Biochemistry Seminars

Fall Semester 2007 (printable)

Fridays, 2:30 PM, ESLC 046

DATE
SPEAKER
Type/TITLE
Aug. 31 Organizational meeting/sullabus
Sept. 7 Sign-up and seminar topic due
Sept. 14 Whitney Wooderchak Current Research Protein Arginine Methyltransferase I – substrate specificity and mechanistic insights
Sept. 21 Gabe Velasquez Literature Review Initial transcription by RNA polymerase proceeds through a DNA-scrunching mechanism
Sept. 28 Ryan Jackson
Literature Review Replication Origin Recognition by an ORC Protein
Oct. 5 Jared Hardman
Literature Review
Characterization of a Triple DNA Polymerase Replisome
Oct. 12

3:30 PM

 Group meets with Chem 4890 Discussion of papers assigned for Parker seminar(paper to be determined)
Oct. 19
Fall Break
Oct. 26 Group Parker seminar discussion/Journal club “High-throughput fluorescent-based optimization of eukaryotic membrane protein overexpression and purification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Newstead, et al & Drew (2007) PNAS 104:13936-13941
Nov. 2 Dariusz Sliwa Current Research The Stereoselectivity and Catalytic Properties of X. autotrophicus R- and S-hydroxypropyl CoM dehydrogenases
Nov. 9

3:30 MP

 Group meets with Chem 4890 Discussion of paper assigned for DeRose seminar“Coordination Environment of a Site-Bound Metal Ion in the Hammerhead Ribozyme Determined by 15N and 2H ESEEM Spectroscopy” Vogt, et al & DeRose (2006) JACS  128: 16764-16770
Nov. 16 Group DeRose seminar discussion/Journal club “The design and characterization of two proteins with 88% sequence identity but different structure and function” Alexander, et al & Bryan (2007) PNAS 104:11963-11968
Nov. 30 Laurel Gui
Literature Review
Adaptive Mutations in Bacteria:  High Rate and Small Effects
Dec. 7 Brenda Suh Current Research Investigating the Role of the Human Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 6 (PRMT6) N-terminal Tail and its Involvement in Determining Sub-cellular Localization and Substrate Processing

Spring Semester 2007