Contemporary Biochemistry Fall 2009 - Membrane Organization

Seminars at 3:30 p.m. in Ebling Symposium Center, MSB, 1550 Linden Drive, UW-Madison

Previous Years' Lecture Topics

Date

Speaker

Title

Host

Sep. 14

Donald M. Engelman
Yale University

pH Dependent Insertion of a Transmembrane Helix: Mechanism and Applications in Cancer and Drug Delivery

Senes

Sep. 21

Josep Rizo
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Neurotransmitter Release

Martin

Sep. 28

John H. Bushweller
University of Virginia

TBA

Markley

Oct. 5

Brian Crane
Cornell University

TBA

Weibel

Oct. 12

Brian Kobilka
Stanford California

Structural Insights into G Protein coupled Receptor Activation

Markley

Oct. 19

William De Grado
University of Pennsylvania

TBA

Fox

Oct. 26

Kerwyn Casey Huang
Stanford University

Curvature-mediated Localization of Cardiolipin in Bacteria

Weibel

Nov. 2

William Dowhan
University of Texas-Houston Medical School

How do lipids organize membrane proteins

Weibel

Nov. 9

James U. Bowie
UCLA

What Drives Membrane Protein Folding?

Fox

Nov. 16

Anne Kenworthy
Vanderbilt  School of Medicine, Nashville TN

TBA

Markley

Nov. 23

Janet Wood
University of Guelph, Ontario Canada

Concentration at the Cell Poles Modulates Osmoregulation by Osmosensory Transporter ProP in Escherichaia coli

Weibel

Nov. 30

Gunnar von Heijne
Stockhom University, Sweden

Proteins that cannot make up their mind:  Dual-Topology and Anti-Parallel Membrane Proteins

Senes

Dec. 7

James Weissharr
UW-Madison

TBA

Weibel

Dec. 14

TBA

TBA



The 2009 series is supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the UW Graduate School with income generated by patents filed through WARF, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Molecular Biosciences Training Grant, and the Department Biochemistry.

 

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