Seminar Spring 2003

Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Department of Biochemistry
Seminar Schedule
Spring 2003
**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 Biochemistry Secretary.

Date Speaker Seminar Title

January 13th NO SEMINAR

January 20th Martin Luther King Day NO SEMINAR

January 27th
Jordan Tang, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
"Probing Memapsin 2 (Beta secretase) for Keys to Alzheimer's Disease"
Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.

February 3rd NO SEMINAR

February 10th Larry J. Zwiebel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN "Molecular Genetics of Olfaction and Host Preference in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae"
Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.

February 17th Hannah Klein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY "Genetic control of Genomic stability: Stabilizing and destabilizing effects of recombination"
Host: Art Lustig, Ph.D.

February 24th NO SEMINAR

March 4th Mardi Gras NO SEMINAR

March 10th Mona Norcum, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complexes- now in 3D!
(And why is an inflammatory cytokine a central component?)
Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.

March 17th Martin Horvath, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT "Structure of a protein-DNA telomere end complex"
Host: Art Lustig Ph.D.

March 24th Bruce Bunnell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University
Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "In vivo gene therapy for lysosomalstorage diseases"
Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.

March 28
*Friday 10:00AM Stephanie Carmicle
PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry
Tulane University
Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "The influence of antigen three-dimensional structure on helper T-cell epitope immunodominance"

March 31st NO SEMINAR

April 3
*Thursday 10:00AM Frank Shewmaker
PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry
Tulane University
Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA "From Phenotype to Protein Folding: Characterization of the Allele-Dependent Interactions between Chaperonin and Co-Chaperonin Alleles."

April 7th
*Room 4150* Thomas (Ed) Cleveland, Ph.D.
Research Leader
Food and Feed Safety Research Unit USDA
Southern Regional Research Center
New Orleans, LA "Development of genetic-based technologies for prevention of aflatoxin contamination of U.S. crops by Aspergillus flavus"
Host: James Nolan, Ph.D.

April 14th
Timothy Hughes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada "Yeast functional genomics and proteomics highlights RNA processing"
Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.

April 21st
Lorraine Pillus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA DeMYSTifying HATs: Modifying Chromatin to Modulate Chromosomal Functions"
Host: Art Lustig, Ph.D.

April 28th James Gnarra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
LSU Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA The VHL tumor suppressor and hypoxia-regulated gene expression.
Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.

May 5th Sudhir V. Shah, M.D.
Professor /Director
Division of Nephrology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR Oxidants and Endonucleases in Acute Renal Failure.
Host: William Baricos, Ph.D.

Last revised: 4-22-03
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Past Biochemistry Seminar Schedules

*Date*	*Speaker*	*Seminar Title*
January 13th	NO SEMINAR
*January 20th*	*Martin Luther King Day*	NO SEMINAR
January 27th	Jordan Tang, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK	"Probing Memapsin 2 (Beta secretase) for Keys to Alzheimer's Disease" Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.
February 3rd	NO SEMINAR
February 10th	Larry J. Zwiebel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	"Molecular Genetics of Olfaction and Host Preference in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae" Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.
February 17th	Hannah Klein, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry New York University School of Medicine New York, NY	"Genetic control of Genomic stability: Stabilizing and destabilizing effects of recombination" Host: Art Lustig, Ph.D.
February 24th	NO SEMINAR
*March 4th*	*Mardi Gras*	*NO SEMINAR*
March 10th	Mona Norcum, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi	Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complexes- now in 3D! (And why is an inflammatory cytokine a central component?) Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.
March 17th	Martin Horvath, Ph.D. Department of Biology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	"Structure of a protein-DNA telomere end complex" Host: Art Lustig Ph.D.
March 24th	Bruce Bunnell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"In vivo gene therapy for lysosomalstorage diseases" Host: Yu-Teh Li, Ph.D.
March 28 *Friday 10:00AM	Stephanie Carmicle PhD Candidate Department of Biochemistry Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"The influence of antigen three-dimensional structure on helper T-cell epitope immunodominance"
March 31st	NO SEMINAR
April 3 *Thursday 10:00AM	Frank Shewmaker PhD Candidate Department of Biochemistry Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA	"From Phenotype to Protein Folding: Characterization of the Allele-Dependent Interactions between Chaperonin and Co-Chaperonin Alleles."
April 7th Room 4150	Thomas (Ed) Cleveland, Ph.D. Research Leader Food and Feed Safety Research Unit USDA Southern Regional Research Center New Orleans, LA	"Development of genetic-based technologies for prevention of aflatoxin contamination of U.S. crops by Aspergillus flavus" Host: James Nolan, Ph.D.
April 14th	Timothy Hughes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Banting and Best Department of Medical Research University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	"Yeast functional genomics and proteomics highlights RNA processing" Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.
April 21st	Lorraine Pillus, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA	DeMYSTifying HATs: Modifying Chromatin to Modulate Chromosomal Functions" Host: Art Lustig, Ph.D.
April 28th	James Gnarra, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology LSU Health Science Center New Orleans, LA	The VHL tumor suppressor and hypoxia-regulated gene expression. Host: Linda Hyman, Ph.D.
May 5th	Sudhir V. Shah, M.D. Professor /Director Division of Nephrology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	Oxidants and Endonucleases in Acute Renal Failure. Host: William Baricos, Ph.D.