University of Iowa
Department of Biochemistry
4-403 BSB
Iowa City, IA 52242-1109 USA phone: 877-846-8569
or 319-335-7932
fax: (319) 335-9570
biochem@uiowa.edu

Department of Biochemistry

Every semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Please check the schedule below for date and location of the seminar. All seminars are held at 10:30 AM unless otherwise noted. All are encouraged to attend.

SEMINARS

2009-2010
Date	Location	Visitor	Title	Host
8/27/09	2117 MERF	David Roman Med. & Nat. Prod. Chem., College of Pharmacy University of Iowa	Targeting Regulator of G Protein Signaling (RGS) Proteins: HTS and Mechanisms	C. Brenner
9/3/09	2117 MERF	Gaya Amarasinghe Iowa State University	Role of Ebola VP35 in Innate Immune Evasion	E. Fuentes
9/10/09	2117 MERF	Ting Xie Stowers Institute, Kansas City	Stem Cells: Niche, Competition, Aging and Application	P. Geyer
9/17/09	2189 MERF	Amnon Kohen Dept. Chemistry, University of Iowa	Enzyme catalysis: From organic mechanisms to physical studies	C. Brenner
9/24/09	2189 MERF	Jim Kranz Johnson & Johnson	Protease Inhibitors in Drug Discovery: Using Biophysics and Enzymology to Elucidate and Mimic the Behavior of Complex Biological Systems	E. Fuentes
10/1/09	2117 MERF	Jack Tanner University of Missouri	Structural Evidence for Substrate Channeling in the Bifunctional Proline Utilization A (PutA) Flavoenzyme	A. Elcock
10/8/09	2117 MERF	Yoshitomo Hamuro ExSAR Corporation	Hydrogen/Deuterium (H/D) Exchange Mass Spectrometry for Protein Dynamics, Protein-Ligand Interactions and Protein-Protein Interactions	E. Fuentes
10/15/09	2117 MERF	Jason Brickner Northwestern University	DNA zip codes control gene localization and transcriptional memory	C. Brenner
10/22/09	2117 MERF
10/29/09	2117 MERF	Michael Culbertson University of Wisconsin	A tale of two helicases	P. Nagy
11/5/09	2117 MERF	HENRY BULL LECTURE Tim Lohman Washington University, St. Louis	SF1 Helicases and Translocases: Mechanisms and Regulation	A. Elcock
11/12/09	2189 MERF	Blaine Bartholomew Southern Illinois University	Regulation of the epigenome; structure and function of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes	L. Wallrath
11/19/09	2117 MERF	Matthew Lord University of Vermont	Specification of fission yeast actomyosin structures by tropomyosin	P. Rubenstein
11/20/09 1:00 PM	2117 MERF	PhD Dissertation Presentation Ema Stokasimov, Rubenstein lab	Allosteric propagation within the actin molecule probed by HD exchange and mass spectrometry
11/23/09 2:00 PM	Spivey Aud. (Aud. 2) BSB	PhD Dissertation Presentation Susan O'Donnell, Shea lab	Recognition of Calcineurin by the Domains of Calmodulin: Structural and Thermodynamic Determinants
2/25/10 4:00 PM	tba	VESTLING LECTURE/ CCOM DISTINGUISHED BIOMEDICAL SCHOLAR LECTURE David Allis Rockefeller University		C. Brenner
3/4/10	2117 MERF	Ray Mattingly Wayne State		K. DeMali
3/11/10	2117 MERF	Mike Stallcup University of Southern California		P. Rubenstein
3/18/10 SPRING BREAK WEEK	2117 MERF	Eckhard Jankowsky Case Western		P. Nagy
3/25/10	2117 MERF	Andrew Aplin Kimmel Cancer Center		K. DeMali
4/1/10	2117 MERF	Mike Levine UC Berkeley		D. Price
4/8/10	2117 MERF	Al Reynolds Vanderbilt [co-sponsored with Mol. & Cell. Biology]		K. DeMali
4/22/10	2117 MERF	Allan Spradling Carnegie Inst. of Washington		P. Geyer
4/29/10	Watzke Aud. (Aud. 3), BSB	Trisha Davis Univ. Washington, Seattle		P. Rubenstein
5/6/10	2117 MERF	Kimberley Tolias Baylor College of Medicine		E. Fuentes

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