Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics co-sponsored by SCBB
Spring 2008
Non-Departmental seminars in non-bold print
| Wednesday, 1/16/08 | Dusan Turk- Jozef Stefan Institute Ljubljana, Slovenia- Inhibitory fragment from the p41 form of invariant chain can regulate activity of cysteine cathepsins in antigen presentation | Wladek Minor |
| Friday, 1/25/08 Thesis Defense 1PM-Center for Cell Signaling Conference Room, Hospital West, Multi Story Bldg., Rm 7202 | Julia Dorfman- University of Virginia, Interdisciplinary Program in Biophysics- "Nuclear Transport and Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor LKB1" | Ian Macara |
| Monday, 1/28/08 | Kevin Pfister- UVA Cell Biology- The assembly and function of the dynein complex | Howard Kutchai |
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Friday, 2/8/08 12:30PM Jordan Hall Room 1-5 |
Distinguished Lecturer- Karel Svoboda, HHMI, Janelia Farm- Imaging synaptic function and plasticity | Howard Kutchai |
| Monday, 2/11/08 | Hong Pei, UVA-Endocrinology and Metabolism- A two part seminar: 1) 12/15-Lipoxygenase mediates neointimal formation in response to vascular injury 2) Animal models provided by Mouse Surgery, Transplantation and Physiology Core | Gary Owens |
| 2/25/08 | Linda Columbus, UVA-Department of Chemistry- Detergent - Protein Interactions from a Structural Biology Perspective | Howard Kutchai |
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Thursday, 3/13/08 Thesis Defense 3PM |
Valeria Vásquez, The University of Chicago- "Structural Rearrangements of MscS During Activation Gating" | Eduardo Perozo & Robert Nakamoto |
| Friday, 3/14/08 Thesis Defense 1:30PM | Julio F. Cordero-Morales, University of Chicago- "Molecular Determinants of Gating at the Potassium Channel Selectivity Filter" | Eduardo Perozo & Robert Nakamoto |
| Monday, 3/24/08 | Ahmed Heikal- Pennsylvania State University- Fluorescence Dynamics Imaging of Biomembranes: IgE-Receptor Signaling in RBL Mast Cells | Howard Kutchai |
| Monday, 3/31/08 | James Sacchettini- Texas A&M University- TB structural genomics and drug discovery, attacking microbial persistence and drug resistance | Howard Kutchai |
| Tuesday, 4/1/08- 12:15 PM, refreshments at 12:00 PM | Brad Bennett- Case Western Reserve University- "Enzyme mechanism, inhibition and dynamics as studied by high resolution crystallography" | Mark Yeager |
| Tuesday, 4/1/08- 4:00 PM, refreshments at 3:45 PM | Janusz M. Bujnicki-International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering- "Protein structure prediction, modeling, and model assessment." | Wladek Minor |
| Monday 4/14/08 | Gianluig Veglia- University of Minnesota- Hybrid solution and solid-state NMR methods to determine the structure of membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes | Lukas Tamm |
| 4/21/08 | Gail Fanucci- Universitity of Florida- Conformational Dynamics and Flap Mobility in HIV-1 Protease: An SDSL Investigation | David Cafiso |
| 4/25/08 | Jim Wells, Distinguished lecturer-University of California, San Francisco- "Understanding and modulating cell death" | Zygmunt Derewenda co-Sponsored by Biotechnology Training Program |
| 5/5/08 | William Wemley, Tulane University- Discovering membrane-active, antimicrobial peptides by rational combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening | Lukas Tamm, Michael Wiener |
| Tuesday, 5/20/08 | Brian Sutton- Professor of Molecular Biophysics in King's College London- IgE-receptor interactions as targets for therapeutic intervention in allergic disease. | Wladek Minor |
| Monday, 5/26/08 4PM | Pawel Penczek- UT Houston Med. School- Molecules in motion - towards 4D cryo-EM | Ed Egelman |
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Friday, 5/30/08 1PM
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Jie Wen, UVA- Thesis Defense- Decreased BRCA1 Levels Confer Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells | Margaret A. Shupnik |
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Monday, 7/28/08 1PM The Rotunda, Lower West Oval Room |
Demetra Perlegas- University of Virginia- Thesis Defense- "The Homeodomain Transcription Factor Meox1 Contributes to Early Stages of Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells" | Gary Owens |
| Thursday, 7/31/08 10AM | Joanne Baylis Scanlon- University of Virginia- Thesis Defense- "Investigating the Rotational Catalytic Mechanism of the F1-ATPase" | Robert Nakamoto |
| Thursday, 7/31/08 | Kim Mitchell- University of Virginia- Thesis Defense- | Gabor Szabo |
DIRECTIONS FOR INVITING SPEAKERS
Follow these directions if you wish to invite a seminar speaker. Remember that you as host have the major responsibility of arranging the professional and social schedule for your guest.
1. Check current "OPEN" seminar dates.
2. Tentatively arrange a date with the speaker. Tell speaker he/she will be receiving a letter from the Seminar Director containing details regarding travel and overnight accommodations. The host should obtain the following information from the speaker at this time:
1.Speaker's full name and Institution.
2 Title of seminar
3.Complete mailing address, email, telephone and FAX numbers.
4.Internet "URL" address for the speaker so we can link to his/her homepage.
5.One or two relevant references to place at the bottom of the seminar announcement.
3. Send email to Howard Kutchai (hck4p@virginia.edu) containing the above information, and ask for confirmation of the seminar date.
4. Confirm date with speaker.
5. The host is responsible for taking care of the speaker during the visit, including meeting schedule and meals. The host is also responsible for obtaining the correct forms if the speaker is to be reimbursed with an honorarium. An I-9 and an honorarium form are available from the front office (Jordan 4-7). Be aware that payments to foreign nationals have a very strict set of rules and requirements, so please talk to us in advance.
29 event(s) listed for the time period (01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008)
Friday, January 18, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Inhibitory fragment from the p41 form of invariant chain can regulate activity of cysteine cathepsins in antigen presentation [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics] 
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Monday, January 28, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| "The assembly and function of the dynein complex" [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Friday, February 8, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Lecturer- Imaging synaptic function and plasticity [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Friday, February 8, 2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Distinquished Lecture [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Monday, February 11, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2parts- 1) 12/15-Lipoxygenase mediates neointimal formation in response to vascular injury 2) Animal models provided by Mouse Surgery, Transplantation and Physiology Core [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Monday, February 25, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Detergent - Protein Interactions from a Structural Biology Perspective [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Defense- “Nuclear Transport and Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor LKB1” [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Defense-Structural rearrangements of MscS during activation gating [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Friday, March 14, 2008 9:00 am - 10:00 am
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis defense- Molecular Determinants of Gating at the Potassium Channel Selectivity Filter [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Monday, March 24, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorescence Dynamics Imaging of Biomembranes: IgE-Receptor Signaling in RBL Mast Cells [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Monday, March 31, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| TB structural genomics and drug discovery, attacking microbial persistence and drug resistance [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Monday, April 14, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Hybrid solution and solid-state NMR methods to determine the structure of membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall (4-25) |
Monday, April 21, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| "Conformational Dynamics and Flap Mobility in HIV-1 Protease: An SDSL Investigation" [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Friday, April 25, 2008 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| "Understanding and modulating cell death" [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| IgE-receptor interactions as targets for therapeutic intervention in allergic disease. [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Decreased BRCA1 Levels Confer Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Monday, September 29, 2008 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Building the minimal fusion machinery from scratch: Insights into SNARE mediated membrane fusion from a supported membrane assay [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan hall, Room 4-25) |
Thursday, October 9, 2008 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail Flower - Thesis Defense- An Investigation of Decelerations in the Neonatal Heart Rate [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 6006) |
Monday, October 20, 2008 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| David Giedroc- Metal Sensing Transcriptional Regulators from Pathogenic Bacteria: Structure and Mechanism [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Friday, October 24, 2008 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Defense- David Shultis- UVA- TonB Dependent Transport [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Monday, October 27, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Binyong Liang- Structures and Dynamics of Outer Membrane Proteins A and G by Solution NMR [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Beams Lecture- Richard Lerner- New Immunochemistry [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | Jordan Hall |
Monday, November 3, 2008 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan Sutton- Inferring the function of synaptotagmin from structure [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tetsufumi Ueda -Synaptic Transmission and Glucose Metabolism: Role of Glycolytic ATP-generating Enzymes in Neurotransmitter Accumulation in Synaptic Vesicles [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Rm 4-25) |
Monday, December 1, 2008 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Ching-Ling Teng- UVA- Psychology-Plasticity of Auditory Cortex [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics] |
Seminar | !Other (Jordan hall, Room 4-25) |
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Victor Laubach- Mechanisms of Pulmonary Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Thursday, December 4, 2008 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Shin-Kai Lin- The structural and functional role of the gamma-epsilon rotor in Escherichia coli FOF1 ATP synthase [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics] |
Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Xuelin Lou- Understanding the dynamic control of synaptic vesicles at a large, central synapse [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
| Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
|---|---|---|
| Jochen Zimmer- Structural basis for SecA mediated protein translocation [Sponsor:Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,Structural, Computational Biology and Biophysics]
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Seminar | !Other (Jordan Hall, Room 4-25) |
