Biology Seminars in 2000
Thursday January 6 3:45	Structural Studies of Eucaryotic Translation Factors Stephen K. Burley, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University Host: Hal Lewis
Thursday January 13 3:45	A Plaque Effector Molecule (YopJ) Inhibits the Activation of the Superfamily of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases Kim Orth, Dept of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Host: Wally Mangel
Friday January 14 11:00	Molecular Basis of FGF Receptor Activation and Specificity Moosa Mohammadi, Dept of Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine Host: Craig Ogata and Michael Becker
Thursday January 27 3:45	The Big Picture: Investigating Obesity through Structure-Based Functional Genomics Larry Shapiro, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hosts: Craig Ogata and Michael Becker
Monday January 31 10:00	Biology of Metal-Resistant Soil Bacteria and Perspectives for Bioremediation Maximilien F. Mergeay, Center of Studies for Nuclear Energy, Mol, Belgium Hosts: John Dunn and Geoffrey Hind
Tuesday February 1 12 Noon	Structure of a Mutant of Ornithine Decarboxylase (Gly121Try) Which Blocks Oligomerization Jacqueline Vitali, Boston College Host: John Flanagan
Thursday February 3 3:45	Studying Protein-Mediated Chemistry: From Directing the Flow of Electrons in Photosynthesis to Sequence-Specific Photocleavage of DNA Neal Woodbury, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University Host: Michael Becker
Friday February 11 11:00	Initiation of DNA Mismatch Repair Wei Yang, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health Host: Michael Becker
Thursday February 17 3:45	Flash Derivatives: Very Short Soaks in Halide-Containing Cryosolutions Can Derivatized Protein Crystals Rajashankar K.R., SAIC / National Cancer Institute, Frederick Hosts: Zbyszek Dauter and Michael Becker
Friday February 18 11:00	Lessons from the Arabidopsis Genome W. Richard McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Host: Ben Burr
Thursday February 24 2:45	New Roles for the JNK Signaling Pathway in Promoting Cell Growth and Survival: Important Relationships Between JNK, p53 and p21/WAF1/CIP1 Nikki J. Holbrook, Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, National Institute on Aging Host: Carl Anderson
Thursday March 2 3:45	Engineering Fatty Acid Desaturase and Hydroxylase Enzyme for Improved Plant Oils John Shanklin, Biology Department, BNL Host: Michael Becker
Friday March 10 11:00	Using Fluorescence to Study Membrane Protein Folding and Translocation Across Membranes Erwin London, Dept of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook Host: Michael Becker
Thursday March 16 3:45	Rapid Chemistry and Imaging the Human Brain Joanna Fowler, Chemistry Department, BNL Host: Michael Becker
Monday March 20 11:00	p53 Signaling and Cell Cycle Checkpoints Jennifer Pietenpol, Dept of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Host: Carl Anderson
Wednesday March 29 1:30	Life Sciences Seminar Regulation of Transcription on Chromatin Templates Elena Lymar, Laboratory of Biochem and Mol Biol, Rockefeller University Host: Nora Volkow
Thursday April 6 3:45	Life Sciences Seminar From QTL to Gene: Analysis of Complex Behavioral Traits Robert Hitzemann, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook Host: Nora Volkow
April 9-14	RapiData2000 Rapid Data Collection and Structure Solving at the NSLS: A Practical Course in Macromolecular X-Ray Diffraction Measurement Organized by: R. M. Sweet, L. Berman, and A. Baittinger
Friday April 14 3:45	Bacterial Origins of Eukaryotic Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels Mark L. Mayer, Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Neurophysiology NICHD, NIH Host: Bob Sweet
Thursday April 27 3:45	New Probes of Protein Structure, Interaction, and Function Brain Chait, Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry & Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University Host: Hal Lewis
Friday May 5 11:00	In Vitro Repair of DNA Double Strand Breaks Dale Ramsden, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Host: Carl Anderson
Monday May 8 11:00	MAD SHELX Applications Thomas Schneider, University of Goettingen Host: Zbyszeck Dauter
Monday May 8 12:00 Noon	The Joint Genome Institute, Past, Present and Future Trevor Hawkins, DOE Joint Genome Institute Host: Carl Anderson
Friday May 12 11:00	Structural Effects in Porphyrin Chemistry and Biophysics Jack Fajer, Department of Applied Science, BNL Host: Michael Becker
Thursday June 1 3:45	UV-DNA Damage, Repair and Signal Transduction Daniel Yarosh, AGI DERMICS, Freeport, NY Host: Dick Setlow
Monday June 19 1:30	Essential Links Between DNA Repair and Transcription: Defective Repair of Oxidative Damage in Cockayne Syndrome Priscilla Cooper, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Host: Nora Volkov
Thursday June 22 3:45	Gene Discovery for Memory in Drosophila Tim Tully, Department of Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Host: Michael Becker
Thursday June 29 3:45	Development and Function of the Olfactory System in the Zebrafish Danio rerio Kathleen Whitlock, Dept of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University Host: Michael Becker
Thursday July 13 11:00	Protein unfolding and degradation by the CipXP protease machine Tania Baker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Host: Maria Bewley
Wednesday July 19 10:00	What is a Comprehensive Cancer Center? and Patterns of Mutations as Clues to Cancer Causation John S. Kovach, Cancer Institute of Long Island, SUNY Stony Brook Host: Carl Anderson
Tuesday July 25 3:45	Engineered Photoremediation of Mercury Pollution Richard B. Meagher, University of Georgia Host: Ben Burr
Tuesday August 1 11:00	Insights from the Structure of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit Venki Ramakrishnan, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK Host: Carl Anderson
Thursday August 3 3:45	SAGE Analysis of Gene Regulation During Nerve Growth Factor Promoted Neronal Differentiation James Angelastro, Department of Pathology and Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Host: John Dunn
Wednesday September 13 10:30	Environmental Sciences Seminar New Uses for Old Enzymes: Dissimilatory Reduction of Iron Jon Lloyd, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Hosts: Creighton Wirick and Carl Anderson
Tuesday October 3 11:00	Foreign DNA in Mammalian Systems Walter D. Doerfler, Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany Host: Carl Anderson
Thursday October 12 11:00	A Glycerol-Transporting Aquaporin at 2.2 Angstrom Resolution DaXiong Fu, School of Medicine, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF Host: Carl Anderson
Tuesday October 17 11:00	Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Macromolecular Crystals, Cells and Viruses Alexander McPherson, School of Biological Sciences, Dept of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine Host: Michael Becker
Wednesday October 25 11:00	Functional Domains in Assimilatory Nitrate Reductase Michael Barber, University of South Florida Host: Maria Bewley
Friday November 3 3:00	Ralstonia Metallidurans CH34 and Heavy Metals: From Basic Research to Applications Daniel van der Lelie, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vito), Mol, Belgium Host: Geoffrey Hind
Thursday November 9 11:00	Understanding Biological Problems With a Physical Chemistry Perspective Stanislaus Wong, BNL Dept of Environmental Sciences and Dept of Chemistry SUNY Stony Brook Host: Maria Bewley
Friday November 17 3:45	Molecular Recognition in Cell Cycle Control Brenda Schulman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute Host: Maria Bewley
Tuesday November 21 11:00	Joint Biology and Center for Data Intensive Computing Seminar Theoretical Studies of Triosephosphate Isomerase: Catalytic Mechansim and Proton Tunneling Qiang Cui, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University Host: James Glimm
Wednesday November 22 11:00	Tools for Genome Analysis - More Hype than Hope? Terri Atwood, University of Manchester Host: Maria Bewley
Tuesday November 28 11:00	Joint Biology and Center for Data Intensive Computing Seminar Evolutionary Perspectives on Protein Folding, Structure, and Thermodynamics Richard A. Goldstein, Dept of Chemistry and Biophysics Research Division, University of Michigan Host: James Davenport
Friday December 1 11:00	Mammalian SMC Proteins in Somatic and Meiotic DNA Dynamics Rolf Jessberger, Institute for Gene Therapy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Host: Carl Anderson
Friday December 8 11:00	The Hydration and Reduction of Fatty Acids: Enzymology and Antitubercular Therapy Peter J. Tonge, Chemistry Department, SUNY Stony Brook Host: John Shanklin
Friday December 15 11:00	The 1.8 Å X-ray Structure of Halorhodopsin: A Unified Mechanism for Archaeal Rhodopsins Lars-Oliver Essen, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany Host: John Flanagan

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