Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Student Seminars
Spring 2020
Bioch 806 seminars have been suspended for the rest of the spring 2020 semester.
Coffee and cookies available at 3:45 p.m. in 168 Chalmers Hall.
Date | Speaker | Title |
| February 3 | Linah Alkotami | CRISPR-TSKO: A Technique for Efficient Mutagenesis in Specific Cell Types, Tissues, or Organs in Arabidopsis |
| February 10 | Patrick Corn | Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Peptidomimetic “PEGtide” of Oligo-Arginine Allows for Efficient siRNA Transfection and Gene Inhibition |
| Anthony DiProperzio | Structures of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase in malaria parasites reveal a unique structural relay mechanism for activation | |
| February 17 | Nicholas Neumann | CRISPR/Cas9 editing of three CRUCIFERIN C homoeologues alters the seed protein profile in Camelina sativa |
| Jacob Weber | The first crystal structure of crustacean ferritin that is a hybrid type of H and L ferritin | |
| February 24 | John Ewalt | Acid-Tolerant Reversibly Switchable Green Fluorescent Protein for Super-resolution Imaging under Acidic Conditions |
| Ye Zou | Structural basis for the docking of mTORC1 on the lysosomal surface | |
| March 2 | Nitin Mishra | Differential Epitope Mapping by STD NMR Spectroscopy To Reveal the Nature of Protein–Ligand Contacts |
| Xin Xu | Self versus Nonself Discrimination by the Soluble Complement Regulators Factor H and FHL-1 | |
| March 9 | Spring Break | No Seminar |
| March 16 Suspended | Chathu Ranaweera | Chaperone-Facilitated Aggregation of Thermo-Sensitive Proteins Shields Them from Degradation during Heat Stress |
| Suspended | Taihao Yang | Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation |
| March 23 Suspended | Indhujah Tevarajan | |
| March 30 Suspended | Yungui Guo | |
| April 6 Suspended | Yeni Romero | |
| April 13 Suspended | Guanpeng Wang | |
| April 20 Suspended | Yao Yan | |
| April 27 Suspended | Mian Huang | |
| May 4 Suspended | Simran Bawa |
