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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar Series

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminars.

The normal departmental seminar time is Monday, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Under exceptional circumstances (such as job searches), Tuesday from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Wednesday from 2:30 to 5:30, and Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 are available.

Some people to contact for specific questions:

Dave Gilmour (dsg11@psu.edu):  BMB Seminar Chairman

Ron Porter (rdp1@psu.edu): Graduate research seminars
Scott Selleck (sbs24@psu.edu): Department Head


FALL 2009

 

November 30, 2009

Dr. Martha C. Soto

Rutgers University

"Arp2/3-dependent Actin Nucleation and the Control of Polarized Cell Movements During Morphogenesis"

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose (865-7904)

 

December 7, 2009

Dr. Steve Hahn

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

"Mechanism and Regulation of Transcription Initiation by RNA Polymerase II"

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. B. Frank Pugh (863-8252)

 

December 10, 2009

Sujana Ghosh

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host: Dr. B. Frank Pugh (863-8252)

 

December 16, 2009

Jennifer Hayden

Penn State

"title to be anounced"

1:00 p.m. – 108 Wartik Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Sarah Ades (863-1088)

 

SPRING 2010

 

January 11, 2010

Dr. Masaya Fujita

University of Houston

“Cell Fate Decision in a Sporulating Bacterium”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Katsuhiko Murakami (865-2758)

 

January 14, 2010

Saikat Chowdhury

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. B. Tracy Nixon (863-4904)

 

January 21, 2010

Yu-Chi Chen

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Andrea Mastro (863-0152)

 

January 25, 2010

OPEN

 

January 28, 2010

Jian Li

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. David Gilmour (863-8905)

 

February 1, 2010

Dr. Whitney Yin

University of Texas at Austin

“to be announced”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Katsuhiko Murakami (865-2758)

 

February 4, 2010

Jiehuan Huang

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Song Tan (865-3355)

 

February 8, 2010

OPEN

 

February 11, 2010

Rebecca Keller

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Carsten Krebs (865-6089)

 

February 15, 2010

OPEN

 

February 18, 2010

Suting Zheng

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Joseph Reese (865-1976)

 

February 22, 2010

Dr. Ronen Marmorstein

The Wistar Institute

"title to be announced"

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host: Dr. Song Tan (865-3355)

 

February 25, 2010

Chao Quan

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Andrey Krasilnikov (865-5050)

 

March 1, 2010

OPEN

 

March 4, 2010

Ju-Chieh Wung

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. David Gilmour (863-8905)

 

March 16, 2010 – Marker Lectures (1 of 2)

Dr. Mina Bissell

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

“to be announced”

6:00 p.m. – 100 Life Sciences Building

Host:  Dr. Arthur Lesk (865-4743)

 

March 17, 2010 – Marker Lectures (2 of 2)

Dr. Mina Bissell

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

“to be announced”

11:30 a.m. – 100 Life Sciences Building

Host:  Dr. Arthur Lesk (865-4743)

 

March 18, 2010

Kang Zhou

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose (865-7904)

 

March 22, 2010

Dr. Peter Baas

Drexel University

“Neuronal Microtubules Cut and Run:  Implications for Development and Disease”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Melissa Rolls (867-1395)

 

March 25, 2010

Yufeng Qian

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Ming Tien (863-1165)

 

March 29, 2010 – Pollard Lecture

Dr. J. Clark Lagarias

University of California, Davis

“to be announced”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Donald Bryant (865-1992)

 

April 1, 2010

Seung-Kyu Lee

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Graham Thomas (863-0716)

 

April 5, 2010 - Simpson Lecture

Dr. Robert E. Kingston

Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital

“to be announced”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Song Tan (865-3355)

 

April 8, 2010

Myriam Attar

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Lorraine Santy (863-6813)

 

April 12, 2010

Dr. Michael White

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

“to be announced”

4:00 p.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Lorraine Santy (863-6813)

 

April 15, 2010

Sara Hester

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Eric Harvill (863-8522)

 

April 19, 2010

OPEN

 

April 22, 2010

Kristin Baker

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Kathleen Postle (863-7568)

 

April 26, 2010

OPEN

 

April 29, 2010

Amaya Garcia Costas

Penn State University

"title to be announced"

11:15 a.m. – 101 Althouse Laboratory

Host:  Dr. Don Bryant (865-1992)


Refreshments will be served prior to each seminar.

Faculty and graduate student discussions will be arranged with all speakers -- please contact the host for an appointment.

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