Department of Biochemistry Box 357350 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195
   
 
2007-2008 Seminar and Event Schedule
 
Fall Quarter 2007
Date
Speaker
Title
Host
September 27

Peter Espenshade
Cell Biology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Foege S060, 4-5 pm

Cholesterol Sensing and Adaptation to Hypoxia Brian Kennedy
October 4 Dan Minor
Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Structural Studies of Ion Channel Function and Regulation George Wisedchaisri and Postdoctoral Fellows
October 11 Claire Moore
Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
mRNA Polyadenylation: A Community Approach Gabriele Varani
October 18
Hugh Rosen
Chemical Physiology & Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Chemical Approaches to Finding Signaling Lipid Control Points in Physiology & Pathology Guenter Daum  
October 25 Richard Weinshilboum
Dept. Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Pharmacogenetics-Pharmacogenomics: Science and Translation William Parson  
November 1 Jamie Williamson
Department of Molecular Biology Scripps Research Institute
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Dynamics of Assembly of
the 30S Ribosome
Gabriele Varani
November 8
Robert Stroud
Molecular Structure Group University of California, San Francisco
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
A Two Billion Year Old Tale of Membrane Transport Proteins Tamir Gonen  
November 15 Christina Smolke
Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Foundational Advances in RNA Engineering Applied to Control Biosynthesis and T-cell Proliferation Hannele Ruohola-Baker
November 22 NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING
November 29 Randy Hampton
Division of Biological Science, University of California, San Diego
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Employing Protein Quality Control for Cellular Regulation Rachel Klevit
December 6 Mary Lily
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Coordinating Meiotic Progression and Gametogenesis in the Drosophila Ovary Hannele Ruohola-Baker  
December 13 Graduate Thesis Defense
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
   
December 17-January 4 -- Winter Break
Winter Quarter 2008
Date
Speaker
Title
Host
January 10
Margot Quinlan
Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California – Los Angeles
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Cell Polarity, Oogenesis and the Actin Cytoskeleton: A Tale of Two Actin Nucleators Alex Merz  
January 17 Dave Levens
Chief, Gene Regulation Section Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Regulating the c-myc Promoter (and others) With Single Strands And Supercoils Nancy Maizels
and
Alan Weiner
Tuesday
January 22
Tom Rutkowski (faculty candidate)
University of Michigan Medical School
Foege N130A, 3-4 pm
That which does not kill me makes me stronger: adapting to chronic ER stress Alan Weiner
January 24 Jasper Rine
Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California – Berkeley
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Looking for Good News in the Human Genome Brian Kennedy
January 31 Wes Sundquist
Department of Biochemistry
University of Utah
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
The Biochemistry of HIV Budding Tamir Gonen
Monday
February 4
Rachel Cox (faculty candidate)
Carnegie Institution of Washington
K-069, 2-3 pm
The effects of altered mitochondrial dynamics on development Alan Weiner
February 7
William I. Weis
Structural Biology and
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Regulated SNARE Assembly and Disassembly David Kimelman
February 14 Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Yale University
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Cell Polarity, Cell Morphogenesis and the Cytoskeleton from a Bacterial Standpoint Trisha Davis  
Tuesday
February 19
Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou (faculty candidate)
Harvard Medical School
Foege N130A, 3-4 pm
Activity-dependent Regulation of MeCP2 in Neurons: Insight into the Molecular Basis of Rett Syndrome Alan Weiner
February 21
Jerry Workman
Investigator - Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Protein Complexes that Modify Chromatin for Transcription Ted Young 
February 28 Tom Kunkel
Molecular Genetics National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Division of Labor During Eukaryotic DNA Replication Larry Loeb 
Monday
March 3
Xiaoyong Yang (faculty candidate)
The Salk Institute
Foege N130A, 3-4 pm
Nutrient and Circadian Control of Metabolism Alan Weiner
March 6
Randall Peterson
The Cardiovascular Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Discovering Modifiers of Development and Disease Through Zebrafish Chemical Biology David Kimelman 
Monday
March 10
Yingxi Lin (faculty candidate)
Harvard Medical School
K-069, 2-3 pm
Activity-dependent Regulation of Inhibitory Synapse Development Alan Weiner
March 13
J. Patrick Loria
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Foege S060, 4-5 pm

Biophysical Characterization of Important Enzyme Motions Eric Merkley and Biochemistry Graduate Students
Monday
March 17
Lidia Vasilieva (faculty candidate)
Harvard Medical School
Foege N130A, 3-4 pm
Regulation of gene expression: transcription and RNA degradation Alan Weiner
Wednesday
March 19
Antonina Roll-Mecak (faculty candidate)
UC San Francisco
HST T639, 3-4 pm (new location)
Molecular Dissection of a Microtubule Severing Enzyme Defective in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Alan Weiner
March 24-March 28-- Spring Break
Spring Quarter 2008
Date
Speaker/University
Title
Host
April 3 Yifan Cheng
Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Reconstructing the Endocytotic Machinery by CryoEM Tamir Gonen
April 10
CANCELLED
Sandy Schmid
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis: From Dynamin To Dynamics Alex Merz 
April 17 Tony Pegg
Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
DNA Repair and Damage by Alkyltransferases David Morris  
April 24 David Eisenberg
UCLA
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Structural Studies of the Amyloid State David Baker  
May 1 Dorothee Kern
Brandeis University
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
A hierarchy of space and time in protein dynamics - linkage to catalysis and signaling Rachel Klevit  
May 8 Avram Hershko
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Neurath Lecture:
Ubiquitin-Mediated Protein Degradation
Eddy Fischer,
Earl Davie,
and Alan Weiner
May 15 Sunney Xie
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Gordon Lecture:A Life Changing Decision Made by a Single-Molecule Event: Deciphering a Genetic Switch in a Living Bacterial Cell
Steve Reynolds and Biochemistry Graduate Students
May 22 Cynthia Wolberger
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Regulation by Lysine Modification: Mechanisms of Sir2 Deacetylation and Polyubiquitin Chain Assembly Rachel Klevit  
May 29 Tom Pollard
Molecular, Cellular &
Developmental Biology
Yale University
Foege S060, 4-5 pm
Mechanisms of Cellular Motility and Cytokinesis Trisha Davis
June 5 Graduate Thesis Defense
Foege S060, 4-5 pm