Biological Chemistry Seminars - Fall 2015
Mondays at 12:00 p.m., Hall-Atwater Laboratories 84
or (*) Meets in Exley Science Center 58
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation |
Title |
| September 7 |
Course Introduction |
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| September 14 | Prof. Scott T. Lefurgy | Hofstra University |
"FOX-4-cephamycinase: an analysis of structure and function" |
| September 21 | Swastik De, Grad. | Olson Group |
"Probing the direct membrane of Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (VCC)" |
| September 28 | Dr. Miho Antoku | Hingorani Group |
"MutS-MutL complex formation in a mismatch during DNA repair" |
| October 5 |
Dr. Juan Liu |
Hingorani Group |
"Checkpoints controlled by PCNA, DNA, and ATP direct the timing and order of events in the clamp loading mechanism" |
| October 12 |
Prof. Rex F. Pratt |
Wesleyan University, Chemistry | "Βeta-Lactamases, Why and How" |
| Thursday, October 22 |
Molecular Biophysical Retreat, Dr. John Kuriyan |
University of California, Berkeley | "Structural Mechanisms in Protein Kinase Regulations" |
| October 26 |
Fall Break |
-- | -- |
| November 2 |
Joy Cote, Grad. |
Taylor Group | "Alterations of tryptophan residues to allow understanding of protein dynamics of Heptosyltransferase I from Escherichia coli" |
| November 9 |
Nimesh Shukra, Grad. |
Othon Group | "Osmoprotection in disacchardies" |
| November 16 |
Yan Li, Grad. |
Mukerji Group | "Exploring multifaceted S.cerevisiae Msh2-Msh6 in DNA mismatch repair and recombination" |
| November 23 (*) |
Hamed Emamy, Grad |
Starr Group | "Diamond Family of Nanoparticle Superlattices" |
| November 30 | Bharat Lakhani, Grad. | Beveridge Group | "SCA sector analysis on MutS DNA mismatch repair multimeric protein" |
| December 7 (*) | Prof. Candice Etson | Wesleyan University, Physics | "What can we learn by studying single molecules?" |
Biological Chemistry Seminars - Spring 2016
Mondays at 12:00 p.m., Hall-Atwater Laboratories 84
Coordinated by Prof. Erika A. Taylor, Professor of Chemistry
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| January 25 | Course Introduction | -- | -- |
| February 1 | Qi Zhang, Grad. | Oliver Group |
"Probing the conformational change of SecA induced by ligands" |
| February 8 | Molecular Biophysics Site Visit | -- | -- |
| February 15 | Bo Song, Grad. | Hingorani Group | "Studying the influence on PCNA on FEN1-catalyzed flap cleavage in DNA replication and repair" |
| February 22 | Sudipta Lahiri, Grad. | Mukerji Group | "Investigating the Binding Dynamics of Yeast MutS Homologs Msh4-Msh5" |
| February 29 | Biophysical Society Meeting | -- | -- |
| March 4 - 20 | Spring Break | -- | -- |
| March 21 | Prof. Patrick Williamson | Amherst College | "Remodeling the Barricade: The mechanism of phospholipid transport" |
| March 28 |
Double featrue: Ben Kaufman, BA/MA |
Taylor and Olson Groups |
"The Synthesis of a FRET-Labeled Probe for the Detection of Lignin Degradation" "What Makes a Queen: Exploring Molecular Mechanisms of Caste Differentiation in Honeybees" |
| April 4 | Kinjal Dave, Grad. | Pratt Group | "Peptidyl thioesters: Substrate or inhibitors of bacterial DD-peptidases?" |
| April 11 | Katie Kaus, Grad | Olson Group | "A look into Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Production." |
| April 18 | Brandon Case, Grad. | Hingorani Group | "Kinetic Investigations of the Initiation of Nucleotide Excision Repair by UvrA." |
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April 25 |
Vivian Deng, Grad. | Mukerji Group | "Stability of DNA Four-Way Junctions and Characterization of Binding to Integration Host Factor." |
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May 2 |
Dr. Kelly Thayer, Ph.D. '04 | Beveridge Group | "Constructing Markov State Models from Molecular Dynamics Simulations." |