Formal Seminars

 Jan. 19

 11:00 am

Jeffrey Thompson, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Ken Peterson)

 "Assessing equivalent and inverse change in genomic data from multiple experiments: a new approach to functional analysis"

 Jan 26

 11:00 am

Benjamin Corb, Director of Public Affairs
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(hosted by Dr. Gerald Carlson)

 "Science Policy: Perspective from the Front Lines"

 Feb 2

 11:00 am

 Feb 9

 11:00 am

 Feb 16

11:00 am

Mallory Smith
Graduate Student, Freudenthal Lab
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, KUMC

 "Molecular Insight into How Guanine Base Damage is Handled by DNA Polymerase beta"

 Feb 23

11:00 am

Peter Harris, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
(hosted by Dr. James Calvet)

"The importance of posttranslational processing of polycystin-1 and fibrocystin to localization and function"

 Mar 2

11:00 am

A. J. Mellott, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Orchestrating the Extracellular Environment to Induce Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Repair"

 Mar 9

11:00 am

Matthew Schaich
Graduate Student, Freudenthal Lab
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, KUMC

"Telomerase - an untapped cancer target"

 Mar 16

11:00 am

John A. Hanover, Ph.D.
NIH Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(Hosted by Drs. Peterson and Slawson)

 "A Little Sugar Goes a Long Way:
O-GlcNAc and Disease"

 Mar 23

11:00 am

 No Seminar - Spring Break

 Mar 30

11:00 am

Phillip E. Klebba, Ph.D.
Kansas State University
(hosted by Dr. Gerald Carlson)

"Antibiotic discovery by fluorescence spectroscopic analyses of membrane transport in CRE/ESKAPE bacterial pathogens"

 Apr 6

11:00 am

David Wilson, Ph.D.
NIH, NIA
(hosted by Dr. Bret Freudenthal)

"Repair Mechanisms for Endogenous DNA Damage"

 Apr 13

11:00 am

E. Matthew Morris, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Joe Fontes)

"Is Reduced Liver Energy Metabolism Making Us Obese"

 Apr 20

11:00 am

Roberta Leonardi, Ph.D.
West Virginia University
(hosted by Dr. Aron Fenton)

"Regulation of coenzyme A and metabolic flexibility"

 Apr 27

11:00 am

David Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Kansas - Lawrence
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"The Computational Chemical Biology Core: Computational approaches for screening and design of small-molecule inhibitors"

 May 3*
1023 Orr Major

 10:00 am

Anthony Burgett, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma
(hosted by Dr. Aron Fenton)

"Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Targeting of Oxysterol-binding Proteins (OSP/ORPs)"

 May 4

 11:00 am

Matthew Parker
Graduate Student, Peterson Lab
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, KUMC

"Fine Tuning Hemoglobin Switching: Mechanisms at the Molecular Level"

 May 10*
Lied Auditorium

 12:00 Noon

Gerald A. Dienel, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Univ of Arkansas
(hosted by Dr. Gerald Carlson)

 "Aerobic glycolysis during brain activation"

 May 11

 11:00 am

Michael Marvin, Ph.D.
Rockhurst University
(hosted by Dr. James Calvet)

 "SR Protein Kinase Phosphorylation & Splicing of Suboptimal Introns in Fission Yeast"

 May 18

 11:00 am

Steven D. Hartson, Ph.D.
Oklahoma State University
(hosted by Dr. Aron Fenton)

 "Proteomic Profiling of Anti-cancer Drug Mechanisms"

September 7

 11:00 am

September 14

 11:00 am

September 21

 11:00 am

September 28

 11:00 am

October 5

11:00 am

October 12

11:00 am

October 19

11:00 am

October 26

11:00 am

November 2

11:00 am

November 9

11:00 am

 On Hold for HUB Forum

November 16

11:00 am

November 23

11:00 am

 No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday

 November 30

11:00 am

C. Michael Crowder
University of Washington School of Medicine
(hosted by Drs. Fontes and Swerdlow)

December 7

11:00 am