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Thursday Series — 2007-2008 Schedule

Note: The complete 2007-2008 seminar schedule will be posted as soon as it is available.
2007 - 2008
Date Speaker Title Host
Jun 5 Rolf Craven
Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky 		Conserved P450 activators that link cholesterol synthesis and cancer thereapeutics Tom Petes
May 29

Alejandro Aballay
Duke University Medical Center

C. elegans as a model system to study conserved host-pathogen interactions Joe Heitman
May 8 Ruslan Medzhitov
Yale University 		Innate host defense pathways CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
May 15 Larry Zwiebel
Vanderbilt University 		Molecular genetics of olfaction in disease vector mosquitoes Hubi Amrein
May 1 Raphael Valdivia
Duke University Medical Center 		Secrets of an old pathogen: Chlamydia infections and new paradigms in the cell biology of host-pathogen interactions Joe Heitman
Apr 24 Davor Solter
Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology
Epigenic controls of early mammalian development CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Apr 17 Phil Zamore
UMass Medical School 		TBA CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Apr 10 Scott Kenney
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 		Mechanism and regulation of meiotic recombination Sue Jinks-Robertson
Mar 27 Elliott Kieff
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University 		Coordinate Epstein-Barr virus encoded nuclear protein regulation of cell gene transcription is essential for lymphocyte transformation Bryan Cullen
Mar 20 Craig Garner
Stanford University 		SAP97 regulates in the sorting, trafficking and dynamics of synaptic Glutamate receptors Mike Ehlers
Mar 13 Vincent Mauro
The Neurosciences Institute
 Mechanisms of eukaryotic translation initiation Chris Nicchitta
Mar 6 Mark Rose
Princeton University
Safe sex and the single cell Danny Lew
Feb 28 Roy Parker
University of Arizona 		Control of the mRNA translation and degradation in eukaryotic cells CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Feb 21 Benoit Chabot
University of Sherbrooke
 Splicing connections in apoptosis and cancer Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Feb 7 Gerhart H. Wagner
Uppsala University 		Regulatory RNAs in bacteria: Biological roles and mechanisms Coby Slagter-Jager
Jan 31 Cliff Tabin
Harvard University 		Development and evolution of vertebrate morphology CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Jan 17 Samuel Katz
Duke University

Eradication of vaccine-preventable virus infections--One down? Two to go?

TBA
Jan 10 Robert Lamb
Northwestern University
Understanding paramyxovirus-induced membrane fusion TBA
Dec 13 William Holloman
Weill Cornell Medical College 		Recombination mechanisms in Ustilago maydis
Joe Heitman
Nov 29

Alan Hall
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Rho GTPases and the control of cell behavior CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Nov 22 Thanksgiving
Nov 15

Larry Zwiebel
Vanderbilt University

Molecular genetics of olfaction in disease vector mosquitoes TBA
Nov 8 Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Genetech 		Career paths in academia and industry CMB Distinguished Lecture Series
Nov 8 Tarun Kapoor
Rockefeller University 		Chemical Biology of Cell Division TBA
Nov 1

Srinivasa Srinivasula
National Cancer Institute

CARP-2 is an endosomal-associated ubiquitin protein ligase for RIP and regulates TNF-induced NF-kB activation TBA
Oct 18

Suzanne Pfeffer
Stanford University School of Medicine

Regulation of receptor trafficking by Rab GTPases
TBA
Oct 11 Joel Levine
University of Toronto at Mississauga 		Social control of circadian patterns of mating in Drosophila TBA
Oct 4 Michael Lorenz
UT-Houston Medical School
TBA TBA
Sept 27

Aaron Mitchell
Columbia University

Post-genomic analysis of the Candida albicans cell surface TBA
Sept 6 Paul Magee
University of Minnesota
 A tale of two pathogens: What can genome studies tell us about the differences in virulence between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis Joe Heitman

2006 - 2007
Date Speaker Title Host
May 3 David Kingsley
Stanford University School of Medicine
Fishing for the secrets of vertebrate evolution TBA
Apr 26 Dan Littman
New York University School of Medicine
Role of RORyt in immune system homeostasis TBA
Mar 1

Maarten van Lohuizen
The Netherlands Cancer Institute

 Role of polycomb repressors in stem cells, cancer, and development TBA
Feb 1 Carolyn Kulesza
Princeton University 		A stabel intron encoded by Cytomegalovirus is a virulence factor in vivo TBA
Jan 25 Marco Vignuzzi
University of California-SF 		Viral population dynamics and pathogenesis: Polymerase fidelity, mutation rates, and the RNA quasispecies TBA
Jan 11 Sara Sawyer
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 		Tracking the evolutionary footprints of viruses TBA
Dec 21

Joel Levine
University of Torornto at Mississauaga

LOVE STINKS--Social regulation of the circadia control of mating Hubert Amrein
Dec 14

Maurice S. Swanson
University of Florida

Dynamic mutations and RNA-mediated disease Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Dec 7 Lalita Ramakrishnan University of Washington A genetic and visual dissection of host responses to tuberculosis in the zebrafish
 Raphael Valdivia
Nov 30

Mario Stevenson
UMass Medical School

Cellular factors influencing HIV-host cell interplay and viral persistence Bryan Cullen
Nov 16 William Copeland
NIEHS 		Spectrum of mitochondrial disease from mutations in the DNA polymerase gamma ge John McCusker
Nov 9

Yibin Kang
Princeton University

Cancer metastasis: Revisiting seed and soil hypothesis in the genomic era CmB Students, Laura Yudt
Nov 2 Sue Jinks-Robertson
Duke University 		Genome stability and the three R’s in yeast TBA
Oct 26

M. Joan Curcio Wadsworth Center

Mobilization of yeast retrotransposons and RNA pseudogenes by replication checkpoint pathways Byan Cullen
Oct 19

Sheng Ding
Scripps Research Institute

Chemical and functional genomic approaches toward regenerative medicine
 Fan Wang
Oct 12 Ben Van Houton
NIEHS 		Structure-function studies of DNA repair proteins: Clues to damage recognition Ken Kruezer
Oct 5 Patrick Seed
Duke University
Revisiting the molecular basis of urinary tract infections and the secret life of uropathogenic Escherichia coli Joseph St. Geme
Sept 14

Karla J. Satchell
Northwestern University

 Cell rounding by the multifunctional RTX toxin of Vibrio cholerae Joe Heitman
Sept 7

Georgia Tomaras Duke University Medical Center

Insights into the mechanism of noncytolytic CD8+ T cell mediated
suppression of HIV-1 replication		 TBA
2005 - 2006
Date Speaker Title Host
May 25

Scott Hultgren
Washington University School of Medicine

The molecular bottleneck in urinary tract infection pathogenesis Joe St. Geme
May 11 Shannon Kenney
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lytic Epstein-Barr virus infection: The good, the bad and the ugly effects on the host cell Bryan Cullen
May 4 Laura Rusche
Duke University

Mechanisms of gene repression in yeast: Why some chromatin proteins spread and others do not

 TBA
Apr 27 Rob Wechsler-Reya
Duke University 		Digging up the roots-and stems-of brain tumors TBA
Apr 20 Tom Maniatis
Harvard University		 The role of a brain-specific microRNA in neuronal differentiation Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Apr 6 Jeffrey Gordon
Washington Univ.-St. Louis 		The human gut microbiota and microbiomeiterra incognita is becoming more cognita Brigid Hogan
Mar 30

Olaf Schneewind University of Chicago

Assembly of proteins in the cell wall of gram-positive bacteria Raphael Valdivia
Mar 23 Fred Dietrich
Duke University 		Fungal genomics: Utilizing the genomic data to address basic questions in fungal biology Tom Petes
Mar 9

Anthony Means
Duke University

A mouse story: How to eat less, stay fit and (perhaps) live longer Danny Lew
Mar 2 Lynne Cooley
Yale University 		The regulation of oocyte during Drosphilia oogenesis Haifin Lin
Feb 23 Scott Soderling
Duke University 		Genetic analysis of WAVE signalling to the actin cytoskeleton TBA
Feb 16 Sally York
Duke University 		The role of DNA mismatch repair in response to chemotherapy Danny Lew
Feb 9 Dwight Koeberl
Duke University
AAV vector-mediated gene therapy for inherited disorders of metabolism Tom Petes
Feb 2

Andrew Camilli
Tufts University

Investigation of Vibrio cholerae behavior and gene regulation during infection Raphael Valdivia
Jan 26

Susan Ackerman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Jackson Laboratory

Novel genetic models of misfolded proteins and neurological disease Brigid Hogan
Dec 15 Andrew Chess
Harvard Medical School
An autosomal analog of X-inactivation Laura Rusche
Dec 8 Troy Littleton
MIT
Retrograde signaling through postsynaptic vesicular trafficking mediates synaptic plasticity and growth George Augustine
Dec 1

Frank McKeon
Harvard Medical School

 p53 homolog p73 in human disease: Control of the innate immune response in the airways Joe Heitman
Nov 24 THANKSGIVING
Nov 17 Gregory Matera
Case Western University
Biogenesis of small nuclear RNPs: The spinal muscular atrophy connection Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Nov 10

Susan Smith
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine NYU SOM

Telomeres require special mechanisms for segregation at mitosis Chris Counter
Nov 3

Gero Miesenbock
Yale University School of Medicine

Change of Mind: Optical Control of Neuronal Circuits Hubi Amrein

Oct 20

Kathy Barker Author/Consultant I was trained to do everything but run a lab! Lessons from PIs Sally Kornbluth
Oct 13

William DeBello
UC-Davis

Microcircuits, gene expression, and learning in the auditory localization pathway CMB Students
Sept 29

Patrick Seed
Washington Univ School of Medicine

Weathering the Storm with an Umbrella: The Dynamic Relationship Between Escherichia coli and the Urinary Bladder Epithelium during Cystitis Joe St. Geme

Sept 22

Xiang-Dong Fu
University of California, San Diego

RASL/DASL Genomics: New Tools to Decode Transcription Regulatory Network in the Human Genome Mariano Garcia-Blanco
2004 - 2005
Date Speaker Title Host
May 26 Tom Pollard
Yale University		 Actin Dynamics at the Leading Edge and during Cytokinesis Vann Bennett
May 19

Pat O'Farrell
University of California, San Francisco

Suspended Animation, Its Induction by Hypoxia and Its Interfaces with Innate Immunity and Cancer Therapy Haifan Lin

May 5

 

 Jacqueline D. Reeves
University of Pennsylvania 		Viral and Cellular Factors Impacting HIV Entry Inhibition Bryan Cullen

Apr 28

 

 Sue Jinks-Robertson
Emory University 		Bypass of spontaneous DNA damage by translesion DNA polymerases in yeast Tom Petes
Apr 21 Scott Emr
HHMI, UC-San Diego		 ESCRTs for Receptor Down-Regulaton and HIV Budding Christopher Nicchitta
Apr 14 Joseph Gall
Carnegie Institute		 Cajal Bodies: Their Role in Transcription and RNA Processing Brigid Hogan
Apr 7 Lorraine Symington
Columbia University		 Mechanisms of homologous recombination in eukaryotes: Dynamics of the Rad51 nucleoprotein filament Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Mar 31 Blossom Damania
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill		 Modulation of Cell signaling and Angiogenesis by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Bryan Cullen
Mar 24 Bruce Goode
Brandeis University		 Secrets of the Actin Cytoskeleton Toy Box Danny Lew
Mar 17 Dan Herschlag
Stanford University		   Jack Keene
Mar 10 Trisha Davis
University of Washington		 Analysis of Spindle Pole Mutants Illuminates Spindle Forces Tony Means
Mar 3 Juan Bonifacino
National Institutes of Health		 Molecular Mechanisms of Lysosome Biogenesis Raphael Valdivia & Vann Bennett
Feb 17 Cori Bargmann
Rockefeller University		 Oxygen Sensation and Natural Behavior in C. elegans Fan Wang/Hubi Amrein
Feb 10 Kris Patczewski
University of Washington, Seattle		 TBD Brigid Hogan
Feb 3 Tom Petes
Duke University		 Meiotic and Mitotic Recombination in Yeast Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Jan 27 Richard Bennet
University of California, San Francisco		 Completing the Cycle: Mating and Virulence in the Fungal Pathogen C. albicans Joe Heitman
Jan 20 Craig Montell
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine		 TRP Channels: Mediators of Sensory Signaling Vann Bennett
Jan 13 Tom Rapoport
Harvard Medical School		 Structure and Function of a Protein-Conducing Channel Danny Lew
Jan 6 Pamela Silver
Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer institute		 Connecting the Genome to the Cytoplasm Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Dec 16 Ganes Sen
Case Western Reserve University		 Cellular Functions of Double-Stranded RNA and its Binding Proteins Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Dec 9 Dorothy Shippen
Texas A&M University		 Telomere Structure and Function in Arabidopsis Christopher Counter
Dec 2 Sue Biggins
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterRegulation of Chromosome Segregation		 Danny Lew
Nov 25 THANKSGIVING
Nov 18 Daniel Portnoy
UC-Berkeley		 The Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes: From Cell Biology to Innate Immunity Raphael Valdivia
Nov 11 Gary Banker
Oregon Health & Science University		 Membrane Trafficking and Neuronal Polarity Mike Ehlers
Nov 4 Susan Baserga
Yale School of Medicine		 New Insights into Eukaryotic Ribosome Biogenesis Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Oct 28 Paul Lasko
McGill University		 Vasa and Translational Control in the Drosophila Germ Line Robin Wharton, Dan Kiehart
Oct 21 Marcia Goldberg
Harvard University		 The Bacterial Pole and Its Role in Pathogenesis Mariano Garcia-Blanco
Oct 14 Ralph Isberg
Tufts University		 Manipulation of Host Secretory Traffic by an Intracellular Pathogen Raphael Valdivia
Oct 7 Richard McIntosh
University of Colorado at Boulder		 Electron Tomography: a New Look at Cell Structure in 3D Dan Kiehart
Sept 30 Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Yale University		 Cell Shape and Cell Cycle Regulation of Development in Caulobacter Harold Erickson
Sept 23 Harvey Lodish
Whitehead Institute, MIT		 Regulation of Hematopoiesis by Cytokine Receptors and Micro RNAs Gerry Blobe
Sept. 16 Yue Xiong
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center-UNC		 The Control of the Cell Cycle and Cell Cycle Control of ... H. Lin
Sept. 9 Christopher Counter
DUMC		 Human Cell Ras Oncogenesis H. Lin
Sept 2 Alan Zhu
HHMI, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine		 The Cell Biology of Developmental Signaling Brigid Hogan

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