Biophysics Seminars and Supergroup

Biophysics Seminars 2024/2025 Academic Year

Sep 11 - Anthony Leung (Johns Hopkins) "Molecular Mechanism of Poly(ADP-ribose)-Induced Protein Condensation" - Host: Karolin Luger

Oct 2 - Geeta Narlikar (UC-San Francisco) "ATP-dependent remodeling of chromatin condensates uncovers distinct

mesoscale effects of two remodelers" - Host: Vignesh Kasinath

Oct 16 - Jen Heemstra (WashU) "A chemical biology toolbox for probing A-to-I RNA" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Dec 4 - Kara McKinley (Harvard) 鈥淩egeneration in the uterus鈥 - Host: Student-invited seminar

Dec 11 - Joseph Jardine (Scripps) 鈥淔rom viruses to serpents: How HIV research inspired a new generation of snake antivenoms鈥 - Host: Student-invited career seminar

Feb 5 - Elif Sarinay Cenik (Univ of Texas) 鈥淩ibosome Biogenesis and Nucleolus at the Nexus of Growth, Homeostasis, and Development鈥 - Host: Roy Parker

Mar 19 - Susan Shao (Harvard) 鈥淭叠顿鈥 - Host: Alex Whiteley

Apr 2 - Eduardo Perozo (Univ of Chicago) 鈥淭叠顿鈥 - Host: Joe Falke听

Apr 23 - Jonathan Pruneda (Oregon Health Sciences Univ) 鈥淭叠顿鈥 - Host: Aaron Whiteley听

Biophysics Supergroup 2023/2024 Academic Year

Fall Semester:听 Friday 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Aug 30 - Presenting - Annette Erbse and Joe Dragavon - Shared Instruments and Advanced Light Microscopy Core Presentations

Sep 27 -听Presenting - Bryant and Schwartz Labs; Introducers: Anthony Dominic and Ella Tommer

Oct 25 - Presenting - Batey and Sprenger Labs; Introducers: Samson Adelani and Olivia Irvin

Nov 15 -听Presenting - Perkins and Luger Labs; Introducers: Angie Liu and Oscar Cordova

Dec 13 -听Presenting - Montoya-Castillo and Whitehead Labs鈥; Introducers: Patrick Holland and Lindsey Whitmore

Spring Semester:听 Friday 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Jan 24 -听Presenting - Cech and Leinwand Labs; Introducers: Alex Fiorenza and Fred Longshore-Neate

Feb 21 -听Presenting - Shirts and Voeltz Labs; Introducers: Aitana Ignes-Romeu and Andy Garcia Gordillo

Mar 14 -听Presenting - Palmer and Randolph Labs鈥; Introducers: Sylas Anderson and Laurel Robbins

Apr 11 -听Presenting - Neu and Cameron Labs; Introducers: David Kelaita and Angie Liu

May 2 -听Presenting - Shields and Aaron Whiteley Labs; Introducers: Faith Olulana and Jonah Kern

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Past Seminar and Supergroup Meetings

Biophysics Seminars - 2023/2024 Academic Year

Sep 13 - Christina Woo (Harvard) "Reading and rewriting protein modifications in cells" - Host: Alex Whiteley

Sep 20 - Scott Hansen (Univ of Oregon) "Mechanisms controlling spatial patterning of membrane proximal signaling reactions" - Host: Joseph Falke

Sep 27 - Michael Summers (Univ of Maryland, BC) "How HIV-1 selectively packages its RNA genome" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Oct 25 - Arup Chakraborty (MIT) "The Antibody Response to Repeated Vaccination" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Nov 8 - Tanja Mittag (St Jude Children's Hospital) "Understanding the driving force for phase separation of PLCDs, the material properties of condensates and their aging processes" - Host: Dylan Taatjes

Nov 15 - Troy Walton (Beyond Meat) "Beyond Biophysics: Working in plant based food technology" - Host: Student-invited career seminar

Dec 13 - Rebecca Voorhees (Caltech) "How to make a membrane protein" - Host: Alex Whiteley

Mar 13 - Yifan Cheng (UC-San Francisco) "Structure of INO80-hexasome and - nucleosome complexes - the basis of its mechanistic versatility" - Host: Halil Aydin

Apr 24 - Whitney Stevens-Sostre (Univ of Wisconsin) "Kv channels, Retinal Circuits, and Black in Biophysics" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Biophysics Supergroups - 2023/2024 Academic Year

Fall Semester:听 Monday 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Sep 11 - Presenting - New Biophysics Faculty Overview Presentations

Oct 2 -听Presenting - Batey and Leinwand Labs; Introducers: Jon Faris and Clair Huffine

Oct 23 - Presenting - Sprenger and Luger Labs; Introducers: Naiara Garcia and Holly Coleman

Nov 13 -听Presenting - Hough and Whitehead Labs; Introducers: Ashley Sullivan and Anthony Dominic III

Dec 11 -听Presenting - Cech and Taatjes Labs鈥; Introducers: Daniel Ocampo and Alexandria Fiorenza

Spring Semester:听 Monday 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Jan 29 -听Presenting - Shirts and Wuttke Labs; Introducers: Lottie Steward and Aitana Ignes-Romeu

Feb 19 -听Presenting - Palmer and Randolph Labs; Introducers: Faith Olulana and Ella Tommer

Mar 11 -听Presenting - Cameron and Perkins Labs鈥; Introducers: Sylas Anderson and Angie Liu

Apr 1 -听Presenting - Shields and Aaron Whiteley Labs; Introducers: David Kelaita and Patrick Holland

Apr 22 -听Presenting - Kaar and Falke Labs; Introducers: Samson Adelani and Lottie Steward

Biophysics Seminars - 2022/2023 Academic Year

Sep 21 - Darrel Irvine (MIT) "Regulation of the immune response by spatially compartmentalized proteolysis in lymphoid organs" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Oct 26 - Gustavo Silva (Duke) "Ribosome ubiquitination and translation control during oxidative stress" - Host: Alex Whiteley

Nov 2 - Polly Fordyce (Stanford) "Microfluidics for quantitative, high-throughput biophysics and biochemistry" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Nov 30 - Cynthia Wolberger (Johns Hopkins) "Histone H2B ubiquitination in transcription regulation" - Host: Vignesh Kasinath

Dec 7 - Markita Landry (UC Berkeley) "Nanomaterials Enable Delivery of Genetic Material Without Transgene Integration in Mature Plants" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Feb 22 - Amy Andreotti (Iowa State) "Exploring the Regulatory Apparatus of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase - A Drug Target for B-Cell Cancers" - Host: Natalie Ahn

Apr 12 - Lin Tian (UC Davis) "What genetically engineered serotonin sensors teach us about the mind" - Host: Amy Palmer

Apr 19 - Michelle Wang (Cornell) "DNA Topology and Mechanics During Fundamental Processes" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Apr 26 - Anna Huttenlocher (UW-Madison) "Navigating Complex 3D Spaces During Tissue Homeostasis and Repair" - Host: Joseph Falke

May 3 - Christopher Downey (U.S. FDA) "From RNA to the FDA" - Host: Student-invited career seminar

Biophysics Supergroups - 2022/2023 Academic Year

Fall Semester:听 Monday 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Sep 19 - Presenting - Betterton and Sousa Labs;听 Introducers: Liz George and Holly Coleman

Oct 3 -听Presenting - Fox and Aydin Labs; Introducers: Nicole Day and Mando Ramirez

Oct 24 - Presenting - Palmer and Aaron Whiteley Labs; Introducers: Mando Ramirez and Naiara Garcia

Nov 14 -听Presenting - Figueroa and Taatjes Labs; Introducers: Danielle Guillen and Clair Huffine

Dec 5 -听Presenting - Shirts and Wuttke Labs鈥; Introducers: Ameya Prabhune and Daniel Ocampo

Spring Semester: Monday 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Jan 23 -听Presenting - Luger and Randolph Labs; Introducers: Shea Siwik and Faith Olulana

Feb 13 -听Presenting - Cameron and Perkins Labs; Introducers: Lottie Steward-Blanke and Ashley Sullivan

Mar 6 -听Presenting -听 Kasinath and Whitehead Labs鈥; Introducers: Danielle Guillen and Nicole Day

Apr 3 -听Presenting - Kaar and Niswander Labs; Introducers: Shea Siwik and Ameya Prabhune

Apr 24 -听Presenting - Batey and Leinwand Labs; Introducers: Jon Faris and Liz George

Biophysics Seminars - 2021/2022 Academic Year

Aug 25 - Jessica Anna (U Penn) "Ultrafast Dynamics of Natural Light Harvesting Complexes, Isolated Cofactors, and Model Systems" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Sep 1 - Stephen Harrison (Harvard) "Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Cell Entry" - Host: Vignesh Kasinath

Oct 13 - John Whitney (McMaster) "A bacterial toxin inhibits translation in competitor cells" - Host: Aaron Whiteley

Oct 27 - Rachel Green (Johns Hopkins) "Ribosome collisions activate cell fate signaling pathways" - Host: Alex Whiteley

Nov 3 - Mikhail Shapiro (Caltech) "Talking to cells: biomolecular engineering for noninvasive imaging and control of cellular function" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Nov 17 - Eizabeth Kellogg (Cornell) "Molecular Mechanisms of Programmable DNA-Transposition via CRISPR-Associated Transposons" - Host: Vignesh Kasinath

Feb 23 - Jean-Paul Armache (Penn State) "The Defining Role of Dynamics in Cryo-EM" - Host:听 Halil Aydin

Mar 2 - Bil Clemons (Caltech) "A detailed look at tail-anchored membrane protein听targeting - from opisthokonts听to protists to plants" - Host: Student-invited seminar

Mar 16 - Adam Frost (UCSF) "Pattern Formation in Biological Membranes" - Host: Halil Aydin

Apr 6 - Heran Darwin (NYU) "Identifying a New Vulnerability in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis" - Host: Aaron Whiteley

Biophysics Supergroups - 2021/2022 Academic Year

Fall Semester:听 Monday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Sep 20听 - Presenting - New FacultyOverview Presentations

Oct 4 -听Presenting -听 Palmer and Nesbitt Labs; Introducers: Chris Brininger and Hector Sanchez-Moran

Oct 25 - Presenting -听 Shirts and Taatjes Labs; Introducers: Alison Leonard and Tom Wieser

Nov 15 -听Presenting -听 Betterton and Wuttke Labs; Introducers: Montana Minnis and Meg Palacio

Dec 6 -听Presenting - Luger and Randolph Labs鈥; Introducers: Richelle Streater and Calvin Voong

Spring Semester: Monday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Jan 10 -听Presenting -听 Cameron and Perkins Labs; Introducers: Jack Gugel, Shea Siwick

Feb 7 -听Presenting - Goodrich and Whitehead Labs; Introducers: Liz George and Dusty White

Mar 7 -听Presenting -听 Kaar and Falke Labs鈥; Introducers: Danielle Guillen and Mando Ramirez

Apr 4 -听Presenting -听 Batey and Leinwand Labs; Introducers: Chris Brininger and Nicole Day

Apr 25 -听Presenting -听 Shields and Stowell Labs; Introducers: Ameya Prabhune and Alison Leonard

Biophysics Seminars - 2020/2021 Academic Year

Oct 14 - Lingyin Li (Stanford) "Understanding the extracellular cGAMP-STING pathway and harness it to treat cancers" 听 听

Oct 28 - Manu Prakash (Stanford) "That sinking feeling: Gravity, cilia, flagella and their roles in how life navigates the oceans"

Dec 2 - Eva Nogales (UC Berkeley) "Structural surprises from a plant native immune system"

Dec 9 - Kris Niyogi (UC Berkeley) "Understanding and altering regulation of photosynthesis"

Dec 16 - Wesley Legant (UNC) "Lattice light sheet mircoscopy - innovations, applications, and future directions"

Feb 24 - Kate Carroll (Scripps Florida) Canceled due to COVID 19

Mar 3 - Laura Kiessling (MIT) "Glycans in host-microbe interactions"

Mar 17 - Ingrid Wertz (Genentech) "Targetomg BCL-2 and MCL-1 overcomes treatment resistance in relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma"

Mar 31 - John Kuriyan (UC Berkeley) "Deep mutagenesis of a DNA polymerase clamp loader system"

Apr 21 - Alex Dunn (Stanford) "Tissue construction, from molecules up"

May 5 - Jennifer Lubbeck-Bee (Nike) Professional Development Talk

Biophysics Supergroups - 2020/2021 Academic Year

Fall Semester:听Monday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Sep 14听 - Presenting - Shields & Whitely Labs;听 Introducers:听Kate DaPron & Erin Richards

Oct 5 -听Presenting - Hind & Taatjes Labs; Introducers: Katie Mains & Alison Leonard

Oct 26 - Presenting - Betterton & Wuttke Labs; Introducers: Gayle Geschwind & Montana Minnis

Nov 16 -听Presenting - Luger & Falke Labs; Introducers: Shelby Lennon & Meg Palacio

Dec 7 -听Presenting - Cameron & Perkins Labs鈥; Introducers: Taylor Jones & Richelle Streater

Spring Semester: Monday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Jan 25 -听Presenting - Spencer & Goodrich Labs; Introducers: Dustin White & Calvin Voong

Feb 15 -听Presenting - Kaar & Kralj Labs; Introducers: Tom Wieser & Chris Brininger

Mar 8 -听Presenting - Batey & Schwartz & Labs鈥; Introducers: Jack Gugel & Hector Sanchez-Moran

Mar 29 -听Presenting - Anseth & Nesbitt Labs; Introducers:听Kate DaPron & Erin Richards

Apr 19 -听Presenting - Sousa & Palmer Labs; Introducers: Gayle Geschwind & Katie Mains

Seminars and Supergroup Meetings - 2019/2020听Academic Year

Sep 4 - Caroline Ajo-Franklin (Rice University) "Engineering Microorganisms to Make and Communicate Materials"

Oct 2 - Danielle Bassett (U Pennsylvania) "Network architectures supporting learnability"

Oct 9听- Randy Stockbridge (U Michigan) "Evolutionary insights from Nature鈥檚 minimalist membrane transport proteins"

Oct 30 - Emily Que (University of Texas, Austin) "Chemical tools for investigating cellular zinc metalloenzymes"

Nov 20听- Keith Yamamoto听(UC San Francisco) "A 欧美口爆视频 Boulder PhD: What's it mean?听What's it good for?"

Spring 2020 Seminar Series Canceled Due to COVID-19

Biophysics Supergroup Schedule

Fall Semester Location:听JSCBB A104 -听Monday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Sep 6听 - Welcome BBQ Picnic - East Terrace, JSCB Building

Sep 9听-听Presenting -听Taatjes & Whitehead Labs; Refreshments:听Voeltz听& Wuttke;听Introducers:听Kira Cozzolino & Sarah Schoonraad

Sep 30 -听Presenting -听Voeltz听& Wuttke Labs;听Refreshments: Hough & Luger;听Introducers:听Jeffre Allen & Gayle Geschwind

Oct 21听- Presenting -听Hough & Luger Labs;听Refreshments: Cameron & Perkins Labs;听Introducers:听Nick Lammer & Taylor Jones

Nov 11听-听Presenting -听Cameron & Perkins Labs;听Refreshments: Old听& Spencer;听Introducers: Claire Armstrong & Shelby Lennon

Dec 9听-听Presenting -听Old听& Spencer Labs鈥;听Refreshments: Kaar & Kralj Labs;听Introducers:听Greg Morrin & Kathryn Mains

Spring Semester Location: Ekeley E1B20 - Monday 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Jan 13听-听Presenting - Kaar & Kralj Labs;听Refreshments: Batey &听Bryant;听Introducers: Kathryn Dapron & Srijit Muckherjee

Feb 10听-听Presenting -听Batey &听Bryant听Labs;听Refreshments: Schwartz &听Betterton;听Introducers:听Ellyse Scheider & Erin Richards

Mar 9听-听Presenting -听Schwartz &听Betterton听Labs鈥;听Refreshments: Sousa &听Palmer;听Introducers:听Andres Chaparro Sosa听& Desmond Hamilton

Apr 6听-听Presenting -听Sousa &听Palmer听Labs;听Refreshments: Falke听&听Fox;听Introducers:听Kira Cozzolino & Sarah Schoonraad

Apr 27听-听Presenting -Falke听&听Fox听Labs;听Refreshments: Taatjes & Whitehead Labs;听Introducers:听Claire Armstrong & Srijit Muckherjee

Seminars and Supergroup Meetings - 2018/2019听Academic Year

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Oct 3 - Phil Nelson (U Pennsylvania) "The physics, biology, and technology of resonance energy transfer"

Oct 24 - Derek Lovley (U Mass Amherst)听"Protein Nanowires: Biological Function and Synthetic Constructs for 鈥楪reen鈥 Electronics"

Nov 14 - Taekjip Ha (Johns Hopkins) "From Single Molecule Fluorescence to Superenzyme Engineering and Beyond"

Feb 27 - Floyd Romesberg (Scripps Research Institute) "A Semi-synthetic Organism that Stores and Retrieves Increased Genetic Information"

Apr 3 - Ken Dill (Laufer Center, Stony Brook)听 听"How Proteins Make Decisions in Cells and in Evolution"

Apr 10 - Bertil Hille (U Washington) "G protein couples receptors and dynamic phosphoinositide changes modulate neuoral excitability"

Apr 18 - Kyle Landgraf (Reflexion Pharma) Biophysics Professional Development Talk - "Route-finding in biotechnology: Is there a career path for me?"

Apr 24 - Eric Westhoff (U de Strasbourg) "tRNA modifications in decoding and miscoding"

Biophysics Supergroup Schedule

Fall Semester Location:听Ekeley E1B20 -听Monday 5:00-6:30 pm

Aug 27 听- Welcome BBQ Picnic - East Terrace, JSCB Building

Sep 24 -听Presenting - Hough & Luger Labs;听Refreshments: Neu & Wuttke; Introducers: Broadwell & Armstrong

Oct 22 - Presenting - Neu & Wuttke Labs;听Refreshments: Cameron & Perkins; Introducers: Damon & Allen

Nov 12 -听Presenting - Cameron & Perkins听Labs;听Refreshments: Old & Spencer; Introducers: Gordon & Cozzolino

Dec 10 -听Presenting - Old & Spencer听Labs;听Refreshments: Kaar & Kralj; Introducers: Markert & Hamilton

Spring Semester Location: JSCBB A104 - Monday 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Jan 14 -听Presenting - Kaar & Kralj Labs;听Refreshments: Batey & Bryant; Introducers: Thomas & Lammer

Feb 11 -听Presenting - Batey & Bryant Labs;听Refreshments: Schwartz & Betterton; Introducers: Morrin & Schneider

Mar 11 -听Presenting - Schwartz & Betterton听Labs;听Refreshments: Sousa & Palmer; Introducers: Mukherjee & Schoonraad

Apr 1 -听Presenting - Sousa & Palmer Labs;听Refreshments: Falke & Fox; Introducers: Broadwell & Gordon

Apr 29 -听Presenting - Falke & Fox听Labs;听Refreshments: Hough & Luger; Introducers: Damon & Markert

2017-18听Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Sep 20 -听David Mooney (Harvard University) "Stress Relaxation and Stem Cells"

Oct 11 -听Ming 听Chen Hammond (University of California, Berkeley) "Illuminating the Single-cell Biology of Chemical Signals in Bacterial and Immune Cells"

Mar 7听-听Edward Boyden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 听"Expansion Microscopy, Optogenetics, and Other Tools for Mapping and Repairing Biological Systems"

Biophysics Supergroup Schedule 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm

Fall Semester Location:听Ekeley E1B20 -听Monday 5:00-6:30 pm

Sep 11 - Presenting - Anseth & Luger Labs;听Refreshments: Cameron & Kaar; Introducers:

Oct 2 - 听Presenting - Cameron & Kaar Labs;听Refreshments: Spencer & Kralj; Introducers:

Oct 23听- Presenting - Spencer & Kralj Labs;听Refreshments: Old & Perkins; Introducers:

Nov 27听- Presenting - Old & Perkins Labs;听Refreshments: Batey & Randolph; Introducers:

Dec 18*听- (*CIRES Auditorium)听Presenting - Batey & Randolph Labs;听Refreshments: Schwartz & Palmer; Introducers:

Spring Semester Location:听JSCBB A104 **4:30 - 6:00pm

Jan 22听- Presenting - Schwartz & Palmer Labs;听Refreshments: Sousa & Falke; Introducers:

Feb 12听-听Presenting - Sousa & Falke Labs;听Refreshments: Betterton & Nesbitt; Introducers:

Mar 12听- Presenting - Betterton & Nesbitt Labs;听Refreshments: Jimenez & Wuttke; Introducers:

Apr 23听-听Presenting - Jimenez & Wuttke Labs;听Refreshments: Anseth & Luger; Introducers:听

2016-17听Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Sep 14听-听Allen Minton (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) "What We Know and What We Do Not Know 欧美口爆视频 Macromolecular Crowding"

Sep 28听-听Jeff Gelles听(Brandeis University) "A Hitchiker's Guide: How Proteins Cooperate to Regulate mRNA Synthesis"

Nov 2听-听Hilary Coller (UCLA) 鈥淭oward a Molecular Understanding of Proliferating, Quiescent and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts鈥

Mar 1 -听Ann Claude Gingrass (Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute, Toronto) 听"A Physical Map of a Human Cell"

Mar 8听- ***David Mooney (Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)***RESCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 2017

Mar 15听-听Paul Ahlquist (University of Wisconsin, Madison and听HHMI) 听鈥淣ew Structure / Function Insights into Viral RNA Replication Compartments"

Mar 22 -听Margaret Gardel听(University of Chicago) 听"Cytoskeletal Materials and Machines"

Apr 12 -听Dan Herschlag (Stanford University) "Adventures in the RNA World: Past, Present and Future"

Apr 19听-听Mike Rosen (UT Southwestern)听"Physical Mechanisms of Cell Organization on Micron Length Scales"

Biophysics Supergroup Schedule 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm

Fall Semester Location:听Ekeley E1B20

Aug 29 - Presenting - Cameron & Spencer Labs; Refreshments - Krajl & Kaar; Introducers - Bruni & Lamson

Sep 19 -听Presenting -听Krajl & Kaar Labs;听Refreshments -听Palmer & Perkins;听Introducers - Nakamoto & Ruppe

Oct 3听- Presenting -听Palmer & Perkins鈥 Labs;听Refreshments -听Batey & Randolph;听Introducers - Anson & LeBlanc

Nov 7听- Presenting -听Batey & Randolph Labs;听Refreshments - Schwartz & Shirts;听Introducers - Christensen & Edwards

Dec 5听- Presenting -听Schwartz & Shirts鈥 Labs;听Refreshments - Sousa & Falke;听Introducers - Allen & Matyjasik

Spring Semester Location:听JSCBB B115

Jan 30听- Presenting -听Sousa & Falke Labs;听Refreshments - Betterton & Nesbitt;听Introducers - Nicholson & Snell

Feb 20 -听Presenting -听Betterton & Nesbitt Labs;听Refreshments - Jimenez & Wuttke;听Introducers - Buckles & Sorret

Mar 20听- Presenting -听Jimenez & Wuttke Labs;听Refreshments - Anseth & Luger听;听Introducers - Bruni & Moore

Apr 24听-听Presenting - Anseth & Luger Labs;听Refreshments - Cameron & Spencer;听Introducers - LeBlanc & Nakamoto

2015-2016 Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Sep 12 -听Jamie Cate (University of California, Berkeley) "Human eIF3: The Mediator of Translation."

Sep 16 -听Grant Jensen (California Institute of Technology) "How Electron Cryotomography is Opening a New Window into Microbial Ultrastructure"

Sep 23 -听Dorothee Kern (Brandeis University) "Separated at Birth, the Evolution of Kinase Dynamics Over a Billion Years Reveals a Modern Cancer Drug鈥檚 Mechanism"

Oct 14 -听Galit Lahav (Harvard Medical School) "Dynamics of Cancer Pathways in Single Cells"

Nov 11 -听Nieng Yan (Tsinghua University and HHMI) 鈥淪eeing is Believing: The Snapshots During the Glucose Uptake鈥

Feb 17 -听Enrique de la Cruz (Yal University) 鈥淭叠顿鈥

Mar 9 -听David Eliezer (Weill Cornell Medical College) 鈥淭叠顿鈥

Mar 16 -听Karen Fleming (Johns Hopkins University) 鈥淭叠顿鈥

Mar 30 -听Melissa Moore (University of Massachusetts Medical School and HHMI)听 鈥淭叠顿鈥

Apr 20 -听Adam Cohen (Harvard University) 鈥淭叠顿鈥

Apr 27 -听Gerald Feigenson (Cornell University) 鈥淭叠顿鈥

2015-16 Biophysics Supergroup Schedule 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm

Fall Semester Location:听Ekeley E1B20

Sep 21-听Presenting -听Krajl & Kaar Labs;听Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Sousa;听Introducers - Okoniewski & Nakamoto

Oct听12 - Presenting -听Cech & Sousa Labs;听Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Randolph;听Introducers - Maguire & Edwards

Nov听9 - Presenting -听Batey & Randolph Labs;听Refreshments - Batey & Randolph;听Introducers - Perkins & Allen

Dec听7 - Presenting -听Vaida & Taatjes Labs;听Refreshments - Perkins & Falke;听Introducers - Swisher& Snell

Spring Semester Location:听JSCBB B115

Jan听11 - Presenting -听Perkins & Falke Labs;听Refreshments - Betterton & Yin;听Introducers - Weltz & Lamson

Feb听8 -听Presenting -听Betterton & Yin Labs;听Refreshments - Jimenez & Luger;听Introducers - Bruni & LeBlanc

Mar听7- Presenting -听Jimenez & Luger Labs;听Refreshments - Schwartz & Wuttke;听Introducers - Wall & Brown

Apr听4 -听Presenting -听Schwartz & Wuttke Labs;听Refreshments - Goodrich & Hough;听Introducers - Maguire & Swisher

May听2 - Presenting -听Goodrich & Hough Labs;听Refreshments - Krajl & Kaar;听Introducers - Okoniewski & Weltz

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 11:30 am in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Sep 3 -听Kenneth Yamada (National Institutes of Health)听"Dynamics of Three-dimensional Cell-Matrix Interactions in Development and Cancer"

Oct 1 -听Karolin Luger (欧美口爆视频 State University)听"Histone Chaperones in Transcription and DNA Repair: The Usual and Unusual Suspects"

Oct听8 -听Harry Noller (University of California, Santa Cruz)听"The Role of Ribosomal RNA Dynamics in Ribosomal Translocation"

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Nov听5 -听Gregory Voth (University of Chicago)听"Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems:听 The Multiscale Challenge"

Nov 12 -听Carlos Bustamante (University of California, Berkeley)听"Divison of Labor and Coordination Among the Subunits of a Nearly Perfect Biological Machine"

Dec 10 -听James Prestegard (University of California, Santa Cruz)听"The Role of Ribosomal RNA Dynamics in Ribosomal Translocation"

Feb 18 -听Zhijian James Chen (UT Southwestern)听"TBD"

Feb 25 -听Peter Wright (The Scripps Research Institute)听"TBD"

Mar 8 -听Nizar Batada (Ontario Institute of Cancer Research)听"TBD"

Apr 1 -听Kurt Wuthrich (The Scripps Research Institute)听"TBD"

Apr 15 -听Mitchell Guttman (California Institute of Technology)听"TBD"

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm, Fall Ekeley E1B20 and Spring JSCBB B115

Sept 8 - Presentation:听Kaar & Vaida Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Stowell Labs,听Introducers 鈥 A. Horn & T. Brown

Oct 6 -听Presentation:听Batey & Stowell听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Perkins & Taatjes Labs,听Introducers 鈥 J. Greenberg & M. Liu

Nov 3 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Taatjes Labs,听Refreshments - Parker & Falke Labs,听Introducers - N. Lloyd and L. Maguire

Dec 8 -听Presentation:听Parker & Falke Labs,听Refreshments - Hoenger & Nesbitt Labs,听Introducers - J. Polaski & S. Okoniewski

Jan 12 -听Presentation:听Hoenger & Nesbitt Labs,听Refreshments - Betterton & Wuttke Labs,听Introducers - D. Protter & R. Perkins

Feb 2听-听Presentation:听Betterton & Wuttke Labs,听Refreshments - Anseth & Palmer Labs,听Introducers - A. Horn & H. Swisher

Mar 2听-听Presentation:听Anseth & Palmer Labs,听Refreshments - Goodrich & Hough Labs,听Introducers - N. Lloyd & K. Wall

Apr 6 -听Presentation:听Goodrich & Hough Labs,听Refreshments - Sousa & Randolph Labs,听Introducers - J. Polaski & J. Weltz

May 4 -听Presentation:听Sousa & Randolph Labs,听Refreshments - Kaar & Vaida Labs,听Introducers - D. Protter & TBA

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Nov 20 -听Joan Steitz (Yale University)听"Noncoding RNAs: With a Viral Twist"

Feb 26 -听Yale Goldman (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)"TBD"

Mar 19 -听Evgeny Nudler听(New York University Medical Center "TBD

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm, Fall Ekeley E1B20 and Spring JSCBB D320

Sep 9 -听Presentation:听Batey & Stowell Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Perkins & Taatjes Labs,听Introducers 鈥 S. Hunt and D. Protter

Oct 7听-听Presentation:听Perkins & Taatjes听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Parker & Falke Labs, Introducers 鈥 J. Polaski & M. Balboa

Nov听4听-听Presentation:听Parker & Falke Labs,听Refreshments - Hoenger & Nesbitt Labs,听Introducers - S. Singh & M. Liu

Dec 16听-听Presentation:听Hough & Nesbitt Labs,听Refreshments - Better & Goodrich Labs,听Introducers - H. Kuan & A. Horn

Jan 13听-听Presentation:听Betterton & Goodrich Labs,听Refreshments - Anseth & Pardi Labs,听Introducers - M. Siewny & P. Chaffey

Feb 3听-听Presentation:听Anseth & Pardi Labs,听Refreshments - Wuttke & Hough Labs,听Introducers - N. Lloyd & J. Greenberg

Mar 3听-听Presentation:听Wuttke & Hoenger Labs,听Refreshments - Sousa & Randolph Labs,听Introducers - J. Polaski & D. Protter

Apr听7听-听Presentation:听Sousa & Randolph Labs,听Refreshments - Tan & Yin Labs,听Introducers - M. Siewny & H. Kuan

May 5听-听Presentation:听Tan & Yin Labs,听Refreshments - Batey & Stowell Labs,听Introducers - S. Singh & S. Hunt

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 3:30 pm in JSCBB Butcher Auditorium

Sep 19听-听Bill DeGrado (UC San Francisco)听"Moving Protons Through Membranes:听 Analysis of M2, a Proton Transporter from Influenza A Virus and De Novo Design of听 Zn(II) /Proton Antiporter"

Oct 10 -听Lukas Tamm (University of Virginia)"Synaptic Exocytotic Fusion Machine"

Nov 7 -听Rob Batey (欧美口爆视频 Boulder)听TBA

Dec 5 -听Eva Nogales (UC Berkeley)听TBA

Feb 20 -听Jay Groves (UC Berkeley)听TBA

Feb 27 -听Jose-Maria Carazo (Spanish National Center for Biotech)听TBA

Apr 3 -听Dan Kahne (Harvard University)听TBD

Apr 10 -听David Eisenberg (UC Los Angeles)听TBD

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm, Fall Ekeley E1B20 and Spring JSCBB D320

Sep 17听-听Presentation:听Perkins & Taatjes Lab,听Refreshments - Palmer and Falke Labs,听Introducers - D. Adams and K. Goldfarb

Oct 22听-听Presentation:听Palmer & Falke听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Hoenger & Nesbitt Labs,听Introducers 鈥 S. Hunt and K. Jansen

Nov 12听-听Presentation:听Hoenger & Nesbitt听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Bryant & Wuttke Labs,听Introducers 鈥 H. Kuan & M. Siewny

Dec 3听-听Presentation:听Bryant & Wuttke Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Clark & Pardi Labs,听Introducers 鈥 S. Singh & G. Smith

Jan 14听-听Presentation:听Clark & Pardi Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Hough & McHenry Labs,听Introducers 鈥 N. Van Horn & S. Weiss

Feb 18听-听Presentation:听Hough & McHenry Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Introducers 鈥 J. Zinder & J. Polaski

Mar 11听-听Presentation:听Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Refreshments 鈥揅ech & Yin Labs ,听Introducers 鈥 TBA

Apr 8听-听Presentation:听Cech & Yin Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Stowell Labs,听Introducers 鈥 TBA

Apr 29 -听Presentation:听Batey & Stowell听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Perkins & Taatjes Labs ,听Introducers 鈥 TBA

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142

Sep 21 -听Anna Pyle (Yale University)听TBD

Oct听12 -听Jack Johnson (Yale University)"Mechanisms of Biological Dynamics Determined from Studies of Virus Particle Maturation"

Nov 2 -听Ken Dill (UC-San Francisco)听TBD

Nov 9 -听Taekjip Ha (U Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)听"Single Molecule Fluorescence-Force Analysis of Protein Dynamics on Single Stranded DNA"

Nov 30 -听Jin Zhang (Johns Hopkins)听"Spatiotemporal Regulation of Protein Kinases"

Jan 18 -听David Draper (Johns Hopkins)听"Putting RNA, Ions and Osmolytes Together: Are There Simple Answers for Complex Solutions?"

Mar 7 - 听Steve Brenner (UC-Berkeley)听TBD

Mar 14 -听Ruth Nussinov (National Cancer Institute)听TBD

Apr 11 -听Juli Feigon (UC - Los Angeles)听"The Architecture of Telomerase RNA"

Apr 25 -听Ed Chapman (U of Wisconsin)听TBD

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Oct 3 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Falke Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & Nesbitt Labs,听Introducers 鈥 D. Adams & E. Holmstrom

Oct 24听-听Presentation:听Betterton & Nesbitt听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Eaves & Wuttke Labs,听Introducers 鈥 K. Goldfarb & G. Smith

Nov 14 -听Presentation:听Eaves & Wuttke听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Clark & McHenry Labs,听Introducers 鈥 P. Slivka & S. Weiss

Dec 5 -听Presentation:听Clark & McHenry Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Gill & Pardi Labs,听Introducers 鈥 K. Hassett & J. Swan

Jan 23 -听Presentation:听Gill & Pardi Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Introducers 鈥 K. Jansen & J. Marcano-Velazquez

Feb 13 -听Presentation:听Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Yin Labs,听Introducers 鈥 I. Godfroy & J. Zinder

Mar 5 -听Presentation:听Cech & Yin Labs,听Refreshments 鈥揃atey & Stowell Labs,听Introducers 鈥 E. Holmstrom & P. Slivka

Apr 2 -听Presentation:听Batey & Stowell Labs.听Refreshments - Jimenez & Taatjes Labs,听Introducers - J. Swan & J. Zinder

Apr 23听-听Presentation:听Jimenez & Taatjes Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Perkins & Falke Labs,听Introducers 鈥 K. Goldfarb & Joan Marcano-Velazquez

Biotechnology Opportunities Series 鈥 Wednesday 5:30 pm in Koelbel 340 & Chem 142

Sep 15 -听Hot Topics & Careers in Biotechnology -听 Koelbel 340

Sep 29 -听Is my Biotech Idea Feasible? - Chem 142

Oct 13 -听People & Partnerships: The New Model of Biotech Financing - Koelbel 340

Oct 27 -听Product Development -听 Chem 142

Nov 10 -听Commercial Development听 -听 Koelbel 430

Nov 17 -听Intellectual Property & Licensing Strategies - Chem 142

Dec 1 -听Business Development - Chem 142

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142

Oct 27 -听Cynthia Wolberger (Johns Hopkins)听听 Structural Insights into Ubiquitin Signaling

Nov 3 -听Don Engleman (Yale)听听pH-Dependent Transmembrane Peptide Insertion: Mechanisms and Uses in Drug Delivery and Tumor Imaging

Nov 10 -听Steve Harrison (Harvard)听 Molecular Mechanisms for Entry of Viruses into Cells

Feb 16 -听Chris Lima (Baylor)听 TBD

Mar 9 -听Steve Mayo (Caltech)听听TBD

Mar 16 -听Robert Blankenship (Washington U)听 TBD

Apr 6 -听Roger Williams (Cambridge, MRC)听 TBD

Apr 13 -听Jennifer Duodna (Berkeley)听 TBD

Apr 20 -听Tom Alber (Berkeley)听 TBD

Apr 27 -听Doug Rees (Caltech)听 TBD

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 13听-听Presentation:听Falke & Leinwand Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Nesbitt & Palmer Labs,听Introducer 鈥 M. Tibbitt

Oct 4 -听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Palmer听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Randolph Labs,听Introducer 鈥 J. Marcano-Velazquez

Oct 25听-听Presentation:听Goodrich & Randolph听Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 McHenry & Wuttke Labs,听Introducer 鈥 J. Deacon

Nov 15 -听Presentation:听McHenry & Wuttke Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Pardi Labs,听Introducer 鈥 T. Dickey

Dec 6 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Pardi Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Introducer 鈥 K. Dean

Jan 10 -听Presentation:听Kaar & Sousa Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Yin Labs,听Introducer 鈥 J. Lubbeck

Feb 7听-听Presentation:听Cech & Yin Labs,听Refreshments 鈥揝towell & Batey Labs,听Introducer 鈥 J. Swan

Feb 28 -听Presentation:听Stowell & Batey Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Taatjes & Jimenez Labs,听Introducer 鈥 Y. Yan

Mar 28 -听Presentation:听Taatjes & Jimenez Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Perkins Labs,听Introducer 鈥 V. Bowman

Apr 18 - Presentation:听听Anseth & Perkins Labs,听Refreshments 鈥 Falke & Leinwand Labs,听Introducer 鈥 E. Holmstrom

Methods and Career Series 鈥 Tuesday 12:15 pm in CIRES S274

Oct 20听-听Barbara Dix听- Applications of spectroscopy to atmospheric sciences

Oct 27听-听Rebecca Montange听- Optical trapping in single molecule biology

Nov 10 -听Delphine Farmer听- Applications of aerosol mass spectrometry to atmospheric sciences

Dec 1 -听Andrea Edwards听- X-Ray crystallographic analysis of proteins and nucleic acids

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in Chem 142

Sep 16 -听Bill Weis (Stanford)听Molecular Insights into Alpha-Catenin as a Regulator

Sep 23 -听Bill Clemons (Caltech)听Structural Studies of Tail-Anchored Protein Targeting

Sep 30 -听Kevin Sanbonmatsu (Los Alamos)听Simulation of Ribozymes and Riboswitches

Oct 14 -听Rob Knight (欧美口爆视频 Boulder)听RNA as a Lens into the Human Microbiome

Dec 2 -听Scott Blanchard (Cornell)听Conformational Dynamics in the Ribosome

Jan 13 -听David Baker (U Washington)听Prediction of Protein Structure and Function

Jan 27 -听Bonnie Bassler (Princeton)听Quorum Sensing Mechanisms in Bacteria

Feb 10 -听Sunney Xie (Harvard)听Single Molecule Biophysics

Mar 10 -听Chris Chang (UC Berkeley)听Metals in Neurons

Mar 14 -听Dorothee Kern (Brandeis)听Protein Dynamics

Mar 28 -听Lewis Kay (U Toronto)听NMR Studies of Larger Proteins

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 14听-听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Palmer Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Ahn & Wuttke
Introducer 鈥 R. Brown

Oct 5 -听Presentation:听Ahn & Wuttke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Randolph & Yin Labs
Introducer 鈥 A. Churnside

Oct 26 -听Presentation:听Randolph & Yin Labs
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Pardi Labs
Introducer 鈥 M. TibbittSep 17听-听Presentation:

Nov 16 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Pardi Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Copley & Sousa Labs
Introducer 鈥 C. Sandoval

Dec 7听-听Presentation:听Copley & Sousa Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & McHenry Labs
Introducer 鈥 J. DeaconSep 17听-听Presentation:

Jan 25 -听Presentation:听Betterton & McHenry Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Stowell & Batey Labs
Introducer 鈥 J. Cope

Feb 15 -听Presentation:听Stowell & Batey Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揟aatjes & Jimenez Labs听
Introducer 鈥 T. Dickey

Mar 8 -听Presentation:听Taatjes & Jimenez Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Perkins Labs
Introducer 鈥 Q. Yuan

Apr 5 -听Presentation:听Anseth & Perkins Labs听
Refrments 鈥 Falke & Hoenger Labs听
Introducer 鈥 K. Deanesh

Apr 26 -听Presentation:听Falke & Hoenger Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Nesbitt & Palmer Labs听
Introducer 鈥 J. Lubbeck

Career Events

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Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:

*Wednesday 4:00 pm in Duane G1B20

**Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium

Sep 10 -听Ray Stevens (Scripps)听Crystal structures of GPCRs and pharmacological insights

Sep 17 -听Jeff Gordon (Washington Univ)听Bioinformatics of human gut microbiome

Oct 1 -听Paul Chaikin (NY Univ)听Self-replication with colloids

Oct 8 -听Art Johnson (Texas A&M)听Fluorescence analysis of membrane protein biogenesis

Oct 15 -听Sheng Ding (Scripps)听Chemical approach to stem cell biology

Oct 29 -听Lan Huang (UC Irvine)听Proteomics analysis of the ubiquitin degredation pathway

Nov 5 -听Christine Payne (Georgia Tech)听Intracellular delivery and imaging of quantum dots

Nov 12 -听Tobias Meyer (Stanford)听Exploring cell signaling by fluorescence microscopy

Nov 19 -听Jackie Barton (Caltech)听DNA-mediated protein signaling in damage and repair

Dec 10 -听Michelle Wang (Cornell)听Unpacking DNA at the single molecule level

Jan 18 -听Sean Eddy (Washington Univ)听Next generation search tools: Beyond BLAST

Mar 4 -听Jon Weissman (UCSF)听Functional insights from hi-res genetic interaction maps

Apr 1 -听Bill Weiss (Stanford)听Structural analysis of the Wnt signaling pathway

Apr 15 -听Mike Rosen (UT Southwestern)听Strucure and dynamics of cooperativity in Vav1

Apr 24 -听Jennifer Ogilvie (U Michigan)听Spectroscopy from single molecules to single cells

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 8听-听Presentation:听McIntosh & Smalyukh
Refreshments 鈥 Randolph & Yin
Introducer 鈥 K. Landgraf

Oct 6 -听Presentation:听Randolph & Yin Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Pardi & Wuttke Labs
Introducer 鈥 J. Cope

Oct 27听-听Presentation:听Pardi & Wuttke Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Knight & Sousa Labs
Introducer 鈥 P. Dittmer

Nov 17听-听Presentation:听Knight & Sousa听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揃etterton & McHenry Labs
Introducer 鈥 C. DeForest

Dec 8 -听Presentation:听Betterton & McHenry Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Stowell & Batey Labs
Introducer 鈥 A. Garst

Jan 26 -听Presentation:听Stowell & Batey Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Taatjes & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 C. Sandoval

Feb 23 -听Presentation:听Taatjes & Jimenez Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揌oenger & Perkins Labs听
Introducer 鈥 R. Brown

Mar 16 -听Presentation:听Hoenger & Perkins Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Falke & Anseth Labs
Introducer 鈥 A. Libby

Apr 6 -听Presentation:听Falke & Anseth Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Nesbitt & Palmer Labs听
Introducer 鈥 A. Churnside

Apr 27听-听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Palmer Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Smalyukh Labs听
Introducer 鈥 J. Falke

Career Lunches

Fri Noon in CIRES S274, lunch provided
*Friday 4:00 pm in JILA AuditoriumBiophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:

Sep 26听-听Chris Hill (Univ Utah)听Crystallographic studies of proteosomes

Oct听3听-听Jen. Lippincott-Schwartz (NIH)听Biophysical imaging of events in live cells

Oct 24 -听Jamie Williamson (Scripps)听Structural studies of RNA structure-function

Nov 7 -听Rod MacKinnon (Rockefeller)听Crystallography of channels (Nobel Laureate)

Nov 28 -听Sam Butcher (Wisconsin)听RNA structure-function, NMR

Nov 30 -听Matt Lang (MIT)听Single molecule and optical tweezer analysis of proteins

Dec 14听-听Harry Gray (Caltech)听Optical/laser spectroscopy of metalloproteins, Bioinorganic

Mar 5 -听Pascale Legualt (Montreal)听RNA structure-function, NMR

Mar 19 -听David Lilley (Dundee)听Analysis of nucleic acid conformations by FRET

Apr 2 -听Art Johnson (Texas A&M)听Biophysical studies of G-proteins

Apr 4 -听Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli (MIT)听Nanotechnology and new materials

Apr 9 -听Mike Rosen (UT Southwestern)听Biophysical studies of Rho-GTPases

Apr 23 -听Amy Rosenzweig (Northwestern)听Structure-function of metalloenzymes

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20 (may change in Spring)

Aug 27听-听Presentation:听Copley & Lin听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Pardi Labs
Introducer 鈥 K. Landgraf

Oct 1听-听Presentation:听McIntosh & Pardi Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Knight & Sousa Labs
Introducer 鈥 T. Armel

Oct 22 -听Presentation:听Knight & Sousa Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & Batey Labs
Introducer 鈥 P. Dittmer

Nov 12 -听Presentation:听Betterton & Batey听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揝towell & Voeltz Labs
Introducer 鈥 J. Cope

Dec 10 -听Presentation:听Stowell & Voeltz Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Taatjes & Perkins Labs
Introducer 鈥 A. Edwards

Jan 28 -听Presentation:听Taatjes & Perkins Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Hoenger & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 C. DeForest

Feb 18 -听Presentation:听Hoenger & Jimenez Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揊alke & Nesbitt Labs听
Introducer 鈥 J. Fiore

Mar 10 -听Presentation:听Falke & Nesbitt Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Palmer Labs
Introducer 鈥 K. Wenberg

Mar 31 -听Presentation:听Anseth & Palmer Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Leinwand & Wuttke Labs听
Introducer 鈥 S. Altschuler

Apr 28听-听Presentation:听Leinwand & Wuttke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Copley & Yin Labs听
Introducer 鈥 H. Lee

NEW! 2006-2007 Career Lunches

Fri Noon in CIRES S274, lunch provided

Sep 29 -听Joshua Bornhorst (U. Arkansas Med. Ctr.)听Clinical chemistry: A field with a shortage of Ph.D. researchers and directors

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:

*Mon 4:00 pm in Benson 185, Thu 4:00 pm in MCDB A2B20, ***Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium

Sep 18听-听Shimon Weiss (UCLA)听Single-molecule studies of gene expression and rafts

Sep 20 -听Rob Batey (U. 欧美口爆视频)听Crystallographic studies of RNA switches

Oct 4 -听Greg Voth (U. Utah)听Computational approaches to biomolecular dynamics

Oct 5 -听Siegfried Musser (U. Texas)听Biophysical studies of membrane proteins

Nov 8 -听Karolin Luger (CSU)听Crystallographic studies of chromosomes

Nov 15 -听Olve Peersen (CSU)听Structural analysis of protein-nucleic acid interactions

Nov 29 -听U. Kutateladze (UCHSC)听NMR structural studies of membrane docking proteins

Dec 1 -听Peter Wolynes (UCSD)听Potential energy surfaces and protein folding

Dec 13 -听Tom Steitz (Yale)听Structure of DNA polymerase III

Feb 14 -听Nick Grishin (UTSW, HHMI)听Computational studies of protein structure-function

Feb 28 -听Anna Marie Pyle (Yale, HHMI)听RNA structure-function

Mar 7 -听Carolyn Bertozzi (UC Berkeley, HHMI)听Carbohydrate structure-function

Mar 21 -听Chris Miller (Brandeis U., HHMI)听Biophysics of ion channels

Apr 4 -听Kathy Collins (UC Berkeley)听Structural biology of telomeres

Apr 11 -听Danny Reinberg (UMDNJ)听Molecular mechanisms of epigenetics

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 11听-听Presentation:听Knight & Sousa听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & McHenry Labs
Introducer 鈥 Carrie Bernecky

Oct 2 -听Presentation:听Betterton & McHenry Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 Micah Hamady

Oct 23 -听Presentation:听Batey & Jimenez Labs
Refreshments 鈥揌oenger & Stowell Labs
Introducer 鈥 Loren Hough

Nov 13 -听Presentation:听Hoenger & Stowell听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揚erkins & Taatjes Labs
Introducer 鈥 Karen Meyer-Arendt

Dec 11 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Taatjes Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揂hn & Falke Labs
Introducer 鈥 Rebecca Montagne

Feb 5 -听Presentation:听Ahn & Falke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Nesbitt & Randolph Labs
Introducer 鈥 Sarah Altschuler

Feb 26 -听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Randolph Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Leinwand & Palmer Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Chris Arthur

Mar 19 -听Presentation:听Leinwand & Palmer Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Wuttke Labs
Introducer 鈥 Daniel Cash

Apr 16 -听Presentation:听Goodrich & Wuttke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Pardi Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Julie Fiore

May 7 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Pardi Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Knight & Sousa Labs听
Introducer 鈥 David Wren

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium with these exceptions:

*Wednesday 4:00 pm in Duane Physics G1B20, **Friday 4:00 pm in JILA Auditorium

Sep 7听-听Paul Selvin (Illinois)听Single-molecule studies of molecular motors

Sep 9听-听Jim Weisshaar (Wisconsin)听Protein diffusion and vesicle fusion

Sep 21 -听 Ed Chapman (Wisconsin)听Molecular mechanisms of Ca-triggered exocytosis

Sep 28听-听Kevin Weeks (UNC)听High-throughput RNA structural analysis

Oct 5 -听Jack Szostak (Harvard)听Transition from chemical to darwinian evolution

Oct 7听-听Hans Frauenfelder (Los Alamos)听Protein energy landscapes: flucuations & function

Oct 12听-听Diana Murray (Weill of Cornell)听Computational analysis of PIP signaling

Oct 28 - 听Jane Vanderkooi (U. Penn)听Water interactions with biomolecules

Nov 9 -听Scott Silverman (U. Illinois)听DNA in bioorganic chemistry and nanotechnology

Dec 7 -听Xiaowei Zhang (Harvard)听Single molecule imaging in vitro and in vivo

Feb 1 -听Thomas Kunkel (NIH)听Structure-function studies of DNA replication fidelity

Feb 15 -听Kira Misura (U. Washington)听Computational approaches to protein structure

Mar 1 -听Eric Stebbins (Rockefeller U.)听Structural studies of bacterial invasion machinery

Mar 8 -听S. Khorasanizadeh (U. Virginia)听NMR analysis of histone methylation

Apr 5 -听Steve Hahn (Hutchinson Inst.)听Structural studies of RNA polymerases

Apr 26 -听Peter von Hippel (U. Oregon)听Biophysics of protein-nucleic acid interactions

Molecular Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Aug 29 -听Presentation:听Clark & Copley听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & Pardi Labs
Introducer 鈥 Thomas Armel

Sep 19听-听Presentation:听Betterton & Pardi Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 Carrie Bernecky

Oct 17听-听Presentation:听Batey & Jimenez Labs
Refreshments 鈥揚erkins & Stowell Labs
Introducer 鈥 Ryan Crisman

Nov 14 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Stowell听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揜esing & Taatjes Labs
Introducer 鈥 Carl Carlsson

Dec 5 -听Presentation:听Resing & Taatjes Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揊alke & Sousa Labs
Introducer 鈥 Amy Gelinas

Jan 23 -听Presentation:听Falke & Sousa Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Nesbitt & Randolph Labs
Introducer 鈥 Liang Guo

Feb 20 -听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Randolph Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Leinwand Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Kyle Landgraf

Mar 13 -听Presentation:听Cech & Leinwand Labs
Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Wuttke Labs
Introducer 鈥 Karen Meyer-Arendt

Apr 10 -听Presentation:听Goodrich & Wuttke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Chen Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Rebecca Montagne

May 1 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Chen Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Clark & Copley Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Troy Walton

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium听(Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)seminar dates)

Aug 13 -听Howard Berg (Harvard)听FRET detection of kinase activity in vivo

Aug 19 -听Lloyd Smith (Univ. Wisconsin)听Single molecule mass spec

Oct 27 -听James Ferrell (Stanford)听Ultrasensitivity and oscillations in the Cdc2 system

Nov 10 -听John Perona (UC Santa Barbara)听Ensuring fidelity in aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis

Nov 17 -听Xiaojiang Chen (USC)听Structures of T antgen and MCM complexes

Dec 8 -听Anjana Rao (Harvard Med)听Calcineurin-NFAT signaling

Jan 12 -听Richard Roberts (Caltech)听Protein synthesis machinery

Feb 23 -听Gerard Marriott (Univ. Wisconsin)听Biophotonics analysis of the cytoskeleton

Mar 2 -听Sunny Xie (Harvard)听Single molecule approach to biology

Apr 13 -听David Cafiso (Univ. Virginia)听EPR spin labeling study of a membrane transporter

Apr 20 -听Hiroaki Suga (Univ. Tokyo)听Artificial Ribozymes for Programming the Genetic Code

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 20听-听Presentation:听Betterton & Pardi听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Sousa & Pace Labs
Introducer 鈥 Joe Falke

Oct 18 -听Presentation:听Sousa & Pace Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 Jen Roberts

Nov 15 -听Presentation:听Batey & Jimenez Labs
Refreshments 鈥揚erkins & Stowell Labs
Introducer 鈥 Aaron Cullen

Dec 6 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Stowell听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揂hn & Falke Labs
Introducer 鈥 Amanda Carpenter

Jan 24 -听Presentation:听Ahn & Falke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Nesbitt Labs
Introducer 鈥 Christopher Arthur

Feb 21 -听Presentation:听Anseth & Nesbitt Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Leinwand Labs
Introducer 鈥 Petia Gatzeva-Topalova

Mar 14 -听Presentation:听Cech & Leinwand Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Wuttke Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Parag Shah

Apr 11 -听Presentation:听Goodrich & Wuttke Labs
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Chen Labs
Introducer 鈥 Aaron S. Miller

May 2 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Chen Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Betterton & Pardi Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Michael Latham

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium听(Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)

Sep 10 -听Nils Walter (Univ. Michigan)听In the fluorescent spotlight: RNA enzymes reveal their structural dynamics and utility

Oct 8 -听Andy Robertson (Univ. Iowa)听Protein Phrenology: Reading the Surface of Ubiquitin To Determine its Aptitudes and Tendencies

Oct 15 -听Thorston Dierkman (Univ. Calif., Davis)听Adaptability, Dynamics, and Electrostatics in RNA-Ligand Interactions

Oct 22 -听Bob Sauer (MIT)听Mechanism of Substrate Recognition and Unfolding During Energy Dependent Degradation by AAA+ Proteases

Nov 12 -听Lloyd Smith (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)听Towards Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry

Nov 19 -听Carolyn Price (Univ. Cincinnati)听Telomeric DNA Processing: an Essential Step in Wuttke U. Cincinnati Med. Telomere Capping

Dec 10 -听Erik Zuiderweg (Univ. Michigan)

Jan 27 -听Steven White (Univ. California, Irvine)听How Membranes Shape Protein Structure

Feb 4 -听Sunney Xie (Harvard Univ)Single Molecule Chemistry & Spectroscopy

Feb 11 -听Floyd Romesberg (Scripps)听Protein Dynamics

Feb 18 -听Kevin Gardner (Univ. Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.)

Feb 25 -听Gourisankar Gosh (Univ. California, San Diego)

Mar 3 -听Adrian Ferre Amare (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr.)

Mar 10 -听Mona Norcum (Univ. Massachussetts Medical Ctr.)

Mar 17 - Henry Bourne (Univ. California, San Francisco)听Eukaryotic Chemotaxis

Mar 31 -听Chris Francklyn (Univ. Vermont)

Apr 7 -听Mark Hochstrasser (Yale Univ.)

Mar 14 -听Tom Kerppola (Univ. Michigan Medical School)

Mar 21 -听Scott Strobel (Yale Univ.)

Mar 28 -听James Spudich (Stanford Univ. )听Molecular Studies of Motor Proteins

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Ekeley E1B20

Sep 22 -听Presentation:听Ahn & Cech听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Sousa & Pace Labs
Introducer 鈥 Amy Buck

Oct 13听-听Presentation:听Sousa & Pace Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Jimenez Labs
Introducer 鈥 Chris Downey

Nov 10 -听Presentation:听Batey & Jimenez Labs
Refreshments 鈥揚erkins & Stowell Labs
Introducer 鈥 Aaron Cullen

Dec 8 -听Presentation:听Perkins & Stowell听Labs听
Refreshments 鈥揃etterton & Falke Labs
Introducer 鈥 Aaron Miller

Jan 26 -听Presentation:听Betterton & Falke Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Nesbitt Labs
Introducer 鈥 Petia Gatzeva-Topalov

Feb 16 -听Presentation:听Anseth & Nesbitt Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Pardi & Leinwand Labs
Introducer 鈥 Dan Resnicow

Mar 8 -听Presentation:听Pardi & Leinwand Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Wuttke Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Matt Seefeldt

Apr 5 -听Presentation:听Goodrich & Wuttke Labs
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Chen Labs
Introducer 鈥 Jennifer Roberts

May 3 -听Presentation:听McIntosh & Chen Labs听
Refreshments 鈥 Ahn & Cech Labs听
Introducer 鈥 Aaron Hieb

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium听(Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)

Oct 2 -听Jeff Kieft (Univ. 欧美口爆视频 Health Sciences Center)听Structural insights into the molecular basis of Hepatitus C virus translation initiation

Oct 9 -听Ignacio Tinoco (Univ. California, Berkeley)听Mechanical unfolding of single RNA molecules: The biological way

Oct 16 -听Deborah Wuttke (Univ. 欧美口爆视频, Boulder)听NMR studies of telomeric protein structures and the OB fold

Oct 30 -听Patsy Babbitt (Univ. California, San Francisco)听Computational development of models for understanding how protein structures deliver protein function

Nov 6 -听Valerie de Crecy-Lagard (Scripps)听From experimental evolution to comparative genomics: Revisiting the genetic code

Mar 5 -听Kevin Shokat (UCSF)听Engineered proteins for unnatural ligands: New tools for tracing protein kinase cascades

Mar 6 -听Joel Pomeranz (Caltech)听Transcriptional Target-Based Expression Cloning of Signaling Molecules

Mar 12 -听Doug Turner (Univ. Rochester)听Folding and Targeting RNA

Mar 19 -听Youxing Jiang (Rockefeller Univ.)听Structure and Mechanism of a Calcium-Gated Potassium Channel

Apr 2 -听Xiao-Fan Wang (Duke Univ.)听ATM/ATR Activation, Checkpoint, and Genomic Instability

Apr 9 -听Jeff Gelles (Brandeis Univ.)听How kinesin keeps its grip: The mechanism of a processive motor enzyme

Apr 16 -听Michelle Arkin (Sunisis Pharmaceuticals)听Small-molecule Antagonists of Interleukin-2/IL-2 Receptor

Apr 23 -听Jun Liu (Johns Hopkins Univ.)听Calcium Signaling Modules Regulating Transcription During T Cell Activation and Apoptosis

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Porter (Fall) or Ekeley (Spring)

Sep 16听-听Presentation:听Anseth & Falke Labs 鈥 Porter B121
Refreshments 鈥 Perkins & Stowell Labs

Oct听14听-听Presentation:听Ahn & Copley Labs 鈥 Porter B121
Refreshments 鈥 Anseth & Falke Labs

Nov 18听-听Presentation:听Nesbitt & Cech Labs听鈥 Porter B121
Refreshments 鈥 Ahn & Copley Labs

Dec 9听-听Presentation:听Goodrich & Gill Labs听鈥 Porter B121
Refreshments 鈥揘esbitt & Cech Labs

Jan 13听-听Presentation:听McIntosh & Chen Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166
Refreshments 鈥 Goodrich & Gill Labs

Feb 17听-听Presentation:听Rowlen & Pardi Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166
Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Chen Labs

Mar 17听-听Presentation:听Pace & Sousa Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166
Refreshments 鈥 Pardi & Rowlen Labs

Apr 14听-听Presentation:听Batey & Wuttke Labs鈥 Ekeley 165/166
Refreshments 鈥 Pace & Sousa Labs

May 5听-听Presentation:听Perkins & Stowell Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166
Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Wuttke Labs

Biophysics Seminars 鈥 Wednesday 4:00 pm in CIRES Auditorium听(Wednesdays not listed are Biochemistry seminar dates)

Sep 5 -听Jack Johnson (Scripps)听Structure and dynamics of DNA and RNA virus capsids

Sep 26 -听Larry Hunter (Univ. 欧美口爆视频 Health Sciences Center)听Data mining in the era of high throughput molecular biology

Oct 3 -听Greg Petsko (Brandeis)听Structural biology in the age of genomics

Oct 24 -听Carlos Bustamante (Univ. California, Berkeley)听Reversible unfolding of single RNA molecules by mechanical force

Oct 31 -听Anthony Kossiakov (Univ. Chicago)听Energetics of cytokine-induced receptor signaling

Nov 7 -听Stephen Benkovic (Penn State Univ.)听Perspective on biological catalysis

Nov 28 -听Kris Palczewski (Univ. Washington)听Crystal structure of rhodopsin: Implications for vision and G protein signaling

Dec 5 -听Elizabeth Komives (Univ. California, San Diego)听Biophysical studies of protein-protein interfaces using biacore, NMR and H/D exchange

Dec 12 -听Rick Dahlquist (Univ. Oregon)听Structural and dynamic view of sensory transduction in bacteria

Feb 20 -听Chris Garcia (Stanford Univ.)听Structural analysis of receptor-receptor and receptor-ligand interactions

Mar 6 -听Steve Block (Stanford Univ.)听Single molecule studies of molecular motors

Apr 24听-听David Blair (Univ. Utah)听Biophysics of the bacterial flagellar motor

May 1 -听David Baker (Univ. Washington)听Predictionof protein folding mechanisms

Biophysics Supergroup 鈥 Monday 5:00-6:30 pm in Porter (Fall) or Ekeley (Spring)

Sep 17听-听Presentation:听Ahn & Falke Labs 鈥 Porter B121,听Refreshments 鈥 Rowlen & Wuttke Labs

Oct 15听-听Presentation:听McIntosh & Randolph Labs 鈥 Porter B121,听Refreshments 鈥 Ahn & Falke Labs

Nov听12听-听Presentation:听Cech & Pace Labs听鈥 Porter B121,听Refreshments 鈥 McIntosh & Randolph Labs

Dec 10 -听Presentation:听Gill & Goodrich听Labs 鈥 Porter B121,听Refreshments 鈥 Cech & Pace Labs

Jan 28 -听Presentation:听Chen & Nesbitt Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166,听Refreshments 鈥 Gill & Goodrich Labs

Feb 18 -听Presentation:听Leinwand & Pardi Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166,听Refreshments 鈥 Chen & Nesbitt Labs

Mar 18听-听Presentation:听Sousa & Uhlenbeck Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166,听Refreshments 鈥 Leinwand & Pardi Labs

Apr 15 -听Presentation:听Batey & Wuttke Labs鈥 Ekeley 165/166,听Refreshments 鈥 Sousa & Uhlenbeck

May 6 -听Presentation: Perkins & Stowell Labs 鈥 Ekeley 165/166,听Refreshments 鈥 Batey & Wuttke Labs