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Upcoming Events
Eddy Arnold, 05/13/2009
HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: structure, drug design, and drug resistance
Cathy Joyce, 06/11/2009
DNA pol I reaction pathway studied by single-molecule FRET
For more events, visit the Seminar page.
Molecular Machine Shop Seminars
Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held at 4pm in the Bioinformatics Collaboratory, Center for Medical Science, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
CMS Collaboratory, 4 pm
Prof. Edward Arnold
HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: structure, drug design, and drug resistance
Thursday, Jun 11, 2009
DAI Auditorium, 4 pm
Dr. Catherine Joyce
DNA pol I reaction pathway studied by single-molecule FRET
Previous Seminars
2009
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009
Dr. Jimin Wang, Center for Structural Biology, Yale University
How does replicative DNA polymerase from bacteriophage RB69 select correct nucleotides for DNA synthesis?”
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009
Dr. Hongmin Li, Wadsworth Center
West Nile Virus Methyltransferase
2008
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008
Dr. Haixin Sui, Wadsworth Center
Multi-scale visualization of molecular machines related to cilia
Wednesday, Oct 1, 2008
Dr. Carmen Mannella, Wadsworth Center
MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TOPOLOGY: DOES FORM FOLLOW FUNCTION?
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Prof. Tereza Ruiz, University of Vermont
Insights into the structure of bacterial adhesins
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Prof. Michael Radermacher, University of Vermont
The structure and function of Complex I
Monday, April 24, 2008
Prof. Jack Johnson, The Scripps Research Institute
Non Enveloped Virus Infection: Structural Studies of Entry, Genome Delivery and Mitochondrial Reorganization for Viral RNA Replication
Monday, March 24, 2008
Prof. Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard Medical School & HHMI
Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Entry
Thursday, February 15, 2008
Dr. Eric Galburt, MPI Dresden
Single Molecules of RNAP II: Backtracking and Beyond
2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Dr. George Makhatadze, RPI
Molecular strategies for the rational design of thermostable proteins
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Dr. Chris Renken, DMM, Wadsworth Center
Cryo-tomography studies of the Calcium Release Unit
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Dr. Pan Li, University at Albany
Effect of Mg2+ Ions on the Stability of a Minimal RNA Kissing Complex
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Dr. Phoebe Rice, University of Chicago
Regulation of Sin-mediated DNA recombination by a twisted and intertwined complex
Monday, May 14, 2007
Dr. Nilesh Banavali, Wadsworth Center
Using Molecular Modeling to Tackle Problems in Structural Biology
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Dr. Janice Pata, Wadsworth Center
Lesions, bypasses and DNA polymerases - a tiny machine in action.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Dr. Christine Dunham, MRC, Cambridge
Stuctural Studies of the 70S Ribosome
Wednesday, Feb 7th, 2007
Dr. Pei-Yong Shi, DID, Wadsworth Center
“Structure and Function of Flavivirus Methyltransferase: A Novel Target for Antiviral Therapy”
2006
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2006
Scott Bailey, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
“Replication of the Eubacterial Genome: a Structural Perspective”
Wednesday, Nov 1st, 2006
Derek Taylor, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH
“Structures of eEF2-80S Ribosome Complexes Reveal the Role of GTP Hydrolysis in Translocation”
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
April Burch, Div. Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center
“Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 induces changes in the 26S proteasome during lytic infection”
Wednesday, Jul. 12th, 2006
Satwik Kamtekar, Yale University
“Molecular Machines at work: Synaptic complexes of γδ resolvase
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
Kakoli Mitra, HHMI and Wadsworth Center
“A new framework for co-translational translocation through the protein-conducting channel”
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Cell and Developmental Biology, U Penn.
“Probing the structure of calcium release units in skeletal and cardiac muscle”
Wednesday, Mar 8th, 2006
Terry Wagenknecht, DMM, Wadsworth Center
“Structure of the Excitation-Contraction Coupling Machinery"
Thursday, Feb. 2nd, 2006
Peter Moore, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
"Why are things that are the same different? Species specificity and anti-ribosomal antibiotics.”
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
Joachim Frank, HHMI Investigator and Director, Center for Molecular Machines
Roundtable Discussion
2005
Thursday, December 7th, 2005
Nilesh Banavali, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY
“Understanding conformational changes using molecular dynamics”
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
James Hogle, Harvard University
"How does poliovirus get into a cell: a multiscaled structural characterization of a molecular machine in operation"
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2005
Taekjip Ha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Single molecule analysis of helicase mechanisms"
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Willy Wriggers, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
“Probing the functional dynamics of supramolecular assemblies by hybrid computational strategies”
Wednesday, June 8th, 2005
Scott Blanchard, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
“Single-molecule FRET: insights into tRNA selection and kinetic proofreading in translation”
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Michael Marko, DMM, Wadsworth Center
“In situ imaging of molecular machines: Challenges to be overcome in cryo-electron tomography"
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
David Jeruzalmi, Harvard University
"Structural studies of the DNA clamp loader complex"
Wednesday, Apr. 6th, 2005
Joachim Jaeger, Wadsworth Center
"RNA replicases: well greased machines?"
Thursday, Mar. 3rd, 2005
Aleksei Aksimentiev, University of Illinois Urbana
“Electronic recognition of nucleic acids with a nanopore sensor”
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 2005
Michael P Koonce, Wadsworth Center
"Understanding the mechanics of the dynein machinery"
Wednesday, Jan. 5th, 2005
Joachim Frank, HHMI Investigator and Director, Center for Molecular Machines
"Cryo-EM of the Ribosome - Glimpses of a Molecular Machine in Motion."