Seminar Program - Spring 2003

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Seminar Program - Spring 2003

Department of Biochemistry

Seminar Program

Fall 2003

All seminars will be held at 4:00 p.m. in room 6001 (Medical School), unless otherwise noted.
For additional information on our seminar program, please contact Jim Karam or Nicolette Solano.

DATE SPEAKER TITLE

September 1 No Seminar Labor Day Holiday

September 8
4th Annual Adrouny Lectureship

10:45AM

Tim Townes, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
"Human Globin Gene Regulation and Genetic Strategies for Correcting Thalassemias and Sickle Cell Disease"
Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.

September 15
Marion Ratterree, D.V.M.
Unit of Research Resources
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Covington, LA
"Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (Krabbe's Disease) in the Rhesus Monkey: An Animal Model for Human Disease"
Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.

September 18

*Thursday, 11AM

Gregory Leno, Ph.D.
Principal
Leno Scientific Consulting, LLC
Madison, WI

"Remodeling and Reprogramming Nuclei
from Differentiated Cells"
Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.

September 29
Jim E. Cutler, Ph.D.
Pediatrics/Microbiology
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
"The Cell Surface of Candida albicans as it Relates to Antibody-Mediated Host Defense Against Candidiasis"
Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.

September 30

*Tuesday, 10:00AM

Kelly Johanson
Ph.D. Candidate
Tulane University HSC
New Orleans, LA

"Defining the Role of GRS1 in Transcription Termination"

October 6 No Seminar Yom Kippur Holiday

October 9
*Thursday, 9AM

David L. Hurley, Ph.D.
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA

"New Factors in the Transcriptional
Regulation of Growth Hormone"

October 13
Dale Dorsett, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri

"Insulators and Long-Range Gene Activation"
Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.

October 23

*Thursday, 10:30AM

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

"Modulation of Tau (Dys)function by
Regulated Alternative Splicing"
Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.

October 27
Kevin Gardner, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
"PAS Domains: A Way to Build a Versatile Biological Switch"
Host: Samuel Landry, Ph.D.

November 3
Nancy Nossal, Ph.D.
Department of Lab Molec and Cell Biology
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
"The Bacteriophage T4 Replication Fork"
Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.

November 13

**Thursday 10:30AM

Diane Blake, Ph.D.
Department of Ophthalmology
Tulane University HSC
New Orleans, LA
"Antibodies to Metal-Chelate Complexes: Basic Sciences Links to Biotechnology"
Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.

November 17
Larry Vickery, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California
Irvine, CA
"Iron-Sulfur Protein Biogenesis: Chaperones and Escorts Attend the Dance"
Host: Samuel Landry, Ph.D.

November 24 Open TBA
Host:

December 1
Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

"Chaperone Networks and the Stress of Misfolded Proteins"

Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.

Last revised: 11/14/03
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Past Seminar Schedules

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE

September 1	No Seminar	Labor Day Holiday
September 8 4th Annual Adrouny Lectureship 10:45AM	Tim Townes, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama	"Human Globin Gene Regulation and Genetic Strategies for Correcting Thalassemias and Sickle Cell Disease" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
September 15	Marion Ratterree, D.V.M. Unit of Research Resources Tulane National Primate Research Center Covington, LA	"Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (Krabbe's Disease) in the Rhesus Monkey: An Animal Model for Human Disease" Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.
September 18 *Thursday, 11AM	Gregory Leno, Ph.D. Principal Leno Scientific Consulting, LLC Madison, WI	"Remodeling and Reprogramming Nuclei from Differentiated Cells" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
September 29	Jim E. Cutler, Ph.D. Pediatrics/Microbiology LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"The Cell Surface of Candida albicans as it Relates to Antibody-Mediated Host Defense Against Candidiasis" Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.
September 30 *Tuesday, 10:00AM	Kelly Johanson Ph.D. Candidate Tulane University HSC New Orleans, LA	"Defining the Role of GRS1 in Transcription Termination"
October 6	No Seminar	Yom Kippur Holiday
October 9 *Thursday, 9AM	David L. Hurley, Ph.D. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Tulane University New Orleans, LA	"New Factors in the Transcriptional Regulation of Growth Hormone"
October 13	Dale Dorsett, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Saint Louis University St Louis, Missouri	"Insulators and Long-Range Gene Activation" Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.
October 23 *Thursday, 10:30AM	Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. Department of Cell Biology University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA	"Modulation of Tau (Dys)function by Regulated Alternative Splicing" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
October 27	Kevin Gardner, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	"PAS Domains: A Way to Build a Versatile Biological Switch" Host: Samuel Landry, Ph.D.
November 3	Nancy Nossal, Ph.D. Department of Lab Molec and Cell Biology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD	"The Bacteriophage T4 Replication Fork" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
November 13 **Thursday 10:30AM	Diane Blake, Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology Tulane University HSC New Orleans, LA	"Antibodies to Metal-Chelate Complexes: Basic Sciences Links to Biotechnology" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
November 17	Larry Vickery, Ph.D. Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of California Irvine, CA	"Iron-Sulfur Protein Biogenesis: Chaperones and Escorts Attend the Dance" Host: Samuel Landry, Ph.D.
November 24	Open	TBA Host:
December 1	Richard Morimoto, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Northwestern University Evanston, IL	"Chaperone Networks and the Stress of Misfolded Proteins" Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.