Visiting Speakers and Seminars
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BCMB 615
Wed, WLS M307
3:25 refreshment; 3:35 seminar
Spring 2012 Seminar Series: "The Molecular Basis for Human Disease"
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host |
| Jan. 11 | Organizational/Information Session | University of Tennessee | ||
| Jan. 18 | Valerie Berthelier | UT Health Science Center, Knoxville | Conformational Diseases: Fingering the True Villain | |
| Jan. 25 | Peter Wolynes | Rice University | The Energy Landscape Theory of Protein Folding | |
| Feb. 1 | John Fisher | MD/PhD with Richard Kriwacki at St. Jude's | How PUMA attacks it's prey: PUMA-induced dimerization of BCL-xL releases cytosolic p53 inducing p53-dependent apotosis" | |
| Feb. 8 | Jack Riordan | UNC, Chapel Hill | Allosteric modulation balances thermodynamic stability and restores function of DeltaF508 CFTR | |
| Feb. 15 | Open | |||
| Feb. 22 | Peter Andreasen | Aarhus University, Denmark | Proteolytic Enzymes in Cancer | |
| Feb. 29 | Susan Wente | Vanderbuilt University | Beyond the Pore: From nuclear mRNA export to translation | |
| Mar. 7 | Dudley Strickland | University of Maryland | Mechanisms involved in protecting the vasculature: Role of LRP1 | |
| Mar. 14 | Brynn Voy | Department of Animal Science, UTK | Systems genetics: exploiting genetic diversity | |
| Mar. 21 | Spring Break | |||
| Mar. 28 | Thomas Kunkel | NIEHS, Research Triangle Park | Relationships Between DNA Replication Infidelity and Human Diseases | |
| Apr. 4 | Justin Boyd | Chattanooga Research Institute | Drug Discovery and Translational Research in Academia: Taking Steps on the bridge over the Valley of Death. | |
| Apr. 11 | Ron Wetzel | University of Pittsburgh | Nucleation of Polyglutamine Amyloid: From the Classical to the Baroque | |
| Apr. 18 | Mary Ann Handel | Jackson Laboratory | Molecular Models for Human Infertility | |
| Apr. 25 | Jeff Smith | The Burnham Institute | Janus Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Imaging |
Contact: Ranjan Ganguly (rganguly@utk.edu)