2013 – 2014 Thursday Series Archives
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| 2013-2014 | ||
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| DATE | Speaker | Title |
| Aug 22 | Kacy Gordon University of Chicago Host: Mohamed Noor | Evolution of gene regulation across space, time, and the phylum nematoda |
| Aug 29 | Laimonis Laimins Northwestern University Host: Bryan Cullen | Regulation of the differentiation- dependent life cycsle of human Papillomaviruses by miRNAs and cohesins |
| Sep 5 | Matthew Sachs Texas A&M University Host: Joseph Heitman | Stability of fungal mRNA is controlled by NMD EJC and CBP |
| Sep 12 | Douglas Golenbock UMass Memorial Medical Center Host: Mari Shinohara | Synergistic actions of plasmodial DNA and malaria pigment hemozoin drive the innate immune response in malaria |
| Sep 19 | Nick Davis TBD Host: Andy Alspaugh | Global analysis of protein palmitoylation in yeast and brain disease |
| Sep 26 | Zev Bryant Stanford University Host: Dan Kiehart | Optogenetic tools for mechanobiology: Remote control of biological molecular motors using light-activated gearshifting |
| Oct 3 | William Sullivan TBD Host: Donald Fox | Wollbachia, microtubules, and African river blindness |
| Oct 10 | Dong Yan, PhD Host: TBD | Wiring and rewiring: Synapse formation and axon regeneration in C. elegans |
| Oct 17 | David Mangelsdorf UT Southwestern Medical Center Host: Donald McDonnell | Regulation of nutrient metabolism by FGF21 |
| Oct 24 | Lora Hooper UT Southwestern Medical Center Host: Raphael Valdivia | Environmental influences on intestinal immunity |
| Oct 31 | Hiroaki Matsunami, PhD Duke University Medical Center Host: TBD | Neurogenetics of olfaction |
| Nov 7 | Jeff Brodsky University of Pittsburgh Host: Nicole Calakos and Dennis Thiele | Protein conformational diseases and ER-associated degradation (ERAD): Lessons from model systems |
| Nov 14 | Jonathan Howard TBD Host: Harold Erickson | Regulation of microtubule catastrophe by motors and MAPs |
| Nov 21 | Chris Newgard Duke University Medical Center Host: Joseph Heitman | Metabolomics reveals cardiometabolic disease mechanisms |
| Dec 5 | Philip Howe University of South Carolina Host: Gerard Blobe | Translational regulation of EMT/metastasis |
| Dec 12 | Klaus Frueh Oregon Health & Science University Host: David Pickup | Viral control of T cell activation |
| Dec 19 | Maurice Swanson University of Florida Host: Mariano Garcia-Blanco | RNA-mediated pathways to disease |
| Jan 9 | Gary Bassell Emory University Host: Debra Silver | mRNA traffic, local translation and fragile x syndrome |
| Jan 16 | Juan Bonifacino NIH Intramural Research Program Host: Michel Bagnat | Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons |
| Jan 23 | Terence Dermody Vanderbilt University Medical Center Host: Bryan Cullen | Invasion of the central nervous system by reovirus |
| Jan 30 | Mark Zylka University of North Carolina School of Medicine Host: Cagla Eroglu | Gene length matters in autism |
| Feb 6 | James R. Sellars National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Host: TBD | Not all myosin 2 molecules are create equal |
| Feb 13 | Rick Bushman Perlman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Host: Bryan Cullen | The human virome in health and disease |
| Feb 20 | Rong Li Stowers Institute for Medical Research Host: Terry Lechler | A numbers game: Rapid cellular evolution driven by chromosome instability and dosage imbalance |
| Feb 27 | Patricia Clark University of Notre Dame Host: Terry Oas | Effects of synonymous codon selection on protein structure: Lessons for protein design |
| Mar 6 | Eyleen Lay Keow Goh Duke/NUS Graduate Medical School Host: Patrick Casey | Class 3 semaphorin signaling in adult neurogenesis and memory consolidation |
| Mar 13 | Jeanne Stachowiak University of Texas at Austin Host: Daniel (Danny) Lew | Reverse engineering biological membranes – from the mechanics of endocytosis to new approaches in drug delivery |
| Mar 27 | Tom Blanpied University of Maryland School of Medicine Host: Scott Soderling | Nanoscale organization of single synaptic sites |
| Apr 3 | Rebecca Heald University of California, Berkeley Host: Donald Fox | Mechanisms of mitosis and intracellular scaling |
| Apr 10 | Karen Zito University of California, Davis Host: Anne West | Sculpting the brain: Mechanisms of structural remodeling during synaptic plasticity |
| Apr 17 | Harmit Malik Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Host: David Tobin | Genetic conflicts: The usual suspects and beyond |
| Apr 24 | Denise Monack Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Jörn Coers | The Yin and Yang of persistent Salmonella infections |
| May 1 | Katerina Darwin New York University School of Medicine Host: Dennis Thiele | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, proteasomes, copper and plant hormones |
| May 8 | Neal Alto UT Southwestern Medical Center Host: Scott Soderling | Decoding molecular interaction networks at the host-pathogen interface |
| May 15 | Nicole Calakos Duke University School of MedicineHost: Cagla Eroglu | From synapse to behavior and back again: Insights to neural mechanisms and novel treatments for compulsive behaviors |
| May 22 | Emily Derbyshire Duke University Host: Joe Heitman | Chemical genomics of malaria parasites |
| May 29 | Jeff Dorfman International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | Narrowly neutralizing anti-HIV–1 antibodies that recognize targets of broadly neutralizing antibodies: What can they tell us about epitope priorities for vaccine development? |