Jan 17
1:00 PM CANCELLED
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MC G-9425 (Class of '62 Aud.) |
Phillip Belgrader, Ph.D.
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R&D Manager, Bio-Rad (formerly QuantaLife) |
Development of Next-Gen PCR Technologies |
Feb 20
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Melissa Moore, Ph.D.
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, RNA and Neuro Therapeutics Institutes; Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Assembly and Dynamics of Uber Complex RNPs |
Feb 27
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Oliver Ernst, Ph.D.
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Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto |
Activation of the G Protein Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin: From Femtoseconds to Seconds |
Mar 07
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Thomas Cheatham, III, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah |
Assessing and Validating Simulation Approaches to Model Nucleic Acid Structure and RNA-Ligand Interactions |
Mar 13
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Chuan He, Ph.D.
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Professor, Department of Chemistry; Director, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago |
Reversible DNA and RNA Methylation in Biological Regulation |
Mar 20
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
George Makhatadze, Ph.D.
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Senior Constellation Chaired Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics; Professor, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Modulation of Folding Energy Landscape by Charge-Charge Interactions: Linking Experiments with Computational Modeling |
Mar 27
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Jozef Dulak, Ph.D. D.Sc.
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Professor and Head, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Poland |
The Role of MicroRNAs in Cancer: Cross-Talk with Antioxidant Genes |
Apr 03
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Rachel Green, Ph.D.
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
mRNA Surveillance is Driven by Translation |
Apr 10
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D. Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Cancer Metabolism: Cell Biology and Translational Opportunities |
Apr 17
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Nikolaus Grigorieff, Ph.D.
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University |
Cryo-EM with Movies: Higher Resolution with Optimized Image Contrast |
Apr 24
2:00 PM CANCELLED
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Carlos Simmerling, Ph.D.
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Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook |
Using Computer Simulations to Investigate Dynamic Aspects of Inhibitor Binding and Potency |
May 01
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D.
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Departments of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Department of Chemistry, Yale University |
The Structure and Viral Recognition Mechanisms of Surveillance Protein RIG-I |
May 08
1:00 PM
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MC G-9425 (Class of '62 Aud.) |
Harry Noller, Ph.D.
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Director, Center of Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz |
Structure and Dynamics of the Ribosome |
May 22
2:00 PM CANCELLED
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Carla Finkielstein, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
Circadian Components as Modulators of Cell Cycle Signaling |
May 29
2:00 PM
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MC 3-6408 (K-307) |
Shohei Koide, Ph.D.
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Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago |
Controlling Biology By Protein Design |