Spring 2016 Seminars
| Monday March 28 |
Nadean Brown, Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Human Anatomy Dept, UC Davis Optic nerve head development and compartmentalization of the embryonic eye Host: David Feldheim --------- Jeffrey Woodruff, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics Assistant Professor of Cell Biology candidate Engineering synthetic organelles: Building centrosomes from the bottom up *Biomed 200 - 2:30 - 3:30 PM* |
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*Thursday* |
Dhanya Cheerambathur, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Cell Biology candidate Kinetochore-microtubule interfaces during chromosome segregation and neuronal morphogenesis *Biomed 200 - 12:30 - 1:30 PM* |
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| Friday April 1 |
Walter Bogdanoff, DuBois Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Structural and mechanistic studies on an astrovirus-neutralizing antibody: implications for vaccine design and antiviral therapies Third Year Talk |
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| Monday April 4 |
Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University Noncoding RNAs of viral and cellular origin: more surprises Host: MCD Biology Graduate Students |
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| Friday April 8 |
OPEN DATE | |
| Monday April 11 |
OPEN DATE | |
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Friday |
Linnea Jansson, Michael Stone Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Telomerase Structure and Dynamics Third Year Talk |
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Monday |
Fred Chang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, UCSF Regulation of cell size in fission yeast: how do cells know how big they are? Host: Doug Kellogg |
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| Friday April 22 |
Kiyomi Kaneshiro, Strome Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Transmission of gamete-inherited chromatin states Third Year Talk |
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| Monday April 25 |
Sam Fagg, Ares Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Complex autogenous and isoform cross-regulation balances Quaking functions in splicing and translation Dissertation Defense |
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| Friday April 29 |
Brandt Warecki, Sullivan Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Regulating nuclear envelope reassembly to maintain genomic integrity Third Year Talk |
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| Monday May 2 |
Blanton Tolbert, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University Structural insights into host-RNA interactions that regulate HIV genome splicing Hosts: Manny Ares & Melissa Jurica |
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| *Thursday* May 5 |
Randy Schekman, PH.D. Nobel Prize-winning American Cell Biologist, University of California, Berkeley Special Department Seminar Unconventional secretion of proteins and RNA from cultured human cells *Biomed 200 - 2:00 - 3:00 PM* --- 2016 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology How cells traffic and export proteins *Colleges 9/10 Multi-purpose Room - 7:00 PM* |
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| Friday May 6 |
Michelle Tjia, Zuo Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Activity-dependent dynamics of dendritic spines in the living mouse cortex Third Year Talk |
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| Monday May 9 |
Clara Kielkopf, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center Hit or miss at the pre-mRNA splice sites:a disease-relevant step of gene expression Hosts: Manny Ares & Melissa Jurica |
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| Friday May 13 |
Michael Doody, Hartzog Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC How does chromatin influence transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae? Third Year Talk |
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Monday |
Joe Tsien, Professor of Neurology, Co-Director, Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University The basic computational logic of the brain Host: Yi Zuo |
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*Wednesday* |
Lotti Brose, Sullivan Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC The phosphorylation of Nuf: cytokinesis and beyond Third Year Talk *Biomed 200 - 12:30-1:30 PM* |
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*Thursday* |
Tracy MacDonough, Chen Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Mef2c mediates axonogenesis and neural identity during cortical development MA Thesis Defense *Biomed 200 - 3:00-4:00 PM* |
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| Friday May 20 |
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| Monday May 23 |
Xin Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University Breaking the symmetry – Asymmetric histone inheritance in Drosophila male germline stem cell Host: Susan Strome |
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*Wednesday* |
Andrew Knutson, Strome Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Germ granules protect germ cell totipotency and immortality in C. elegans Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200 - 2:00-3:00 PM* |
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*Thursday* |
Erin Zampaglione, Sher Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Functional, anatomical, and genetic characterization of mouse retinal ganglion cells Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200 - 10:00-11:00 AM* |
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| Friday May 27 |
NO SEMINAR |
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| Monday May 30 |
NO SEMINAR - MEMORIAL DAY |
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*Thursday* |
Christian Nelson, Bhalla Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Sizing up the spindle checkpoint response Dissertation Defense *Biomed 300 - 12:00-1:00 PM* |
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Friday |
Tisha Bohr, Bhalla Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC A tale of two checkpoints: conserved mechanisms regulate and monitor meiotic synapsis Dissertation Defense |
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*Monday* |
Travis Karg, Sullivan Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Worst case scenario: exiting metaphase with an unrepaired double stranded DNA break Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200, 12:30-1:30 PM* |
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*Tuesday* |
Matt Ragle, Zahler Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Coordinated tissue-specific regulation of adjacent alternative 3’ splice sites in C. elegans Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200, 12:30-1:30 PM* |
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*Wednesday* |
Zach Neeb, Zahler Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Genome gymnastics in the ciliate Oxytricha trifallax Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200, 12:30-1:30 PM* |
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| *Friday* June 10 |
Jessica Perez-Cunningham, Forsberg Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC Lineage tracing models reveal novel fate determinants for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells Dissertation Defense *Biomed 200 - 12:30-1:30 PM* |
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