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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Wed. May 10, 4:00pm |
RNA Club | Saba Valadkhan Center for RNA Molecular Biology Case Western Reserve University, School of Med. |
Splicing without proteins |


