Department of chemistry
Biochemistry Seminar Schedule
Winter 2008
Fridays at 3:30 pm in 2025 Science Hall (unless noted otherwise)
January 11 Jonathan P. Staley, University of Chicago, "Motors and Switches that Regulate the Specificity and Activity of the Spliceosome"
January 18 Professor Jason Gestwicki, University of Michigan, "Chemical Control Over the Molecular Chaperone, Hsp70"
January 25 Jamie Carroll, Wayne State University, "Design of a Gp41 Protein that Inhibits Expressions of HIV - 1"
February 1 Chris Rohlman, Albion University, "Theme and Variation: A Comparative Approach to Group I Ribozyme Structure and Catalysis"
February 8 Richard Federly, Wayne State University - T.B.A.
February 15 May Daher, Wayne State University - T.B.A
February 22 Salim Nilshad, Wayne State University - T.B.A
February 29 Eric Hegg, Michigan State University, "Regulation and O2-Activation in Heme A Biosynthesis"
March 7 Setphanie Kern, Wayne State University - T.B.A
March 13 * (Special Seminar) Christian Melander, North Carolina State University, "Small Molecule Control of Bacterial Biofilms". 1:30 - 3:30, 2009 Science Hall
March 14 Spring Break
March 21 Radoslaw Markiewicz, Wayne State University - T.B.A
March 28 Hans Lin, Institute of Biological Chemsitry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (Pfizer Michigan Tour), "Development of Enzyme Inhibitors for Drug Discovery"
April 4 Kevin Sanbonmatsu, Los Alamos National Labs - T.B.A
April 6-10 235th - ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA
April 11 Gabriele Varani, University of Washington, "Inhibition of HIV Viral Replication by New RNA-Binding Peptidomimetics that Specifically Inhibit Transcriptional Activation"
April 18 Priyanga Wijesinghe, Wayne State University, - T.B.A
April 25 (Finals Week)
May 2 Dr. Sarah Woodson (T.T. Tchen Seminar) "RNA Folding from Ribozymes to Ribosomes"
* Biochemistry Special Seminar - March 13, 1:30 - 3:30, 2009 Science Hall Frontiers Series - Mondays at 3:00pm in 2009 Science Hall
Further information can be obtained from John Santalucia, Dept of Chemistry, Wayne State University, , (313) 577-0101.