Biochemistry 850 Seminar, Autumn 2008

Fridays, 11:30-12:30, BioSci 609, except as noted

Date	Speaker, Title
Sep 26, 2008	none
Oct 2, 2008	Prof. Doug Rees Evans Lecture: ABS Transporter Structure and Mechanism 1008 Evans Lab 4:30-5:30 pm
	Chemistry Graduate Student Poster Session and Reception 6:00pm-7:30pm Physics Research Building Atrium
Oct 3, 2008	Prof. Doug Rees Evans Lecture: The Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation 1008 Evans Lab 4:30-5:30 pm
Oct 10, 2008	Prof. Bern Kohler OSU Chemistry DNA photodynamics and the ultrafast events behind UV damage
Oct 17, 2008	Dr. Elizabeth A. Ottesen Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology The Biology and Community Structure of Acetogenic Bacteria in the Termite Hindgut
Oct 24, 2008	Prof. Mark Foster OSU Biochemistry Protein-Protein and Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
Oct 31, 2008	Jiageng (John) Xu (Foster lab) Post-Translational Modification and the Oligomeric State of AT Jeremy Henderson (Jackman lab) Investigation of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Trm10 tRNA substrate specificity and examination of amino acid residues required for methyltransferase (m1G9) activity
Nov 7, 2008	Michelle Ferdinand (Ottesen lab) Synthesis of H3-pT118 Nucleosomes: A Potential Chromatin Remodeling Modification Jonathan Picking (Ottesen lab) Nucleosome Positioning Effects of Histone Modifications Carrie Howland (Battelle) Industrial Experience in Biotechnology at Battelle Memorial Institute
Nov 14, 2008	Cheng-Han Huang New York Blood Center The Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics of the Rh Protein Family in Red Blood Cells and Other Cell Types Web page Soupene et al. PNAS 2002 Ji et al. PNAS 2006 (Host: Michael Chan)
Nov 21, 2008	Prof. Mike Zhu OSU Neuroscience Functional regulation of TRP channels by Ca²⁺-calmodulin Web Page Xiao R, Tang J, Wang C, Colton CK, Tian J, Zhu MX. Calcium plays a central role in the sensitization of TRPV3 channel to repetitive stimulations. J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 7;283(10):6162-74. Zhu MX. Understanding the role of voltage gating of polymodal TRP channels. J Physiol. 2007 Dec 1;585(Pt 2):321-2.
Nov 28, 2008	none (Holiday)
Dec 5, 2008	Sridevi Ramalingan (Chan lab) Probing the active site of Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO): Crystallization of a novel SAM3TEL/pMMO fusion protein Jason Talmadge (Chan lab) X-Ray Crystallography: The Carbonic Anhydrase Story Lindsey Pack (Suo Lab) Determination of the mutagenic profile of Y-Family DNA Polymerases in the presence of a 1-aminopyrene DNA adduct Guang Li (Means Lab) The specific binding interaction between fatty acids and human serum albumin

Contact: Mark Foster (foster.281, 292-1377)