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FALL 2009 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Mondays & Fridays, 12:30-1:30PM
Natural Sciences Annex 101 (*UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)

MONDAY Sept 21 NOTE LOCATION/TIME: PSB 240 2:30-3:30PM*	Paul Whitford, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, UC San Diego & Department of Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory "Simulating large-scale motions of the ribosome" Host: Harry Noller
FRIDAY Sept 25	TBA
MONDAY Sept 28	Yi Zuo, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Synaptic reorganization in formation of enduring motor engrams"
FRIDAY Oct 2	Barry Bowman, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "What is the structure and distribution of organelles within cells, and where is calcium stored?"
MONDAY Oct 5	David Feldheim, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Mechanisms of mammalian visual system development"
FRIDAY Oct 9	William Scott, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCSC "RNA Structure, Catalysis and the Origin of Life"
MONDAY Oct 12	Bin Chen, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Transcriptional regulation of neuronal cell fate specification"
FRIDAY Oct 16	TBA
MONDAY Oct 19	Robert Sclafani, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Director of Cell Biology in the Cancer Center, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine “Checkpoint Protein Kinases Regulate DNA replication and Cancer Chemoprevention by Resveratrol” Host: Bill Sullivan
FRIDAY Oct 23	CANCELLED
MONDAY Oct 26	CANCELLED
FRIDAY Oct 30	Tara Davis, Jurica Lab, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Cyclophilins in the Spliceosome: Can Structure Lead to Function?"
MONDAY Nov 2	Pepper Schedin, Div of Medical Oncology, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine & Univ of Colorado Cancer Center "Pro-inflammatory tissue remodeling of the postpartum breast and breast cancer progression" Host: Lindsay Hinck
FRIDAY Nov 6	TBA
MONDAY Nov 9	Kurt Haas, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ of British Columbia "In vivo imaging of neural circuit structural and functional development in the awake embryonic brain" Host: Yi Zuo
FRIDAY Nov 13	Lisa Petrella, Strome Lab, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Distinguishing germline and somatic cells--competition between the MES and synMuv chromatin modifiers"
MONDAY Nov 16	Melissa Jurica, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Capturing Spliceosomes for Structure/Function Analysis"
FRIDAY Nov 20	Dmitri Ermolenko, Noller Lab, Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Structural Dynamics of Ribosomal Translocation"
MONDAY Nov 23	Charles Query, Dept of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY "Development of a Second-Copy Designer Spliceosome to Probe Catalytic Core Interactions" Host: Melissa Jurica
FRIDAY Nov 27	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY--NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED
MONDAY Nov 30	Rohinton Kamakaka , Dept of MCD Biology, UCSC "Silencing Boundaries"
FRIDAY Dec 4	1st-Year Graduate Student Rotation Talks

Anyone needing special arrangements to accomodate a disability should call 831-459-4986 two weeks prior to the date of the seminar they wish to attend.

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