2011-2012
Molecular Biophysics Training Program Monthly Speakers
First Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm
Urey Room (2102); Urey Hall

Date Speaker Topic
Oct. 4
 Sarah Smith
Tezcan Lab
Nov. 1
 Pat Blachly
McCammon Lab
Dec. 6
 TBA
Jan. 3
 Chelsea Stewart
Ghosh Lab
Feb. 7
 Chris Pierse
Dudko Lab
Mar. 6
 Lindsey Handley
Jennings Lab
Mar. 29
 Doug Rees
Apr. 3
 Don Johnson
Gianneschi Lab
Apr. 12
 Michael Summers
May 1
 Zhaleh Amini
Muller Lab
May 15
 Carol Robinson
Jun. 5
 Huong Nguyen
Viadiu Lab

 

2010-2011

Date Speaker Topic
Oct. 5 Michael Jamros
Jennings Lab		 Safe SAXS: A combined SAXS and theoretical determination of the multiple structures involved on the protein kinase functional landscape
Nov. 2 Michael Niziolek
Taylor Lab		 Protein-protein interactions and biological implications of A Kinase Interacting Protein 1 (AKIP1)
Dec. 7 Jeramie Watrous
Dorrestein Lab

3-Dimensional depth profiling of microbial secondary metabolites on nutrient agar using MALDI imaging mass spectrometry
Jan. 4 Brandon Razooky
Weinberger Lab		 Transcriptional Bursting enables Genome-wide Temporal Multiplexing of Gene Expression
Feb. 1 Natalie Shanks
Nakagawa Lab		 Interaction of AMPA receptors with cornichon auxiliary subunits
Mar. 1 Nick Schafer
Wolynes Lab 		Are non-native interactions important to the folding kinetics of Spectrin
Mar. 31 Dr. Sarah Woodson
Johns Hopkins Univeristy 		RNA folding and ribosome assembly
Apr. 5 Andrew Caldwell
Hoffman Lab 		Dynamic Regulation of IKK
May 3 Sulyman Barkho
Jennings Lab		 Intramolecular dynamics and domain crosstalk in C-terminal Src Kinase (CSK)
Jun. 7 Jenn Pomponio
Kim Lab		 Control of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in proteins

2009-2010


Date Speaker Topic
Oct. 20 Melissa Wong
Weinberger Lab		 A Gene Expression Level-to-Rate Converter Provides a Fitness Advantage in a Human Herpesvirus
Nov. 10 David Erickson
Hwa Lab		 Synthetic Gene Circuits
Dec. 8 Jeff Brodin
Tezcan Lab		 Evolution of Metal Selectivity and Bioinorganic Diversity in Templated Protein Interfaces
Jan. 12 Natalie Shanks
Nakagawa Lab		 The structure of dimer intermediates of AMPA receptors during subunit assembly
Jan. 23 MBTG RETREAT
9am Leichtag 107		 Guest speakers: Dr. Navtej Toor, Dr. Michael Gilson, Dr. Ruben Abagyan, Dr. Nathan Gianneschi and Dr. Dong Wang; along with posters from the graduate students.
Feb. 9 Jeramie Watrous
Dorrestein Lab		 Capturing bacterial metabolic exchange using DESI imaging mass spectrometry
Mar. 9 Andrew Caldwell
Hoffman Lab 		Dynamic Regulation of the NFkB-inducing Kinase IKK
Apr. 1 Alexander van Oudenaarden
MIT 		Noisy decision-making in single cells: Coupled clocks, miRNAs, and incomplete penetrance
Apr. 8 Arthur Olson
TSRI		 Challenges and Opportunities for Computational Docking in Structure based Drug Design
Apr. 13 Eileen Chen
Joseph Lab 		Mechanism of Translational Control by the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
May 11 Bill Sinko
McCammon Lab
Jun. 8 Janina Moretti
Muller Lab

 

2008-2009

Date Speaker Topic
Oct. 14 Yan Wang
Opella Lab		 "Structure Determination of Viroporin by NMR: Vpu from HIV-1"
Nov. 11 Anna Clare Milazzo
Xuong Lab		 "Using a Direct Detection Device (DDD) for 3D Electron Microscopy"
Dec. 9 Diana Schlamadinger
Kim Lab		 "Antimicrobial Peptides"
Jan. 13 Mikolai Fajer
McCammon Lab		 "Tracking the Role of Allostery and Cooperativity in Substrate-Binding to PKA"
Feb. 10 Ingrid DeVries
Komives Lab		 "The role of the ankyrin repeat consensus in establishing folding kinetics"
Mar. 24 Michael Jamros
Jennings Lab		 "Investigating and Allosteric Mechanism for Csk Signaling"
Apr. 10 Scott Blanchard
Weill-Cornell Medical College of Cornell University		 "Dynamic Mode Switching and Cooperative Conformational Events Underpin the Process of Translocation on the Ribosome"
Apr. 14 Jeff Noel
Onuchic Lab		 "Applications of All-Atom Structure-Based Models of Proteins"
May 6 Harry Noller
University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Molecular Biology of RNA		 "Structure and Dynamics of the Ribosome"
May 12 Brian Fuglestad
Komives Lab		 "Thrombin Backbone Dynamics by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"
Jun. 9 Janina Moretti
Muller Lab		 "Evolution of Ribozymes Towards RNA-Protein Catalysts"

2007-2008

Date
Speaker Topic
Oct. 9
Byron Hetrick
Joseph Lab		 "Decoding by the Ribosome"
Nov. 13
Ariane Jansma
Handel Lab		 "Analysis of the Chemokine CTACK and the Silent Chemokine Receptor DARC"
Dec. 11
Jeff Noel
Onuchic Lab		 "An All-atom Structure Based Model for Proteins: Interplay between Geometry and Energetics"
Jan. 8
Andrew Markley
Dixon Lab		 "Enzymatic Characterization of a new class of Ribosomally Encoded Antibiotic"
Feb. 12
Rina Salanga
Handel Lab		 "Structural and Functional Characterization of a 
Chemokine Receptor and Ligand"
Mar. 11
Mikolai Fajer
McCammon Lab		 "Accelerating Thermodynamic Integration with Replica Exchange Accelerated Molecular Dynamics"
Apr. 8
Gregory Hannum
Ideker Lab		 "Using physical interaction networks to explain the effects of natural genetic variation"
May 13
Andro Rios
Tor Lab		 "Making Nucleic Acids Shine! Fluorescent nucleosides for biophysical studies"


Saturday May 31st Annual Retreat
 
June 10
Amy Davenport
Komives Lab		 "Molecular Dynamics of IκBα via Fluorescence
Resonance Energy Transfer"
Apr. 11 Dr. Carlos Bustamante
UC Berkeley		 "Signposts along the chromosomal highway:  How FtsK finds its target" 12:00pm
Leichtag 107
Apr. 24 Dr. Mary Roberts
Boston College 		"The osmotisome and other ways to deal with stress.... lessons from extremophiles" 12:00pm
Leichtag 107