Department of Molecular Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University

February 9 - 4:15 pm

Paul Sigler, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Infinite Dilution at High Concentration: Structure and Mechanism of Chaperonin Assisted Protein Folding
(Hosted by the department graduate students)

February 23 - no seminar, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting

March 9 - 4:15 pm

Yi Zheng, Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis
Molecular Dissection of the Mechanism of Regulation of Rho Family GTPases
(Rick Cerione, host)

March 16

Gary Whittaker, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University
Nuclear Transport and Membrane Binding: What Can We Learn from Influenza Virus?
(Greg Weiland, host)

March 23

Jeremy Henley, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
Specific Interaction between AMPA Receptors and NSF: Fact or Artifact?
(Robert Oswald, host)

March 30

Grant Kelly, Department of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center - Syracuse
Fuel and Hormone Activation of Phospholipase C and Adenylate Cyclase in Regulated Insulin Secretion
(Geoff Sharp, host)

April 6

Thomas Wilkie, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern
G Protein Signaling from Two Angles: Knock-outs and RGS Proteins
(Alex Brown, host)

April 13

Stephen Korn, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
Na+ Permeation through Potassium Channels: New Clues about Ion Channel Selectivity and Gating
(Linda Nowak, host)

April 20

Edwin Levitan, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh
Shedding Light on Channels and Secretion
(Clare Fewtrell, host)

Summer 1998

June 22

Ruth Collins, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University Medical School
Regulation of Sec4p, a Rab GTPase Controlling Exocytosis
(Hosted by Rick Cerione)

August 10, 12:00 noon, Room C3-129 VMC

Christian Herrmann, Max Planck Institüt für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Ras/effector Interactions
(Hosted by Nicolas Nasser)

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