Seminars and Events

Thursday Series

The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology has combined with the University Program in Cell and Molecular Biology as well as the Department of Cell Biology to create a seminar series we refer to as the "Thursday Series." These seminars are held each Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Room 147 of the Nanaline Duke Building.

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Distinguished Lecture Series

Please visit the Department of Cell Biology for a complete "Distinguished Lecture Series" schedule. These seminars are held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in Room 147 of the Nanaline Duke Building and are an integral part of the "Thursday Series." ______________________________________________________

Special Seminar

Friday, April 17, 2009

Alain Nicolas, PhD
Professor and Director of Research, CNRS
Institute Curie
Paris, France
Seminar: Role of Rad27/FEN1, Pif1 and G-quadruplexes in minisatellite instability

1:30pm - 2:30pm
147 Nanaline Duke Building
Host: Tom Petes

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Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture

The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the Thirty-First Annual Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture on April 21, 2009. This year's speaker is Susan Gottesman, PhD. Dr. Gottesman is Chief of the Biochemical Genetics Section at NIH, a member of the National Academy, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has made many contributions to our understanding of proteolysis in E. coli, among other research topics.

Susan Gottesman, PhD
Chief, Biochemical Genetics Section
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology
NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
Seminar: Small RNAs and the Bacterial Response to Stress

4:00pm - 5:15pm
103 Bryan Research Building
Reception follow lecture

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The annual McGinnis Memorial Lecture was established by the staff and students of the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology in 1979 to honor the memory of James William McGinnis, Jr.

Jim was born March 13, 1951, in Greensboro, N.C. He grew up in Cary; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1973; completed the first year of medical school at Duke; transferred to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology; and was a doctoral candidate here at the time of his death, March 11, 1978, in a canoeing accident. His research involved in vitro translation and RNase III processing of avian tumor virus (RSV) RNA. The Ph.D. was awarded posthumously. His postdoctoral work was to be with Dr. Fred Sanger, Cambridge, England.

Science was Jim’s first allegiance, but he relished excellence in music, sports, literature, and art. He loved philosophy, enjoyed nature, and prized friendship. Learning was exhilarating to him,
and, to this good end, the lecture is dedicated.

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Since its inception, the McGinnis lecture program has brought 31 exemplary speakers to campus, including three Nobel laureates (J. Michael Bishop, David Baltimore, and Phil Sharp), and twenty-seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, including leading investigators in the areas of virology, microbial pathogenesis and physiology, molecular biology, immunology, and RNA biology.

Click here for a complete list of previous McGinnis Memorial Lecture speakers.