Biological Chemistry Seminars - Fall 2021
Coordinated by Professor Erika Taylor
Professor of Chemistry
Seminars held on Mondays at 12 PM in HA 84
unless otherwise stated
CHEM587 / MB&B587
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Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
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Sept. 13 |
Bakar Hassan |
Taylor Lab, Wesleyan University |
New Insights Into the Dynamics and Inhibition of Heptosyltransferase I Through Molecular Dynamic Simulations |
|
Sept. 20 |
Jay Kim |
Holmes Lab, Wesleyan University |
Demonstrating a Role for Histone H2A.Z in DNA Double Strand Break Repair and Chromosome Stability |
| Sept. 27 |
Simon Van Deursen |
O'Neil Lab, Wesleyan University |
The Impact of the C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion Mutation on hiPSC-derived Astrocytes and Their Role in ALS Pathology |
| Oct. 4 | Clorice Reinhardt | Hammes-Schiffer Lab, Yale University |
Conformational Influences on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions in Ribonucleotide Reductase |
| Oct. 13 | Molecular Biophysics Retreat | ||
| Oct. 18 | Oliver Cho | Smith Lab, Wesleyan University |
Modifying Miniprotein EHEE_rd2_0005 to Adopt a Single Conformational State |
| Nov. 1 | Josh Dudley | Smith Lab, Wesleyan University |
Heating Enhanced Structural Heterogeneity in a Computationally Designed Miniprotein |
| Nov. 8 | Brynn Assignon | Taylor Lab, Wesleyan University | Taylored Enzymes: Creating Chimeric Protein Libraries for Glycodiversification Through Domain Swapping; And GtfB Characterization Through CD Spectroscopy |
| Nov. 15 | Mikayla Mclaughlin | O'Neil Lab, Wesleyan University |
Investigation of SOD1 Local Cellular Environment and Ubiquitin Substrates in ALS Models |
| Nov. 22 | Justin Nguyen | Smith Lab, Wesleyan University | Optimization of mini-Fluorescence Activating Protein (mFAP) Brightness with GFP-mimetic chromophore DFHBI |
Biological Chemistry Seminars - Spring 2022
Coordinated by Dr. Colin Smith, Professor of Chemistry
Seminars held on Mondays at 12 PM in HA 84
unless otherwise stated
CHEM588 / MB&B588
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Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
| January 31 | Angelika Rafalowski | Taylor Lab | Expansion and Characterization of the PCAD-Memo Superfamily |
| February 7 | Alex Hinbest | Olson Lab | Characterizing protein-sugar interactions between Biofilm Associated Protein 1 (Bap1) and vibrio polysaccharide (VPS) |
| February 14 | Cat McCann | Padilla-Benavides Lab | Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2B1 both regulates and is regulated by copper status in cells |
| February 21 | Abhilash Jayaraj | Thayer Lab | Understanding post-replicative mismatch recognition in MutS using molecular dynamics |
| February 28 | Dylan Abramson | Thayer Lab | Deep Learning for Protein Sciences: Conformation Exploration and Drug-Target Affinity Evaluation |
| March 7 | Rajuna Weerasekera | Olson Lab | Exploring the mucin binding ability of RbmCM1M2 from Vibrio cholerae |
| March 21 | Theodore Sternlieb | Thayer Lab | Deep Reinnforcment Learning for Novel Drug Discovery |
| March 28 | Meagan MacDonald | Smith Lab | Effects of double mutation on Xylanase A substrate specificity and dynamics |
| April 4 | Eric Zanderigo | O'Neil Lab | Analysis of the Oligomeric Assembly and Propagation of Toxic Misfolded SOD1 Species in ALS |
| April 11 | Annika Velez | Calter Lab | Progress toward a directed synthesis of rocaglamide analogs |
| April 18 | Kat Blejec | Smith Lab | Elucidating the Allosteric Mechanisms of Increased Signaling Activity Through Mutation of Unregulated H-Ras |
| April 25 | Nick Wells | Smith Lab | Prediction of allosterically acting mutations using MD simulations and Rosetta |
| May 2 | Zane Lombardo | Mukerji Lab | Recombination Intermediate Recognition by the Mismatch Repair Protein scMsh2-Msh6: Role of Structure and Dynamics |