Seminars

The Department of Molecular Medicine hosts weekly seminars and research Work-in-Progress presentations throughout the year

4:00 pm Mondays in Lecture Hall 3, Veterinary Research Tower (unless otherwise noted)

NOVEMBER 2018

November 19:
Chris Hosford (Chappie Lab): Structural determinants of McrB-DNA binding
Akira Karasawa (Kawate Lab): Structural and functional studies of P2X7 receptors
November 26
Wen-Hsuan Chang (Cerione Lab): Investigating the role of oncogenic KRAS derived extracellular vesicles in cancer progression
Yang Gao (Cerione Lab): Structural basis of vertebrate vision, a GPCR signaling cascade

DECEMBER 2018

December 3:
Gwen Beacham (Hollopeter Lab): Functional consequence of AP2 phosphorylation
Carl Schiltz (Chappie Lab): The structure of a full-length class 1 OLD protein yields insight into the function and mechanism of the OLD protein family
December 10:
Ian Malgapo (Linder Lab): Palmitoylation and activity of metallo-B-lactamase domain-containing protein 2
Carolyn Kelly (Sondermann Lab): Functional and structural characterization of the dynamin-related G protein atlastin
December 17:
TIsha Bohr (Adler Lab): Identification of signaling pathways that coordinate pharynx regeneration in Schmidtea mediterranea
Erin Nicklow (Sevier Lab): Methionine sulfoxide reductase as a novel regulator of Hsp70 during oxidative stress

JANUARY 2019

January 7:
Arash Larifkar (Cerione Lab): Post-transcriptional regulation of lysosomal function by lysine deacylase SIRT1
Justin Lormand (Sondermann Lab): Dinucleotide specificity of oligoribonuclease
January 14:
Julio Sanchez (Cerione Lab): tba
Shing Hu (Kurpios Lab): The left-right axis determining transcription factor Pitx2 regulates intestinal lymphatic development and functions
January 21 - NO WIP, Martin Luther King Holiday
January 28:
Divya Shiroor (Adler Lab): Injury promotes stem cell survival in planarians
Edward Partlow (Hollopeter Lab): A conserved conformational sensor coordinates AP2 clathrin adaptor inactivation

FEBRUARY 2019

February 4 - NO WIP, BBS Recruitment
February 11:
Elena Panizza (Cerione Lab): From global profiling to targeted research: a quantitative proteomic approach to glioma
Kevin Siegenthaler (Sevier Lab): PDI cooperates with Sil1 to regulate the oxidation state and associated activities of the ER Hsp70 chaperone, BiP
February 18:
Erik Henze (Kawate Lab): Discovering novel phosphoregulatory tyrosines of the ATP-release channel Pannexin1
Yun Ha Hur (Cerione Lab): Embryonic stem cells generate extracellular vesicles that potentially impact pluripotency
February 25:
OPEN

MARCH 2019

March 4:
Phillip Nguyen (Kawate Lab): Determining the mechanism of DHHC9-GCP16 palmitoyltransferase activity
Ruizhi Li (Cerione Lab): tba
March 5 (Tuesday) - BBS Signature Series Seminar; Lecture Hall 4:
John Scott, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine
(hosted by Rick Cerione)
March 7 (Thursday) - Special Seminar; 12:15, Lecture Hall 3:
Robert Ernst, Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Saarland University
(hosted by Ruth Collins and Scott Emr of Weill Institute)
March 11:
Myfanwy Adams (Chappie Lab): Mechanistic understanding of the novel RexA lytic switch
Cora Demler (Kurpios Lab): Hyaluronan plays two-sided role in establishing left-right asymmetry during midgut rotation
March 18:
Maria Font (Sondermann Lab): Elucidating mechanisms of bacterial signaling by cyclic dinucleotides
Bhargav Sanketi (Kurpios Lab): Dissection of gene regulatory networks controlling midgut looping

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