Mon Apr 2

NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

Fri Apr 6

Melanie Ohi, Asst Prof, Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

"Using single particle EM to dissect the structure and function of dynamic molecular machines"

Host: Melissa Jurica

Mon Apr 9

Ryoma (Puck) Ohi, Asst Prof, Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

"To grow or not to grow: Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by kinesin-8 motors"

Host: Needhi Bhalla

Fri Apr 13

David Van Vactor, Prof of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School

"microRNA Mediated Regulation of Synapse Morphogenesis in Drosophila"

Host: David Feldheim

Mon Apr 16

Adi Mizrahi, Professor, Neurobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

"In vivo imaging of adult born neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb"

Host: Yi Zuo

Fri Apr 20

Bernd Bukau, Director, Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg

"Mechanisms of co-translational protein folding"

Host: Harry Noller

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Developmental Biology; Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

"Guts and gastrulation: Cell behaviors driving morphogenesis of the early mouse embryo"

Host: Amy Ralston

Fri Apr 27

NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

Chris Doe, Professor of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon

"Generation of temporal identity in Drosophila neuroblasts"

Host: John Tamkun

Fri May 4

Stephanie Vanderweide, Ralston Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Establishing the first two lineages in the mammalian embryo"

Mon May 7

Arshad Desai, Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego

"Fidelity in Chromosome Segregation"

Host: Doug Kellogg

Fri May 11

Mimmi Ballard, Hinck Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Investigating the Role of Asymmetric Cell Divisions in Mammary Gland Morphogenesis"

Mon May 14

Ulrich (Uli) Muller, Asst Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego

"in vitro and in vivo evolution of catalytic RNAs"

Fri May 18

Tristan Frum, Ralston Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"The role of the POU-domain transcription factor Oct3/4 during mouse development"

Mon May 21

Robert Blellock, Assoc Professor, Department of Urology, UCSF School of Medicine

“Small RNA Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cells and Early Mammalian Development”

Host: Amy Ralston

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Wed May 23
12:30-2:00PM
PSB 240

Justin Crest, Sullivan Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Mechanisms of furrow positioning during early embryogenesis"

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Thur May 24
2:00-3:30PM
PSB 240

Janine Ilagan, Jurica Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Structural Rearrangement in Human Spliceosomes After Exon Ligation"

Fri May 25

Rebecca Roha, Ares Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"The Contribution of Paralogous Alternative Splicing Factors to Myogenesis and Implications in Myotonic Dystrophy"

Mon May 28

HOLIDAY--NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

Fri Jun 1

Corey Monteith, Saxton Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"The mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming in Drosophila oocytes"

*NOTE TIME, LOCATION*
Mon Jun 4
11AM-12PM
180 Engineering 2,
The Simularium

Jeff Rosen, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

"EMT programs and therapeutic resistance of breast cancer stem cells"

Host: Lindsay Hinck 

Fri Jun 8 

Jeremy Kreher, Strome Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Transgenerational Epigenetic Control of C. elegans Germline Development"

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Mon Jun 11
12:30-1:30PM
PSB 240

Hossein Amiri, Noller Lab, MCD Biology, UCSC

"Structural Analysis of the Ribosomal Helicase"

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Wed Jun 13
12:30-2:00PM
PSB 240

PART 1
PBSE/BME Spring 2012 Graduate Student Rotation Talks

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Thur Jun 14
12:30-2:00PM
PSB 240

PART 2
PBSE/BME Spring 2012 Graduate Student Rotation Talks

**NOTE DAY, TIME & LOCATION**
Thur Jun 14
12:30-2:00PM
PSB 240

PART 3
PBSE/BME Spring 2012 Graduate Student Rotation Talks