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Department of Biochemistry

Seminar Program

Fall 2004

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 Dr Jim Karam or Nicolette Solano.
 
 

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
August 30 room 6065	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
September 6	NO SEMINAR	LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
September 13	Robert Garry, Ph.D. Professor Department of Microbiology/Immunology Tulane University HSC New Orleans, LA	"Viral Fusion Inhibitors: So Many Viruses, So Little Time" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
September 20	Z. David Sharp, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Molecular Medicine University of Texas HSC San Antonio, TX	"Pit-1 and Estrogen Receptor Synergistic Interactions are Visible and Dynamic at an Integrated Prolactin Promoter/Enhancer Array" Host: David Hurley, Ph.D.
September 27	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
The 5th Annual George A. Adrouny Memorial Lectureship October 1 Friday, 3:00 p.m.	Diana S. Beattie, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	"The Unique Mitochondrion of the African Parasite, Trypanosoma brucei" Host: Jim Karam, Ph.D.
October 4	Susan Forsburg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	"Replication and Chromosome Dynamics in Fission Yeast" Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.
October 11 local speaker	Wayne Buck, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Tulane National Primate Research Center Covington, LA	"Alterations in Glutamate During Immunodeficiency Virus Infection" Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.
October 15 Room 5001 Friday, 12:00 p.m.	Joshua Rausch Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biochemistry Tulane University HSC New Orleans, LA	"Design and Characterization of Pore-Forming Peptides from a Combinatorial Library"
October 18	David M. Shore, Ph.D. Professor Department of Molecular Biology University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland	"Recruitment and Regulation of Telomerase at a DNA Break in Yeast" Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.
October 25 room 6065	Linda Hendershot, Ph.D. Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology St Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN	"Regulating BiP's Functions in the Endoplasmic Reticulum" Host: Sam Landry, Ph.D.
November 1	David H. Price, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	"RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control and Coupling of RNA Processing" Host: Gil Morris, Ph.D.
November 8 local speaker	Bruce Bunnell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Tulane University HSC New Orleans, LA	"Stem Cells for the Development of Therapeutic Interventions in Krabbe's Disease" Host: Sam Landry, Ph.D.
November 15	Stephan Witt, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Louisiana State University HSC Shreveport, LA	"Heat Shock Prevents Alpha Synuclein-Triggered Apoptosis in a Yeast Model of Parkinson's Disease" Host: Sam Landry, Ph.D.
November 22	Bik-Kwoon Tye, Ph.D. Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University Ithaca, NY	"Regulation of DNA Replication Origin Usage in Eukaryotes" Host: Arthur Lustig, Ph.D.
November 29 local speaker (Thanksgiving weekend)

 

Last revised: 10/04/04

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