Seminar Spring 2002

Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Department of Biochemistry
Seminar Schedule
Spring 2002
**All seminars will be 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

January 14
***Room 5150*** Motti Choder, Ph.D.
Tel Aviv Univerrsity
Mevaseret Zion, Israel "Unique regulation of mRNA synthesis, transport and translation during quiescence in yeast"
Host: Linda Hyman

January 21 Martin Luther King Day NO SEMINAR

January 28 Paul Hanson, Ph.D.
University of New Orleans "Gonna Flip Ya! Magnetic Resonance and Biological Molecules"
Host: Bill Wimley

February 4 Barbara Triplett, Ph.D.
USDA Southern Regional Research Center
New Orleans, LA "Cotton Fiber Development: A Model for Plant Cell Wall Expansion and Biogenesis"
Host: Yu Teh Li

February 11 NO SEMINAR

***Special Seminar***
**9:30 a.m. Room 6001**
Friday, February 15 Paul Kaufman, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkely
National Laboratory
University of California at Berkely
Berkely, CA "Heterochromatin and Kinetochore Assembly by Histone Deposition Proteins"
Host: Art Lustig

February 18 Steve Witt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
LSU Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, LA "Kinetics of a Ligand-activated Molecular Switch in the
Hsp70 Chaperone DnaK"
Host: Sam Landry
Dr Witt's Web Page

February 25 Marian Walters, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "Estrogen Receptor Activation By SKF-82958
(Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonist):
Some Surprises"
Host: Jen-Sie Tou

March 4
***Room 4001*** Jordanka Zlatanova, Ph.D., DrSc
Professor, Chemistry &
Chemical Engineering Department
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY "Single-Molecule Approaches to Chromatin Fiber Structure and Dynamics"
Host: Tom Bishop
Dr. Zlatanova's Web Page

March 11 Raymund J. Wellinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Universite de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Canada "Telomere replication in yeast: a coming together of wanted and unwanted
players"
Host: Art Lustig
Dr. Wellinger's Web Page:

***Special Seminar Time***
**2:00 p.m.**
March 18 Sue Jinks-Robertson
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA "Mechanisms of Spontaneous Mutagenesis in Yeast"
Host: Arthur Lustig

March 25 Stephen Lanier, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "Receptor-independent activation of heterotrimeric G-protein
signaling"
Host: Yu-Teh Li

March 28
**Dissertation Defense**
9:30 a.m. Room 6001 Steve Sharkady
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biochemistry "Chemical Crosslinking of Ribonuclease P holoenzyme From Escherichia coli: Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of a Ribozyme"

April 1 Michael Su, Ph.D.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA "Kinase Chemogenomics"
Host: Jim Nolan
Speaker's Web Page:

April 8 Hal Taylor, Ph.D.
Greenwood Genetics Center
Greenwood, SC "Carbohydrate Deficient Syndromes"
Host: Su-Chen Li
Speaker's Web Page:

April 15 Kurt Runge, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland, OH "The End of the Chromosome and the End of Life: Control of Gene Silencing and Life Span in Yeast"
Host: Art Lustig

April 22 Soheila Maleki, Ph.D.
Research Chemist
USDA-ARS-SRRC
New Orleans, LA "New Advances in Peanut Allergy Research"
Host: Sam Landry

April 29 François Major
Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle
Université de Montréal "Minimum basis cycles and motifs in RNA structure."
Host: Jim Nolan
Dr. Major's Web Page

May 6 Thomas P. Gillis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
National Hansen's Disease Laboratory
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA "Title to be announced"
Host:
Speaker's Web Page:

Last revised: 4/12/02
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Past Biochemistry Seminar Schedules

Month/Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
January 14 *Room 5150*	Motti Choder, Ph.D. Tel Aviv Univerrsity Mevaseret Zion, Israel	"*Unique regulation of mRNA synthesis, transport and translation during quiescence in yeast"* Host: Linda Hyman
*January 21*	*Martin Luther King Day*	*NO SEMINAR*
January 28	Paul Hanson, Ph.D. University of New Orleans	"*Gonna Flip Ya! Magnetic Resonance and Biological Molecules"* Host: Bill Wimley
February 4	Barbara Triplett, Ph.D. USDA Southern Regional Research Center New Orleans, LA	"*Cotton Fiber Development: A Model for Plant Cell Wall Expansion and Biogenesis"* Host: Yu Teh Li
*February 11*		*NO SEMINAR*
*Special Seminar* 9:30 a.m. Room 6001 Friday, February 15	Paul Kaufman, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory University of California at Berkely Berkely, CA	*"Heterochromatin and Kinetochore Assembly by Histone Deposition Proteins"* Host: Art Lustig
February 18	Steve Witt, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, LA	"*Kinetics of a Ligand-activated Molecular Switch in the* *Hsp70 Chaperone DnaK"* Host: Sam Landry Dr Witt's Web Page
February 25	Marian Walters, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"*Estrogen Receptor Activation By SKF-82958* *(Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonist):* *Some Surprises"* Host: Jen-Sie Tou
March 4 ***Room 4001***	Jordanka Zlatanova, Ph.D., DrSc Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Department Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY	"*Single-Molecule Approaches to Chromatin Fiber Structure and Dynamics"* Host: Tom Bishop Dr. Zlatanova's Web Page
March 11	Raymund J. Wellinger, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Microbiology Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada	"*Telomere replication in yeast: a coming together of wanted and unwanted* *players"* Host: Art Lustig Dr. Wellinger's Web Page:
*Special Seminar Time* 2:00 p.m. March 18	Sue Jinks-Robertson Associate Professor Department of Biology Emory University Atlanta, GA	"*Mechanisms of Spontaneous Mutagenesis in Yeast"* Host: Arthur Lustig
March 25	Stephen Lanier, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"*Receptor-independent activation of heterotrimeric G-protein* *signaling"* Host: Yu-Teh Li
*March 28* Dissertation Defense *9:30 a.m. Room 6001*	Steve Sharkady Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biochemistry	*"Chemical Crosslinking of Ribonuclease P holoenzyme From Escherichia coli: Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of a Ribozyme"*
April 1	Michael Su, Ph.D. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA	"*Kinase Chemogenomics"* Host: Jim Nolan Speaker's Web Page:
April 8	Hal Taylor, Ph.D. Greenwood Genetics Center Greenwood, SC	"*Carbohydrate Deficient Syndromes"* Host: Su-Chen Li Speaker's Web Page:
April 15	Kurt Runge, Ph.D Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology Lerner Research Institute Cleveland, OH	*"The End of the Chromosome and the End of Life: Control of Gene Silencing and Life Span in Yeast"* Host: Art Lustig
April 22	Soheila Maleki, Ph.D. Research Chemist USDA-ARS-SRRC New Orleans, LA	*"New Advances in Peanut Allergy Research"* Host: Sam Landry
April 29	François Major Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle Université de Montréal	"*Minimum basis cycles and motifs in RNA structure."* Host: Jim Nolan Dr. Major's Web Page
May 6	Thomas P. Gillis, Ph.D. Associate Professor National Hansen's Disease Laboratory Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	"*Title to be announced"* Host: Speaker's Web Page: