Biological Chemistry Seminars - Fall 2018
Coordinated by Prof. Colin Smith
Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Hall-Atwater Laboratories 84 - 12:00 p.m. - Mondays
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
September 10 | Prof. Colin Smith | Smith Lab | Seminar Series Introduction |
September 17 | Bakar Hassan | Taylor Lab | Glycodiversification Through Domain Swapping of Glycosyltransferase |
September 27 (Thursday) | Molecular Biophysics Retreat | -- | -- |
October 1 | Prof. Dequan Xiao | University of New Haven | Inhibitor design for the UCHL1 enzyme by integrating computational chemistry and experimental approaches |
October 8 | Elliot Williams | Weir Lab | S12 Pro-64 Hydroxylation, and the 530 Loop of 18S rRNA |
October 15 | Prof. Sarah Maurer | Central Connecticut State University | Formation and characterization of protocells to understand the origins of life |
October 22 | Fall Break | -- | -- |
October 29 | Dacheng Zhao | Etson/Mukerji Labs | Establishing a Single Molecule-FRET System for Studying DNA-Protein Interaction |
November 5 | Prof. Joseph Audie | Sacred Heart University | The development, validation, and application of computational methods for structure-based peptide drug design |
November 19 | Will Barr | Weir Lab | Enhancing mRNA-rRNA complementarity depresses protein translation |
November 26 | Joshua Dudley | Smith Lab | Analysis of Enhanced NMR Peak Fitting Method |
December 3 | Prof. Jillian Smith-Carpenter | Fairfield University | Incorporating Reactivity into Supramolecular Structures |
Biological Chemistry Seminars - Spring 2019
Coordinated by Prof. Alison O'Neil
Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior
Hall-Atwater Laboratories 84 - 12:15 p.m. - Mondays
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
February 4t | Brandon Case | Manju M. Hingorani | Coordinated Actions of UvrA2 During Initiation of Necleotide Excision Repair |
February 11 | Tithi Banerjee | Dr. Donald Oliver | Characterization of the Physiological State of SecA and SecYEG: Key Components of Bacterial Protein Transport Across the Plasma Membrane |
February 18 | Zane Lombardo | Dr. Ishita Mukerji | Mismatch Recognition of Msh2-Msh6: Role of Structure and Dynamics |
February 25 | Angelika Rafalowski | Dr. Erika Taylor | Characterization of Known and Newly Identified Members of Protocatachuate Dioxygenase Superfamily |
March 11 | Spring Break | -- | -- |
March 18 | Spring Break | -- | -- |
April 1 | Sojeong Park | Dr. Colin Smith | Mini Protein Structural Analysis Through NMR Studies |
April 8 | Cody Hecht | Dr. Erika Taylor | Mapping Heptosyltransferase I Dynamics with Pyrene Excimer Flourescense and Tryptophan-Induced Quenching |
April 15 | Ivy Poon | Dr. Colin Smith | Investigating the Structural Change Propagations from Point Mutations in Xylanase A |
April 22 | Jozafina Milicaj | Dr. Erika Taylor | Inhibition of Heptosyltransferase I |
April 29 | Meagan MacDonald | Dr. Colin Smith | XyIA Dynamics in Lignin Binding |