The Molecular Biology Department’s seminar program is one of the very best on campus.
We make a strong effort to bring in visiting scientists who can provide a entertaining,
enlightening, and current research report on an important area of molecular biology.
Shown below is a listing of the current semester’s seminar speakers. Note that departmental
seminars during Fall 2008 semester will start at 2:10 pm. in room 103 of the Animal
Science/Molecular Biology building.
Date
Speaker & Affiliation
Seminar Title
Host
8/29/08
Don Jarvis
Univ. of Wyoming
Introduction to MOLB Seminar
Jarvis
9/5/08
Bert Semler
Univ. of California-Irvine
Virus meets host: mechanistic intersections between picornavirus translation and
RNA replication
Jarvis
9/12/08
Greg Petsko
Brandeis Univ.
Structural Neurology: A New Approach To Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Neurodegenerative
Diseases
Geisler
9/26/08
Jeff Thorne
North Carolina State
Using interspecific sequence data to make population genetic inferences about the
impact of phenotype on genotype
Liberles
10/3/08
Jim Davie
Canadian Cancer Ctr-Manitoba
Role of histone H3 and histone deacetylase 2 phosphorylation in gene expression
Zlatanova
10/10/08
Jim Childress
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara
A comparison of the functioning of diverse hydrothermal vent symbioses.
Ward with Zoo/Phys
10/17/08
Richard Baltz
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Lipopeptide Antibiotics Related to Daptomycin
Wall
10/24/08
John Burand
Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst
Evolution of sexually transmitted insect virus
Jarvis
10/31/08
Roberto Bogomolni
Univ. of California-Santa Cruz
The LOV domain, a light-driven molecular switch
Gomelsky
11/7/08
Suzannah Rutherford
Univ. of Washington
Genetic architecture of cryptic variation in signal transduction
Liberles
11/14/08
Herbert Schweizer
Colorado State Univ.
Molecular genetic approaches to define efflux pump function in the biodefense agent
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Wall
11/21/08
Wendy Hanna-Rose
Pennsylvania State University
Making worms take their vitamins: Vitamin B3 metabolism and NAD+ salvage impact reproductive
development and function in C. elegans
Fay
11/28/08
NONE
NONE
HOLIDAY
12/5/08
Cheryl Hayashi
Univ. of California-Riverside
The biodiversity of spiders and spider silks
Adrianos
