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The Seminar
m value seminar
EcoRI Linear Diffusion
Schedule
11 February
13:00
Dr. Shaw will be presenting a seminar entitled:

A physical interpretation of urea denaturation m values.
13 February
13:00
Dr. Shaw will be presenting a seminar entitled:

A physical interpretation of urea denaturation m values.
18 February
13:00
Dr. Shaw will be presenting the paper:

Jeltsch A, Alves J, Wolfes H, Maass G, Pingoud A (1994) Pausing of the restriction endonuclease EcoRI during linear diffusion on DNA. Biochemistry 33, 10215-9.
20 February
13:00
Dr. Shaw will be presenting the paper:

Jeltsch A, Alves J, Wolfes H, Maass G, Pingoud A (1994) Pausing of the restriction endonuclease EcoRI during linear diffusion on DNA. Biochemistry 33, 10215-9.
25 February
13:00
Annalina Brant will be presenting the paper:

Spelios M, Kearns M, Savva M (2010) From gene delivery to gene silencing: plasmid DNA-transfecting cationic lipid 1,3-dimyristoylamidopropane-2-[bis(2-dimethylaminoethane)] carbamate efficiently promotes small interfering RNA-induced RNA interference. Biochemistry 49, 5753-9.
13:25
Alexandar Fix will be presenting the paper:

Smith CJ, Wagner AG, Stagnitta RT, Xu Z, Pezzullo JL, Giner JL, Xie J, Covey DF, Wang C, Callahan BP (2020) Subverting Hedgehog Protein Autoprocessing by Chemical Induction of Paracatalysis. Biochemistry 59, 736-741.
27 February
13:00
Katie Davis will be presenting the paper:

Emerick VL, Woodson SA (1993) Self-splicing of the Tetrahymena pre-rRNA is decreased by misfolding during transcription. Biochemistry 32, 14062-7.
13:25
Sara Swoboda will be presenting the paper:

Beebe KD, Shin J, Peng J, Chaudhury C, Khera J, Pei D (2000) Substrate recognition through a PDZ domain in tail-specific protease. Biochemistry 39, 3149-55.
4 March
13:00
No class—recess.
6 March
13:00
No class—recess.
11 March
13:00
Olivia Landis will be presenting the paper:

Leptihn S, Har JY, Wohland T, Ding JL (2010) Correlation of charge, hydrophobicity, and structure with antimicrobial activity of S1 and MIRIAM peptides. Biochemistry 49, 9161-70.
13:25
Michael Christenson will be presenting the paper:

Sasi VM, Ullrich S, Ton J, Fry SE, Johansen-Leete J, Payne RJ, Nitsche C, Jackson CJ (2022) Predicting Antiviral Resistance Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease with Computational and Experimental Screening. Biochemistry 61, 2495-2505.
13 March
13:00
No presentation scheduled.
13:25
No presentation scheduled.
18 March
13:00
No presentation scheduled.
13:25
No presentation scheduled.
20 March
13:00
Sarah Jacob will be presenting the paper:

Chen M, Wang J, Lu J, Bond MC, Ren XR, Lyerly HK, Barak LS, Chen W (2009) The anti-helminthic niclosamide inhibits Wnt/Frizzled1 signaling. Biochemistry 48, 10267-74.
13:25
Logan Myers will be presenting the paper:

Yamawaki T, Ishikawa H, Mizuno M, Nakamura H, Shiro Y, Mizutani Y (2016) Regulatory Implications of Structural Changes in Tyr201 of the Oxygen Sensor Protein FixL. Biochemistry 55, 4027-35.
25 March
13:00
Trevor Olson will be presenting the paper:

Loring HS, Thompson PR (2018) Kinetic Mechanism of Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase. Biochemistry 57, 5524-5532.
13:25
Michael Christenson will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Microvascular hypoxia and inflammation in chronic pain syndromes
27 March
13:00
Hannah Jen will be presenting the paper:

Frankel BA, Tong Y, Bentley ML, Fitzgerald MC, McCafferty DG (2007) Mutational analysis of active site residues in the Staphylococcus aureus transpeptidase SrtA. Biochemistry 46, 7269-78.
13:25
Katie Davis will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Protein condensates
1 April
13:00
No presentation scheduled.
13:25
No presentation scheduled.
3 April
13:00
No class—recess.
8 April
13:00
Trevor Olson will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Oxytocin and vasopressin
13:25
Alexandar Fix will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Study of lung diseases from coal mining
10 April
13:00
Hannah Slisher will be presenting the paper:

Wang PF, McLeish MJ, Kneen MM, Lee G, Kenyon GL (2001) An unusually low pK(a) for Cys282 in the active site of human muscle creatine kinase. Biochemistry 40, 11698-705.
13:25
Sara Swoboda will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC) - What is the role of MPC and how does it contribute to metabolic disease?
15 April
13:00
Olivia Landis will be presenting a seminar entitled:

The diversity of the immune system, and how it is vital to help fight against pathogens
13:25
Annalina Brant will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Lupus: Mechanisms of nephritis development and treatment options
17 April
13:00
Sarah Jacob will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Gut–brain axis and its specific effect on irritable bowel syndrome
13:25
Logan Myers will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Cellular aging
22 April
13:00
No presentation scheduled.
13:25
No presentation scheduled.
24 April
13:00
Hannah Jen will be presenting a seminar entitled:

Understanding the biochemistry of blood coagulation
13:25
Hannah Slisher will be presenting a seminar entitled:

β–endorphins
29 April
13:00
No presentation scheduled.
13:25
No presentation scheduled.

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