Department of Molecular Biology
College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources
Departmental Seminars
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 Spring 2009 semester will start at 2:10 pm. in room 13 of the Animal
Science/Molecular Biology building.
Molecular Biology Spring 2009 SEMINARS
Date
Speaker & Affiliation
Seminar Title
Host
1/16/09
Jeffrey Wilusz
Colorado State University.
The cellular RNA decay machinery: How do viruses overcome this hurdle to a productive
infection?
Jarvis
1/23/09
Norm Pace
University of Colorado Boulder
A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere
Ward
1/30/09
Min Han
University of Colorado
Systematic analysis of microRNA regulation in C. elegans by a biochemical approach
Fay
2/6/09
Bernard Lemire
University of Alberta
Caenorhabditis elegans: A model system for aging and mitochondrial disease
Thorsness
2/13/09
Jacques Baenziger
WashU Medical School
The molecular language of carbohydrates: A new level of hormonal regulation
Jarvis
2/20/09
Suzannah Rutherford
University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Genetic architecture of signal transduction variation
Liberles
2/27/09
Herbert Schweizer
CSU
Molecular genetics approaches to define efflux pump function in the biodefense agent
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Wall
3/6/09
Jeb Gaudent
University of Calgary
Development and function of pharyngeal glands in C. elegans
Fay
3/13/09
Dagmar Ringe
Brandeis University
Structural biology of unstable proteins
3/27/09
Daniel Kearns
Indiana University
A bifunctional flagellar clutch disables motility in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm
Gomelsky
4/3/09
Steven Mayo
CalTech
TBA
Liberles
4/17/09
Hugo Dooner
Rutgers University
Genome structure variation and recombination in maize
Sylvester
4/24/09
Nathan Deleault
Dartmouth Medical School
Biochemical studies of prion disease
5/1/09
Bill Bonner
NIH
H2AX and genome integrity
Zlatanova
