Spring 2015 Seminar Schedule Name Title Host STEVEN MCKNIGHT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER GREENLEAF/ JANUARY 9 “DISCOVERY, OPTIMIZATION AND MECHANISTIC BRENNAN CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEUROPROTECTIVE CHEMICAL” *HANDLER MEMORIAL LECTURE – 103 BRYAN RESEARCH BUILDING AT 1:30 PM HOWARD CHANG STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HARGROVE NOTE: WED., JANUARY 21 “GENOME REGULATION BY LONG NONCODING RNAS” JOHN HANOVER NIDDK, NIH BOYCE JANUARY 30 “A LITTLE SUGAR GOES A LONG WAY: O-GLCNAC AND DISEASE EPIGENETICS” CRAIG THOMPSON MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER COGGINS FEBRUARY 6 TITLE TBA **KAMIN MEMORIAL LECTURE – 103 BRYAN RESEARCH BUILDING AT 1:30 PM PETER BURGERS WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MODRICH FEBRUARY 20 (TENTATIVE) “CONNECTING DNA DAMAGE TO CHECKPOINT INITIATION” JONATHAN STAMLER CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY FRIDOVICH FEBRUARY 27 TITLE TBA DINSHAW PATEL MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER AL-HASHIMI MARCH 6 "STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF RNA-MEDIATED GENE REGULATION AND HISTONE MARK-MEDIATED EPIGENETIC REGULATION" RONALD BREAKER YALE UNIVERSITY AL-HASHIMI MARCH 13 TITLE TBA FRANCES BRODSKY UCSF/UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BOYCE MARCH 20 "DIVERSITY OF CLATHRIN FUNCTION IN METABOLISM, MEMBRANE TRAFFIC AND BEYOND " BEN LUISI UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE BEESE APRIL 3 TITLE TBA CATHY DRENNAN MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BONNIE APRIL 10 "SHAKE, RATTLE, & ROLL: CAPTURING SNAPSHOTS OF CUTHBERT/ METALLOENZYMES IN ACTION" STUDENTS STUDENT-SPONSORED LECTURESHIP SERIES REBECCA BUTCHER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ZHOU APRIL 17 “CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN C. ELEGANS” BRUCE TIDOR MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DONALD APRIL 24 (TENTATIVE) TITLE TBA AMY KEATING MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DONALD MAY 1 (TENTATIVE) "MEASURING AND MODELING THE BINDING SPECIFICITY OF STRUCTURALLY CONSERVED PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS" RALF MENDEL JOINT SEMINAR WITH CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT THIELE/ MAY 8 TITLE TBA YOKOYAMA ~ seminars are held on Fridays in Room 147, Nanaline Duke Building at 12:OO noon ~ *Handler Memorial Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in 103 Bryan Research Building **Kamin Memorial Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in 103 Bryan Research Building ~ coffee will be available 15 minutes before the start of each seminar ~ .