BBMB Seminar Series

Thursdays at 4:10 pm (unless otherwise noted) in 1414 Molecular Biology Building.
Coffee and refreshments served in the Atrium, Molecular Biology Building at 3:45 pm

Spring 2009

January 8
Dana Morrone
Iowa State University
“Investigating class I cytochrome P450 enzymes of diterpenoid biosynthesis: A mechanistic perspective”

January 15
Clark Coffman
Iowa State University
“Life and death decision during germ cell development in drosophila"

January 22
Young-Jin Lee
Iowa State University
“Mass spectrometry based plant proteomics: Application to pumpkin phloem”

January 29
Bing Yang
Iowa State University
“Transcriptional activation of host genes by bacterial effector proteins in rice blight"

February 5
Georg Jander
Cornell University
"The role of 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate in plant defense: New tricks for an old molecule"

February 12
Andrew Severin
Iowa State University
“Proline isomerization preorganizes Itk SH2 for a non-classical interaction”

February 19
Zev Gartner
University of California, San Francisco
“Synthesizing” tissues
February 26
Heather Greenlee
Iowa State University
“Yes we can: The development of strategies and tools for bench-biologists to effectively leverage high-throughput data”

March 5
Wei Zhao
Iowa State University
“Mammary epithelial cells and the mammary gland: role of the innate immune response in mycoplasma infection and parity protection against cancer”

March 12
Ernesto J. Fuentes
University of Iowa
“Distinct PDZ domain function in Tiam-family guanine exchange factor proteins”

March 19
Spring Break – no seminar

March 26
Ken Neet
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
“Engineering nerve growth factor for a better tomorrow”

April 2
John Manak
University of Iowa
“Microarray-based integrative genomics: From genome annotation to mapping mutations to genes”

April 9
Ed Cahoon
University of Nebraska
“Unraveling the enigmatic nature of sphingolipids in plants”

April 16
Danny Schnell
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
“Protein trafficking and membrane biogenesis in chloroplasts”

April 23
Kiersten Henderson
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
“Characterizing replicative age-associated changes in s. cerevisiae”

April 30
Curtis Suttle
University of British Columbia
“Metagenomics reveals a major role of marine viruses on the global carbon cycle”

May 7
Rob Last
Michigan State University
“Matrix genetics: Large scale functional analysis of Arabidopsis chloroplast proteins”

Fall 2008

September 11

Tracie Bierwagen
Iowa State University
"Starch synthesis in maize and arabidopsis"
Abstract

September 18
Mark Young
Montana State University
"Viruses and other protein cage architectures as biotemplates for materials synthesis:  Fundamental insights and practical applications"
Abstract

October 2
John "Sandy" Parkinson
University of Utah
"Bacterial chemotaxis: Dissecting the three-protein brain of E. coli"
More

October 9
Alice Harmon
University of Florida
"Substrates of CDPKs in Arabidopsis and Soybean"
Abstract

October 16
Christopher Tuggle
Iowa State University
"Host transcriptomic response to salmonella"

October 22
Sepideh Khorasanizadeh
"Functions of Chromodomains in Epigenetic Regulations"

October 23
Dan Purich
"Actoclampin Molecular Motors: Discovering How Cells Crawl"

October 30
Hermann Steller

November 6
Alan DiSpirito
Iowa State University
"Developments in methanobacer biochemistry"

November 12 (Wednesday)
Joe Lipsick
Stanford University
"Adverserial Epigenetic Regulation by the Drosophila Myb Oncoprotein and the E2F2-RBF Tumor Suppressor"

November 20
Milt Allison
NADC
"Discovery of oxalate-degrading gut bacteria and their application to prevent kidney stones"

November 27
Thanksgiving – no seminar

December 4
Mark Ackerman
Iowa State University
"Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on innate immunity of perinatal lung and susceptibility to respiratory syncytial virus"

December 11
Kanwarpal Dhugga
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
"Biochemical approaches to improve performance and end value of maize plant"