January 23

Ilan Friedberg (Cerione Lab)
Inter-receptor interactions between members of the EGF receptor family

January 30

Jon Erickson (Cerione Lab)
Cell biology-based studies of Cdc42

February 6

Judy Glaven (Cerione Lab)
The roles of novel nucleotide exchange factors and tubulin in Rho GTPase function

February 13

Tyzoon Nomanbhoy (Cerione Lab)
Kinetic analysis of the interaction between RhoGDI and Cdc42: Implications for a mechanism for the release of Cdc42 from membranes

February 20

Mitsuhiko Noda (Sharp Lab)
Secretory characteristics of nutrient-related insulin secretagogues in betaHC9 cells with dysfunctional mitochondria

February 27

Tom Schermerhorn (Sharp Lab)
Further investigations into the inhibitory action of norepinephrine on [Ca2+]_i in pancreatic beta cells

March 6

Shaohua Tang (Sharp Lab)
Carbachol-stimulated insulin secretion: The role of the atypical protein kinase C isoform zeta

March 13

Allan Berger (Cerione Lab)
Structure-function studies of the gamma subunit of the retinal cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase

March 20

Sandy McCallum(Cerione Lab)
Biochemical studies of IQGAP

March 27

Ugra Sen Singh (Cerione Lab)
Transglutaminases: A new family of G protein transducers

April 3 - 3:00 pm

Mahasin Osman (Cerione Lab)
Yeast as a system for studying Cdc42 targets

April 10

Linming Shen (Sharp Lab)
Evidence for multiple mechanisms of insulin secretion inhibition by galanin and somatostatin

April 17

Lauren Trepanier(Sharp Lab)
Molecular analysis of N-acetyltransferase deficiency in canids and felids

April 24

Samira Daniel(Sharp Lab)
Molecular interpretations of the insulin secretion mechanism

May 1 -

Kristin Wilson (Cerione Lab)
p18: A novel growth factor-coupled signaling molecule

May 8

Shubha Bagrodia (Cerione Lab)
COOL: A new family of signaling molecules

May 15

Greg Hoffman was postponed until June 12.

May 22

Wannian Yang (Cerione Lab)
A new Cdc42-activated tyrosine kinase

May 29

Qiubo Li (Cerione Lab)
Molecular biology approaches for studying G-proteins

June 5 -

Rui Lin (Cerione Lab)
A novel mutant of Cdc42 that is a "fast-cycling" GTPase

June 12

Greg Hoffman(Cerione Lab)
Structural studies of signaling molecules

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