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Biochemistry Seminar Schedule
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Winter 2010
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Fridays at 3:30 pm in 2025 Science Hall (unless noted otherwise)
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January 8
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Dr. Andrew Feig, Wayne State University, "Research Ethics"
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January 15
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Dr. Robert Hausinger, Michigan State University, "Mechanism and Versatility of Fe(II)/Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenases"
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January 22
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Dr. Katrina Karbstein, University of Michigan, "Remodeling 40S Ribosomes During Assembly"
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January 29
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Ashley Floyd, Wayne State University, "Structure-Function Analysis of Telomerase"
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February 1*
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Dr. Andrew Feig, Wayne State University, "Gene Regulation by Bacterial Small RNAs - Models, Mechanisms and New Frontiers"
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February 5
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May Daher, Wayne State University, "Novel Pathways for mRNA Degradation"
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February 8*
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Dr. Thomas Kunkel, NIEHS, "The Fidelity of Leading and Lagging Strand DNA Replication in Yeast"
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February 12
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Iresha Rathnayake, Wayne State University, "Silencing of Retroelements in Budding Yeast"
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February 19
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Magdalene Wambua, Wayne State University, "The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Immunology"
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February 26
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Rebecca Swett, Wayne State University, "Mechanisms of Membrane Curvature"
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March 5
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Shirin Fatma, Wayne State University, "Retrohoming by Linear Group II Introns"
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March 12
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Dr. Stephen Dunham, Moravian College, "Structural Studies of 6-Thioguanine in DNA: Determining the Molecular Trail of an Anticancer Agent"
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March 19
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Eric Patrick, Wayne State University, "Regulation of HIV-1 Latency"
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March 26
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Liangjun Zha, Wayne State University, "Chaperonin and Enzyme Evolution"
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April 2
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Gayathri Silva, Wayne State University, "Role of SmpB During trans-translation"
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April 9
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Syeda Fatima Sultana, Wayne State University, "Computational Redesign of Enzymes"
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April 16
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Heba Nassar, Wayne State University, "New Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Therapeutics"
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April 23
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Casey Jackson, Wayne State University, "Exploring Biological Cleavage: Inteins and Endonucleases"
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April 30
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Dr. Julie Blendy, University of Pennsylvania, "Functional Characterization of a Mouse Model for OPRM1 SNP (A118G): of Mice and Men"
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May 7**
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Dr. Ron Breaker, Yale University, "Riboswitches"
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* - Frontiers Monday at 3:00 PM in 2009 Sci Hall
** - T.T. Tchen Seminar Series will be announced.
Further information can be obtained from Prof. Ashok Bhagwat, Dept of Chemistry, Wayne State University, , (313) 577-2547.
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