
Contemporary Biochemistry Fall 2009:
Seminars at 3:30 p.m. in Ebling Symposium Center, MSB, 1550 Linden Drive, UW-Madison
Previous Years' Lecture Topics
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Host
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Sep. 14
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Donald M. Engelman
Yale University
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pH Dependent Insertion of a Transmembrane Helix: Mechanism and Applications in Cancer and Drug Delivery
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Senes
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Sep. 21
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Josep Rizo
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Neurotransmitter Release
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Martin
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Sep. 28
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John H. Bushweller
University of Virginia
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NMR Solution Structure and Function Studies of the Integral Membrane Enzyme DsbB
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Markley
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Oct. 5
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Brian Crane
Cornell University
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Structure and Reactivity of the Receptor: Kinase Array that Mediate Bacterial Chemotaxis
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Weibel
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Oct. 12
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Brian Kobilka
Stanford California
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Structural Insights into G Protein coupled Receptor Activation
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Martin
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Oct. 26
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Kerwyn Casey Huang
Stanford University
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Curvature-mediated Localization of Cardiolipin in Bacteria
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Weibel
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Nov. 2
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William Dowhan
University of Texas-Houston Medical School
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How do Lipids Organize Membrane Proteins
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Weibel
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Nov. 9
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James U. Bowie
UCLA
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What Drives Membrane Protein Folding?
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Fox
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Nov. 16
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Anne Kenworthy
Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville TN
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Lipid Raft Organization and Dynamics in Cell Membranes
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Martin
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Nov. 23
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Janet Wood
University of Guelph, Ontario Canada
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Concentration at the Cell Poles Modulates Osmoregulation by Osmosensory Transporter ProP in Escherichaia coli
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Weibel
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Nov. 30
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Gunnar von Heijne
Stockholm University, Sweden
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Proteins that cannot make up their mind: Dual-Topology and Anti-Parallel Membrane Proteins
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Senes
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Dec. 7
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James Weisshaar
UW-Madison
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Imaging Proteins in Live E. Coli Under Osmotic Stress and Antimicrobial Attack
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Weibel
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Dec. 14
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TBA
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TBA
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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.