The Molecular Biology Institute presents the
MBI THURSDAY SEMINAR SERIES
Fall Quarter 2009, Thursdays   4:00 PM   159/173 BOYER HALL


Sep 24*SPECIAL SEMINAR*
Juli Feigon, Ph.D.
   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA; Member, Molecular Biology Institute
"A Tail of Two Pseudoknots: Structure and Dynamics of
Telomerase and Riboswitch RNA "
Host: Richard Dickerson, x55864
 
Oct 1NO MBI THURSDAY SEMINAR TODAY
SERIES RESUMES NEXT WEEK ON OCT 8, 2009
  
 
Oct 8Stacey Harmer, Ph.D.    Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis
"Timing is Everything: the Plant Clock and its Outputs"
Host: Elaine Tobin, x57700
 
Oct 15R. Scott Hawley, Ph.D.    Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
"The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis"
Host: MBIDP Graduate Students, e-mail:KTurlo@UCLA.edu
 
Oct 22Xiang-Dong Fu, Ph.D.    Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego
"Reprogramming the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer"
Host: Xinshu (Grace) Xiao, x66522
 
Oct 29Hal Dietz, M.D.    Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
"Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders: From Molecules to Medicines"
Host: Steve Young, x54934
 
Nov 5Ruslan Aphasizhev, Ph.D.    Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UC Irvine School of Medicine
"RNA Processing in Trypanosome Mitochondria"
Host: Larry Simpson, x54215
 
Nov 12John Yates, III, Ph.D.    Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
"Driving Biological Discovery Using Quantitative Proteomics"
Host: Jing Huang, x54329 and James Wohlschlegel, x47955
 
Nov 19Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D.    Departments of Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology and Genetics,
Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
"The Ciliopathies: Modeling Human Genetic Disease Architecture"
Host: Kent Hill, x70546
 
Dec 3John L. Spudich, Ph.D.    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Houston
"Microbial Rhodopsins: Receptors, Channels, and Pumps from a Single Design"
James Bowie, x64747
 
Dec 10James Berger, Ph.D.    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley
"Catching a Motor in the Act: Molecular Basis for Hexameric
Helicase Translocation and Polarity"
Host: Reid Johnson, x57800