Seminars

January - March

 January 7, 2008-  David A. Scicchitano, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Undergraduate Studies, New York University, NY, “RNA Polymerase and Sensing DNA Damage"

         Hosted by: Thomas Spratt

January 10, 2008 – Keith E Latham, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, The Fels Institute of Cancer Research & Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, "Ooplasmic and Maternal Epigenetic Control of Early      Development",        Faculty Candidate

January 10, 2008 – Matthew C Blome, Graduate Student, Final Thesis Defense, "Binding of Ricin to BSA-based Neoglycoconjugates"

 January 14, 2008– David Symer, MD, PhD, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, “Extensive Variation Between Inbred  Mouse Strains Due To Endogenous Retrotransposition”

      Hosted by: Laura Carrel

January 15, 2008 – Anthony Antonellis, PhD, Research Fellow, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, “Genetic and Genomic Approaches for Studying Inherited Peripheral Neuropathies”, Faculty Candidate

 January 15, 2008 – Sanjita Banerjee, Graduate Student, Final Thesis Defense, “Meprin Metalloproteases Modulate Intestinal Host Response”

 January 28, 2008– – Peter Adams, PhD, Associate Member Basic Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, “Chromatin Structure, Aging and Cancer”

           Hosted by: Sergei Grigoryev

February 4, 2008 – Vesco Mutskov, PhD, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Biology     National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, “Regulation Of Human Insulin Gene Expression By Epigenetic Mechanisms In Human Islets And Islet-Derived Mesenchymal Precursor Cells", Faculty Candidate

February 12, 2008 – Cristina de Guzman Strong, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow, Epithelial
Biology Section, Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, “ Identifying Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Epidermal Barrier Formation” Faculty Candidate

February 18, 2008 -  Song Tan, PhD, Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Gene Regulation, University Park, PA.  “Diverse Functions of Histone Acetyltransferase (HAT) Coactivator Complexes”

    Hosted by: Thomas Spratt

February 19, 2008 – Sukesh Ranjan Bhaumik, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL,“Dissecting the Regulatory Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription and its    Coupling to DNA Repair in vivo",  Faculty Candidate

 February 25, 2008 - Joseph Guttenplan, M.S., PhD, Professor of Basic Sciences, Director of the Office of Research, New York University, College of Dentistry, NY,
” Endogenous and Estrogen-induced Mutagenesis in Lac Transgenic Rodents”

     Hosted by: Thomas Spratt

February 28, 2008 – Fang Tian, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Collaboration Coordinator, Southeast Collaboratory for Biomolecular NMR. The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, “Long Range Constraints: A New Dimension for NMR Studies of Biomolecules”
Hosted by: Faculty Search Committee

March 10, 2008 – Hunter Moseley, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Highland Park, NJ, “Automated NMR Analysis for Structural Genomics: From FIDS to Resonance Assignments and then to Structure”
Hosted by: Faculty Search Committee

March 17, 2008 – Kaushik Mitra, Dept of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, “Role of Drug Metabolism in Drug Discovery and Development.”
Hosted by: Thomas Spratt

 March 24, 2008 – RESCHEDULED Andrey Krasilnikov, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Althouse Lab, University Park, PA

     Hosted by: Thomas Spratt

March 27, 2008 – Assen Marintchev, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ,“The Architecture of the Human eIF4A/4G/4H Complex in Translation Initiation: From Model to Experiment”
Hosted by: Faculty Search Committee

March 31, 2008 – Laura J Niedernhofer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, “DNA Damage and the Cellular Response:  a Driving Force in Aging”
Hosted by: Thomas Spratt