2005-06 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Fall 2005 / Spring 2006

Seminars take place in RT100-1 (next to the RNA Lounge) unless otherwise noted
Date & Time Series Speaker Title
Wed. Sept. 14,
4:00pm
RNA Club Andrea Ladd
Department of Cell Biology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The role of CELF-mediated alternative splicing regulation in the vertebrate heart
Wed. Sept. 21,
3:30pm
RNA Center Seminar Elissa Lei
Department of Biology
The Johns Hopkins University
The RNAi machinery contributes to higher order chromatin organization
Wed. Oct. 12,
4:00pm
RNA Club Jeff Coller
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
Translational control: From ribosomes to P-bodies, and back again
Wed. Oct. 19,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Leemor Joshua-Tor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Argonaute: the secret life of Slicer
Thurs. Nov. 10,
4:00pm
RNA Club Kristian Baker
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
Studies on mRNA degredation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Wed. Nov. 16,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Jon Staley
Division Of Biological Sciences
The University of Chicago
Switches and motors that regulate the activity and specificity of the spliceosome
Mon. Nov. 21,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar David Lilley
Nucleic Acid Structure Res. Group & Molecular Biology
Univ. of Dundee, Scotland
The ribozyme in action - single-molecule enzymology and chemical biology
Thurs. Dec. 1,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Xiang-Dong Fu
Dept. of Cellular & Mol. Medicine
University of California San Diego
Function and regulation of SR proteins in vivo
Wed. Dec. 7,
3:30pm
RNA Center Seminar Ya-Ming Hou
Dept. of Biochemistry & Mol. Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
Burst kinetics: A new marker for separating two classes of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
Wed. Dec. 14,
4:00pm
RNA Club Erik Andrulis
Dept. of Mol. Bio. & Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
E Unum Pluribus: On exosome complex marriage, divorce and moonlight trysts
Wed. Jan. 18,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Antonio Giraldez
Developmental Genetics
Skirbal Institute, New York University
Micro RNAs in zebra fish development: mechanisms and functions
Thur. Feb. 9,
4:00pm
RNA Students/Post-docs Ahmad Arida & Ben Kaspar  
Wed. Feb. 22,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Robert Batey
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem.
The University of Colorado, Boulder
Cancelled
Wed. March 1,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Erik Sontheimer
Dept. of Mol. Biol., Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Postponed
Wed. March 8,
4:00pm
RNA Club Tim Nilsen
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
Postponed until March 22
Wed. March 15,
4:00pm
RNA Students/Post-docs Abby Shumaker & Wenqian Hu
 
Wed. March 22,
4:00pm
RNA Club Tim Nilsen
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
microRNAs, mRNAs and Translation
Wed. April 5,
4:00pm
RNA Students/Post-docs Yang Yu & Lei Sun
Nilsen and Harris Labs
 
Wed. April 12,
4:00pm
RNA Club Michael Harris
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
Structural and functional collaboration between the RNA and protein subunits of the RNase P ribonucleoprotein
Wed. April 19,
4:00pm
RNA Center Seminar Sam Butcher
Department of Biochemistry
The University of Wisconsin, Madison
Structure and dynamics of spliceosomal RNAs
Wed. April 26,
4:00pm
RNA Students/Post-docs Sarah Geisler
Valadkhan Lab
TBA
Wed. May 3,
4:00pm
RNA Students/Post-docs Faegheh Jafarifar & Ed Turk
Valadkhan and Caprara Labs
 
Wed. May 10,
4:00pm
RNA Club Saba Valadkhan
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University, School of Med.
Splicing without proteins