Major: Plant Biology 

Major Professor: Dr. Basil Nikolau

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Read more about Elizabeth Chatt - ISU Interdepartmental Plant Biology Major - Ph.D. Defense

Chaired Constellation Professor of Biology and Chemistry - Rensselaer Polytechnic

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Host: Julien Roche

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"Quantitative Mapping of Proteins in Live Cells Using Advanced Microscopy" Read more about Catherine Royer Seminar

College of Biological Sciences – BioTechnology Institute

University of Minnesota

"Exquisite Molecular Specificity: the Importance of a Short Hydrogen Bond in Bacterial Phosphate Transport"  Read more about Mikael Elias - Structural Biology Seminar

Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

"Compartment-Specific Acetyl-CoA and Acyl-Carrier Protein Metabolism in Arabidopsis" Read more about Xinyu Fu - ISU Interdepartmental Plant Biology Major, 2019 Spring Seminar Series (PLBIO 696)

Department of Biophysics - Johns Hopkins University

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Host: Julien Roche

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"Ionizable Residues in Hydrophobic Environments in Proteins:  Unusual, Unstable, Unpredictable, Essential" Read more about Bertrand Garcia-Moreno Seminar

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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Host:  Walter Moss

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"Signal-Responsive RNA Processing in the Human Immune System: A Story of CELF Control" Read more about Kristen Lynch Seminar

Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

"Integrated ‘Omics’ Characterization of Conserved Nectar Production Mechanisms Using Floral and Extrafloral Eudicot Nectaries" Read more about Elizabeth Chatt - ISU Interdepartmental Plant Biology Major, 2019 Spring Seminar Series (PLBIO 696)

Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

"Soybean lipidome response to soybean aphid infestation" Read more about Gustavo MacIntosh - ISU Interdepartmental Plant Biology Major, 2019 Spring Seminar Series (PLBIO 696)

Sponsors:  The Labs of Stone Chen, Walter Moss, Julien Roche, Eric Underbakke and Olga Zabotina

"Coupling of Lipid Merger and Content Release with Dual Dye Single Molecule Imaging"

ALL ARE WELCOME! Read more about Brenden Hawk - Work-in-Progress Seminar

McCormick School of Engineering - Northwestern University

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Host:  Dipali Sashital

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"Towards an Era of RNA Design for Biology, Biomanufacturing and Health" Read more about Julius Lucks Seminar

Department of Biochemistry - Weill Cornell Medical College

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Host:  Eric Underbakke

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"Flipping Lipids Across Membranes" Read more about Anant Menon Seminar

Complex Carbohydrate Research Center - University of Georgia

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Host:  Olga Zabotina

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"Hemicellulose Biosynthesis:  From Genes to Function" Read more about Breeanna Urbanowicz Seminar

Department of Animal Science - Iowa State University

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Host:  Don Beitz

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“New Perspectives on Regulation by a Metabolite of Vitamin D” Read more about Carmen Reynolds Seminar

Department of Chemistry - Iowa State University

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Host:  Eric Underbakke

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"Molecular Excited States and Interactions between Proteins and Small Molecules"

Our research program aims to develop tools to interrogate, understand and manipulate the interactions that occur between (bio)macromolecules. Read more about CANCELLED: Brett Van Veller Seminar

Department of Animal Science - Iowa State University

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Host:  Kristen Johansen

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“Ovarian Impacts of Chronic Exposure to the Herbicide Glyphosate” Read more about Aileen Keating Seminar

Sponsors:  The Labs of Stone Chen, Walter Moss, Julien Roche, Eric Underbakke and Olga Zabotina

"Activation of the WAVE Complex by Two Distinct GTPases" 

ALL ARE WELCOME! Read more about Sheng Yang - Work-in-Progress Seminar

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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Hosts:  Vincenzo Venditti and Adam Barb

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“Structure, Conformational Dynamics and Hydration of RNA and DNA from Wide-angle X-ray Scattering, NMR, and Computation” Read more about Alexander Grishaev Seminar

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Iowa State University

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Host:  Kristen Johansen

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"Mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas Systems: From Adaptive Immunity to Biotechnology" Read more about Dipali Sashital Seminar

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Conservation Science Laboratory

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Host:  Guru Rao

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"Solving Art Mysteries through Chemistry" Read more about Gregory Smith Seminar

Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - University of Montreal 

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Host:  Jorgen Johansen

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"Cell cycle regulation by the Greatwall-PP2A axis in Drosophila" Read more about Vincent Archambault Seminar

Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Host:  Olga Zabotina

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"Analysis of the Roles of CSLD Proteins During Polarized Plant Cell Wall Deposition in Arabidopsis" Read more about Erik Nielsen Seminar

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - University of Pittsburgh

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Host:  Lauren Kueffer

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“HIV-1 Nef: Biological Probe of Host Cell Kinase Regulation and Drug Target for HIV/AIDS” Read more about Thomas Smithgall Seminar

College of Pharmacy - University of New Mexico

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Host:  Eric Underbakke

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"Deciphering Conformational Control of NO Synthases by an Integrated Approach" Read more about Changjian Feng Seminar

Sponsors:  The Labs of Stone Chen, Walter Moss, Julien Roche, Eric Underbakke and Olga Zabotina

"Folding and Oliomerization Mechanisms of Transthyretin and its Implication for Amyloid Formation" 

ALL ARE WELCOME! Read more about Julien Roche - Work-in-Progress Seminar

Read more about Reiman Garden Events

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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Host:  Julien Roche

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"Protein Dynamics, Entropy and Function" Read more about Joshua Wand Seminar

Sponsors:  The Labs of Stone Chen, Walter Moss, Julien Roche, Eric Underbakke and Olga Zabotina

"Mechanism and Architecture of Postsynaptic Density Signaling Complexes" 

ALL ARE WELCOME! Read more about Quinlin Hanson - Work-in-Progress Seminar

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Iowa State University

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Host:  Olga Zabotina

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"Structure and Function of the Xyloglucan Xylosyltransferases" Read more about Alan Culbertson Seminar

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Iowa State University

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Host:  Michael Shogren-Knaak

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"Effects of a Transcriptional Activator on SAGA Histone Acetyltransferase Activity" Read more about Sannie Culbertson Seminar

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Iowa State University

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Host:  Adam Barb

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"Elucidating How N-glycosylation Impacts Immunoglobulin G Fc Structure and Receptor Binding" Read more about Daniel Falconer Seminar

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Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics - University of Virginia

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Host:  Olga Zabotina

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"Mechanisms of Cellulose Biosynthesis in Bacteria and Plants'" Read more about Jochen Zimmer Seminar

Department of Physics and Astronomy - Iowa State University

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Host:  Kristen Johansen

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"Biophysics of Cell Adhesion:  How Cells Sense and Respond to Force" Read more about Sanjeevi Sivasankar Seminar

Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology – Iowa State University

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Host:  Kristen Johansen

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"Mechanisms of Cardiac Aging: A Tale of Two mTOR Complexes" Read more about Hua Bai Seminar

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Arizona

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Host:  Walter Moss

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"Dropping the Liquid:  RNA-Binding Proteins and their Functional Droplets" Read more about Jacob Schwartz Seminar

Department of Biomedical Sciences - Iowa State University

Host:  Marit Nilsen-Hamilton

"A Novel Approach to Correct Splicing Defects in Humans" Read more about Ravindra Singh Seminar

Read more about John Marino Seminar

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Iowa State University
Host: Dipali Sashital

"Real-time Observation of Target Search by the CRISPR Surveillance Complex Cascade" Read more about Chaoyou Xue Seminar

Department of Biochemistry - University of Iowa
Host: Dipali Sashital

“Interrupting Double Negative Feedback Loops to increase Glucocorticoid Potency in Leukemia Treatment” Read more about Miles Pufall Seminar

Swanland Endowed Chair - University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign
Host: Stone Chen

"Revealing the Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins Through Nanotechnology" Read more about Steve Sligar Seminar

Sponsors: The Labs of Stone Chen, Walter Moss, Julien Roche and Olga Zabotina

"Interaction between a-Synuclein and VAMP2 promotes SNARE-dependent vesicles docking and fusion"

ALL ARE WELCOME! Read more about Brenden Hawk - Work-in-Progress Seminar

The eighth annual CALS United Way book sale is scheduled for Thursday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ground floor rotunda of Curtiss Hall and the Molecular Biology Building Atrium. Books and CDs will be sold for $1 each (or six for $5), and DVDs will be sold for $2 each. On Friday, September 29, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the remaining items will be sold at the Curtiss Hall rotunda location for a free will donation. All proceeds will go to the 2017 ISU United Way Campaign. Read more about CALS United Way Book Sale

Biology Department - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Host: Walter Moss

"RNA Structure and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Protein Expression" Read more about Alain Laederach Seminar

Iowa State University (ISU) has been named a National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps site (NSF I-Corps). As one of the newest NSF I-Corps sites in the country, the goal of ISU is to build and maintain a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in faculty, students and research staff. Read more about NSF I-Corps Informational Session