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GCD 2008 Spring Semester Seminar Series
Thursdays at Noon in 2-101 Hasselmo Hall (BSBE)
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January 31 |
Histone variants and deviants
Steven Henikoff, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Basic Sciences Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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February 7 |
Developmental biology of glioma stem cells
Chang Hyuk Kwon, Ph.D., Instructor,
Department of Developmental Biology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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David Largarespada 626-4979
(Dr. Kwon is a Cancer Center search candidate)
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February 14 |
Germ cells in development and disease
James Francis Amtruda, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatircs, Molecular Biology and Internal Medicine, Horchow Family Endowed Scholar in Pediatrics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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David Zarkower, 625-9450
(Dr. Amatruda is a Cancer Center search candidate)
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February 21 |
Molecular mechanisms of pre-mRNA aplicing
and myotonic dystrophy
Andy Berglund, Ph.D.,, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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Laura Ranum
624-0901
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February 28 |
Quest for the 1p36 tumor suppressor: From chromosome engineering to chromatin remodeler
Anindya
Bagchi, Ph.D., Postoctoral Fellow,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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David Largaespada
626-4979
(Dr. Bachi is a Cancer Center search candidate) |
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Marach 6 |
Building a better mouse: Engineering cellular microenvironments for studing cell structure and function
Jan H. Hoh, Ph.D., Department of Physiology,
John Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
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Ross Johnson
624-1741 |
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March 13 |
Using zinc finger nucleases and homologous recombination to manipulate the mammalian genome
Mathew Porteus, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departemnts of Pediatircs and Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Bruce Blazar
626-2734 |
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March 20
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NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK |
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March 27
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Qualilty control of mRNA export from the nucleus: Checking IDs at the nuclear pore
Anita Corbett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia
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Deanna Koepp
624-4201 |
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April 3 |
How molecular motors drive the invasion fo brain by malignant gliomas
Steven
Rosenfeld, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Neurology and Anatomy and Cell Biology
Columbia University, New York, New York
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Meg Titus
625-8498
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April 10 |
Molecular mechanisms of cell division: Nuclear envelopes and mitotic spindles
Christiane Wiese, Ph.D., Assistant Professorof Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
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Robin Wright
625-1183
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April 17
*ROOM CHANGE*
Mayo Auditorium |
Patterning gene expression and cell shape change in the drosophila embryo
EricF Wieschaus, Ph.D., Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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Phil Jensen
625-8602
(Dr. Wieschaus is a graduate student invited speaker)
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April 24
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Targeting enzyme to treatment refractory sites in a lysosomal storage disorder
Bruce
Blazar, M.D., Director, Center for Translational medicine, profesor and Andersen Chair in Transplantation Immunology, Chief, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program,
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Scott Mcivor
626-1497
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May 1
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Mitochondria, fission, fusion and apoptosis
Richard Youle, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Heath, national Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland
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Harry Orr
625-3647
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May 8 |
Biological asymmetry and cell signaling networks in left-right development
H. Joseph Yost, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine,
Eccles Institute of Human Genetics,
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Hiroshi Nakato
625-1727
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May 15 |
Title - TBA
William B Wood, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Jocelyn Shaw
625-1912 |
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May 22 |
Electron Tomography Provides
a New View into Cells
Daniela Nicastro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, Brandeis University Waltham, Massacusetts
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Dick Linck
624-5179 |
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For more information, contact Laurie at oneil032@umn.edu
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