Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Department of Biochemistry
Seminar Schedule

Fall 2000

**All Seminars will be held on Monday in Room 6001 at 4:00 PM unless otherwise noted**

For additional information on our seminar program, contact Bill Wimley


Month/Date
Speaker
Seminar Title
September 11
Krishna Rajarathnam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston , TX
Structural Insights into Chemokine-Chemokine Receptor Interaction

(Host: Sam Landry)

 Dr. Rajarathnam's   Web Site
September 18
Neal Mathias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Depatrment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
LSU  Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, LA
 Regulation of the Cell Division Cycle and Metabolism by SCF Ubiquitin Ligase Complexes

(Host: Dr. Hyman)

Speaker's   Web Site
September 25
Jakob Reiser, Ph.D.
Gene Therapy Program
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Gene Transfer in vitro and in vivo Using HIV-1 based Lentiviral Vectors

(Host:  Yu Teh Li)
October 2
Hanna Sierzputowska-Gracz, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
NMR Laboratory
Department of Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
IRE-Iron Regulatory Element: an Example of mRNA Structure as Studied by NMR and Molecular Modeling

(Host: Sam Landry )

 Speaker's   Web Site
October 9
No Seminar
  
October 16
Gary Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA
Molecular Characterization of Polyurethanase Genes from Pseudomonas

(Host: Bill Wimley)

 Dr. Howard's Web Site
October 23
Darwin J. Prockop, M.D.,  Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Gene Therapy Center
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
 Properties and Potential Use of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells for Cell and Gene Therapy

(Host: Jim Karam)

 
October 30
Kent L. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Acquired Host Defense in Cryptococcus neoformans Infections of the
Central Nervous System
(Host: Sam Landry)

Dr. Buchanan's Web Site
November 6

Rm. 6001
*10:00 am

*Please note time change

The 1st Annual George Adrouny Lecture

Kenneth G. Mann, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Blood Coagulation at the Turn of the Century

(Host: Jim Karam )

Dr. Mann's   Web Site
November 13
Bronya J.B. Keats,  Ph.D.
Professor and Acting Head, Department of Biometry and Genetics
Director, Molecular and Human Genetics Center of Excellence
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
 The Genes Underlying Usher
Syndrome

(Host: Bill  Wimley )

 Dr. Keats'   Web Site
November 20
Simon J. Hocart, Ph.D
Professor
Peptide Research Labs
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships

(Host:  Bill Wimley)
 

Dr. Hocart's   Web Site
November 27
Open
Title to be announced
(Host: )

 Speaker's   Web Site
December 4
Joana L. Ganter
Visiting Professor,
Department of Physics
Tulane University 
Polysaccharides from Brazillian Source:  interactions with proteins
(Host: Jim Karam)

 Speaker's   Web Site 
December 11 
Roy J. Duhe
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
JAKs and Leukemias:  Is the story beginning or ending?
(Host:  Sam Landry)

 Dr. Duhe's Web Site

Last revised  11/28/00

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