Biochemistry Seminars

Fridays, 2:30 PM or 4:00 PM, ESLC 046
(full calendar details)

Date

Presenter

Topic/Title

9/26

Brenda Suh

HSP90 Regulates Cell Survival via Inositol hexaphosphate kinase2

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2008) 105:1134-9.

10/3

Ryan Jackson

Mtr4

10/10

Jeremy Bakelar

Transcription Termination and RNA Degradation

Contribute to Silencing of RNA Polymerase II Transcription within Heterochromatin

Molecular Cell, (2008)  Vol 29, 313-323

10/16

Robert Willis

Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin

Nature (2008) 454: 183-188.  doi:10.1038/nature07063

10/24

Brandon Russell

An Inhibitor of FtsZ with Potent and Selective Anti-Staphylococcal Activity David J. Haydon and 18 more authors,
Science, (2008) Vol. 321.
(title changed: 10/20)

10/31

Anna Lytle

In vitro reconstitution of the human RISC-loading complex

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2008) 105: 512–517. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710869105.

11/7

Group & 4890

Karamatullah Dayan as leader

Discussion of paper assigned for Redinbo seminar

Disrupting antibiotic resistance propagation
by inhibiting the conjugative DNA relaxase
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2007) 104: 12282–12287. doi: 10.1073#pnas.0702760104

11/21

Group

Informal discussion

Brad Wahlen as leader

Single-Molecule DNA Sequencing of a Viral Genome

Science (2008) 320: 106 – 109  doi: 10.1126/science.1150427