Seminar Fall 2001

Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Department of Biochemistry
Seminar Schedule
Fall 2001
**All seminars held at 4:00 p.m. in room 6001, unless otherwise noted.**
For additional information on our seminar program, please contact Jim Karam, or Naomi Wilson.

Month/Date Speaker Seminar Title

September 10
**10:00a.m.**
The 2nd Annual
George Adrouny Lecture

Billy Hudson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center "Basement Membrane Collagen: An Ancient Protein Essential for Tissue Development"
(Host: Jim Karam)

September 17 Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH
Section Chief, Hematology and Oncology
Tulane University Medical Center "A molecular mechanism for dendritic cell migration, and functional
consequences"
(Host: Sam Landry)

September 24 Marcia E. Newcomer, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA "Enzymatic activation of retinoids: The structures of retinal dehydrogenase
and retinol dehydratase"
(Host: Sam Landry)
Dr. Newcomer's Web Site

October 1 Open

October 8 Steve Rick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
University of New Orleans "Small, Medium, and Large Conformational Changes in Protein Structure"
(Host: Sam Landry)
Dr. Rick's Web Site:

October 15 Dr. Eric Phizicky
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Rochester School of Medicine "A Genomic Approach for Mapping Biochemical Activities to Genes"
(Host: Arthur Lustig)
Dr. Phizicky's Web Site

October 22 Carmen Dessauer, Ph.D.
UTHSC, Houston "Mechanism of Adenylyl Cyclase Regulation by RGS and G proteins"
(Host: Sam Landry)
Dr. Dessauer's Web Site:

October 29 Frank Bastian, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Pathology Department
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "Spiroplasma and the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies"
(Host: Sam Landry)

November 5 OPEN

November 12 Ann Palmenberg, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry, &Chair
Institute for Molecular Virology
University of Wisconsin - Madison "The Topological Organization of Large Viral RNA Genomes: New Models for IRES Structure and Function"
(Host: Joe Vaccaro)
Dr. Palmenberg's Web Site:

November 19 Kamal Moudgil, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Maryland "Epitope Display Hierarchy in Immunity and Tolerance"
(Host: Sam Landry)
Dr. Moudgil's Web Site:

November 26 Eric First, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, LSUMC-Shreveport, LA "The evolution of catalytic function in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase"
(Host: Linda Hyman)
Dr. First's Web Page

December 3 Jim Stivers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD "Novel Chemical Approaches for Investigation DNA Base Flipping and DNA Repair"
(Host: Joe Vaccaro)

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Spring 2002 Seminar Schedule

Month/Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
September 10 10:00a.m.	The 2nd Annual George Adrouny Lecture Billy Hudson, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Kansas Medical Center	*"Basement Membrane Collagen: An Ancient Protein Essential for Tissue Development"* (Host: Jim Karam)
September 17	Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH Section Chief, Hematology and Oncology Tulane University Medical Center	"*A molecular mechanism for dendritic cell migration, and functional* *consequences"* (Host: Sam Landry)
September 24	Marcia E. Newcomer, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	"*Enzymatic activation of retinoids: The structures of retinal dehydrogenase* *and retinol dehydratase"* (Host: Sam Landry) Dr. Newcomer's Web Site
October 1	Open
October 8	Steve Rick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department University of New Orleans	"*Small, Medium, and Large Conformational Changes in Protein Structure"* (Host: Sam Landry) Dr. Rick's Web Site:
October 15	Dr. Eric Phizicky Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of Rochester School of Medicine	"*A Genomic Approach for Mapping Biochemical Activities to Genes"* (Host: Arthur Lustig) Dr. Phizicky's Web Site
October 22	Carmen Dessauer, Ph.D. UTHSC, Houston	"*Mechanism of Adenylyl Cyclase Regulation by RGS and G proteins"* (Host: Sam Landry) Dr. Dessauer's Web Site:
October 29	Frank Bastian, Ph.D. Research Professor, Pathology Department Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"*Spiroplasma and the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies"* (Host: Sam Landry)
November 5	OPEN
November 12	Ann Palmenberg, Ph.D., Professor Dept. of Biochemistry, &Chair Institute for Molecular Virology University of Wisconsin - Madison	"The Topological Organization of Large Viral RNA Genomes: New Models for IRES Structure and Function" (Host: Joe Vaccaro) Dr. Palmenberg's Web Site:
November 19	Kamal Moudgil, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Maryland	"*Epitope Display Hierarchy in Immunity and Tolerance"* (Host: Sam Landry) Dr. Moudgil's Web Site:
November 26	Eric First, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry, LSUMC-Shreveport, LA	"*The evolution of catalytic function in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase"* (Host: Linda Hyman) Dr. First's Web Page
December 3	Jim Stivers, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	"*Novel Chemical Approaches for Investigation DNA Base Flipping and DNA Repair"* (Host: Joe Vaccaro)