Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics co-sponsored by SCBB

Spring 2009

Non-Departmental seminars in non-bold print

 

 Date 

 Speaker-affiliation-title

 Host

Monday 1/12/09 noon

Deborah Kelly- Harvard University-   Department of Cell Biology- New methods for the rapid preparation of macromolecular complexes for cryo-EM

 Lukas Tamm

Monday 1/19/09 noon

Salem Faham-Department of Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA- Crystal structure of SGLT reveals mechanism of Na+/sugar cotransport

 Lukas Tamm

Tuesday 1/20/09 4PM

Alex Wlodawer- Chief of Protein Structure Section in National Cancer Institute- When a protease is not a protease - structural studies of VirA, a Shigella virulence factor

Wladek Minor

Tuesday 1/20/09 4PM Dr. Mariusz Jaskolski- University of Poznan, Poland- Crystallographic models of macromolecules: the limits of
interpretation
Wladek Minor

Thursday 1/22/09 10:30- Pharmacology Jordan Hall Room 5023

Jeffrey Lee- Scripps Research Institute- Crystal structure of the trimeric, prefusion Ebolavirus GP in complex with a neutralizing antibody from a human survivor

 Lukas Tamm

Monday 1/26/09 noon Seok-Yong Lee- The Rockefeller University- Structural and Functional Studies of Voltage- Sensor Proteins  Lukas Tamm
Thursday 1/29/09 10:30- Pharmacology Jordan Hall Room 5023 Saveez Saffarian, Harvard University- High resolution measurements of clathrin coats on the plasma membrane: What does it take to go live?  Lukas Tamm
Monday2/2/09 noon Ned Van Eps, UCLA -  Signal Transduction within Rod Cells: Determining The Molecular Mechanisms of Vision using Site-Directed Spin Labeling  Lukas Tamm

Monday 2/16/09 4PM

 Eugene Koonin - NIH-"What determines the rate of protein evolution?"

Wladek Minor

Thursday 3/5/09  10:30- Pharmacology Jordan Hall Room 5023

Dirk Fasshauer, Max Planck Institute, Gotttingen-  Structural and evolutionary insights into vesicle fusion machinery

 Lukas Tamm
     
     

 

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  John Hackett (jth@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.

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