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Department of Biochemistry

Spring 2013
Date Time Room Notes
Fri, Jan 11 Date reserved for Science Communication Workshop
Fri, Jan 25

Di Chen, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, The John W. and Helen Watzek Professor of Biochemistry, Rush Univ. Medical Center, Chicago, IL. "TGF-beta Signaling and Osteoarthritis" "

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Jean X. Jiang
Fri, Feb 15

Dr. Tim Huang, Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Medicine, UTHSCSA. "Integrative Analysis of Cancer Epigenome"

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson
Fri, Mar 22

Ashlesh Murthy, M.D., Ph.D., Asst. Prof., Depts. of Pathology & Dental Medicine, Midwestern University. "The Contribution of Proteolysis to Protective Immunity and Pathogenesis in Chlamydial Infections " (Abstract)

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson and Srikanth Polusani, Ph.D.
Fri, Mar 29 Good Friday-No Seminar scheduled.
Fri, Apr 5

Michal R. Szymanski, Ph.D., Jeane B. Kempner Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dept., The Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. "Unraveling the Mechanism of the Primosome Assembly Process " (Abstract)

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. John C. Lee
Fri, Apr 12

Dr. Alexander Kornienko, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas State University. "Natural Product-Based Cancer Drug Discovery"

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson Co-Sponsored by the Biochemistry Dept. and The Cancer Therapy & Research Center
Wed, Apr 17

Maria M. Villarreal, Doctoral Dissertation Defense. "Subdomain structure of the TGF-beta type III receptor, betaglycan, and mechanism by which it promotes receptor complex assembly and signaling"

9:00-10:00 am 108/110/112-AAB Maria's Faculty and Mentor: Dr. Andrew P. Hinck
Fri, May 3

Dr. James J. Bull, Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin. "Evolution of Engineered Genomes " (Abstract)

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Stephen C. Hardies
Fri, May 10

Nathaniel E. Clark, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA. "Pharmacological Chaperones for Human Lysosomal alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase: A Counterintuitive Approach to Lysosomal Storage Diseases "

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) To be introduced by: Dr. P. John Hart
Mon, May 13

Dr. Emily Scott, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, Univ. of Kansas. "Cytochrome P450 17A1: The Biochemistry and Structural Biology of a Prostate Cancer Drug Target" (Abstract)

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosts: Drs. Bettie Sue Masters & Andrew Hinck. Co-Sponsored by the Biochemistry Dept. & The Cancer Therapy & Res Ctr
Fri, May 17

CANCELLED. Dr. Jack A. Tuszynski, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Canada. "The story of colchicine: from in silico design to in vitro and in vivo testing"

12:00-1:00 pm 409-410L (Medical School Bldg.) Hosted by: Dr. Richard F. Luduena
Fri, May 31

Biochemistry Department Science Retreat/Poster Session.

12:00-5:00 pm GCCRI Auditorium / Commons Area
Fall 2013
Date Time Room Notes
Fri, Nov 1

Dr. Thomas D. Meek, V.P., Biol. Reagents and Assay Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA. "Title: To be noted."

12:00-1:00 pm Room: To be noted. Hosted by: Dr. Paul F. Fitzpatrick

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