Membrane Organization and Dynamics

Contemporary Biochemistry Fall 2009:

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

NMR Solution Structure and Function Studies of the Integral Membrane Enzyme DsbB

Markley

Oct. 5

Brian Crane
Cornell University

Structure and Reactivity of the Receptor: Kinase Array that Mediate Bacterial Chemotaxis

Weibel

Oct. 12

Brian Kobilka
Stanford California

Structural Insights into G Protein coupled Receptor Activation

Martin

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

Lipid Raft Organization and Dynamics in Cell Membranes

Martin

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
Stockholm University, Sweden

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

Senes

Dec. 7

James Weisshaar
UW-Madison

Imaging Proteins in Live E. Coli Under Osmotic Stress and Antimicrobial Attack

Weibel

Dec. 14

TBA

TBA



The 2009 series is supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, ACS-Chemical Biology, the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, the Molecular Biosciences Training Grant, Promega, the Department of Pharmacology, UW Graduate School, Biotechnology Training Program, and the Department of Biochemistry.

 

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