Postdoctoral Seminar Series

Description:

For More Information About This Series Contact:
Arindam Dhar, MD, PhD
Phone: 301-846-6756
E-Mail: adhar@ncifcrf.gov
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Series Calendar:
5/26/2009	TBA	TBA
5/12/2009		(1) "Barriers to the Emergence of Inter-subtype HIV-1 Recombinants" Speaker: Andrea Galli, HIV DRP (2) "Novel Tumor Suppressor Pdcd4 Inhibits Translation Initiation to Prevent Tumorigenesis and Invasion" Speaker: Arti Santhanam, LCP
4/28/2009	TBA	TBA
4/14/2009		(1) Alarmins: Endogenous Activators and Mediators of Immunity, Speaker: Pooonam Tewary, LMI (2)Role of SpoT in Macrophage Survival and Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori, Speaker: Julie Torruellas Garcia, GRCBL
3/31/2009		(1) Crystal Structure of Histo-aspartic Protease (HAP) from Plasmodium Falciparum, Speaker: Prasenjit Bhaumik, Macaromolecular Crystallography Lab. (2) P-Bodies are Required for Ty1 Retrotransposition During Virus-like Particle Assembly, Speaker: Mary Ann Checkley, HIV Drug Resistance Program
3/17/2009	TBA	TBA
3/17/2009		(1) Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Prodrugs of Nitric Oxide, Speaker: Harinath Chakrapani, LCC (2) The Ubiquitin System as a Potential Target for Cancer Metastasis, Speaker: Yien Che Tsai, LPDS
3/3/2009	TBA	TBA
2/17/2009		(1) "RNA Bending and Stabilization Induced by Carbocyclic Sugars Constrained to North and South Conformations" Speaker: Taejin Kim, CCR Nanobiology Program (2) "Optimizing in vivo Distribution, Persistence and Function of ex vivo Expanded Virus-Specific T Cells After Adoptive Transfer" Speaker: Jacob Minang, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program
12/2/2008		(1) Selection of the HIV-1 RNA Dimerization Initiation Signal in Cell-Based Systems, Islam Hussen, RSP/HIV DRP (2) Integration of Developmental Signaling Pathways: WNT and Nodal Have Distinct Funtions in Regulating Brachyury, Oyvind Dahle, LPDS
11/4/2008		(1) Immune Modulation of Dendritic Cells by IL-12 Therapy, Tim Chan, LEI (2) Lactoferrin: An Alarmin that Promotes the Recruitment and the Activation of Antigen Presenting Cells, Gonzalo De La Rosa, LMI
10/21/2008		"Novel Fold of VirA, a Type III Secretion System Effector Protein fromShigella flexneri", Jamaine Davis, Molecular Crystallography "Role of the Ubiquitin-Proteaseome System in Membrane Fusion: Insights from the Mitochondrial Network of Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Mickael Cohen, LPDS
10/7/2008	(1)Olaf Ludek, LMC (2)Dawn Koh, MCGP	(1) Synthesis of Conformationally Locked Carbocyclic Nucleosides for Inhibition Studies of Cytidine Deaminase (2) Trk Receptors in Physiological and Pathological conditions
9/23/2008	(1) Xiamomei Zhou-Molecular Control and Genetics Section/GRCB (2) Yeshitila Friew-HIV Drug Resistance Program	(1) Era GTPase, Conserved from Bacteria to Human, Regulates Cell Growth and Division in Escherichia coli (2) Intracellular Interactions Between APOBEC3G, RNA, and HIV-1 Gag: APOBEC3G is a Monomer that Forms Multimers in Association with RNA
5/6/2008		"Posttranscriptional Copy Number Control by Ty1 Antisense RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisia" Speaker: Emiko Matsuda, GRCBL "Selection for resistance to a Novel Inhibitor of FIV and HIV-1 Budding" Speaker: Benjamin Luttge
4/8/2008		Functional Analysis of BRCA1 Variants Using ES Cell-Based Assay, Speaker: Suhwan Chang Molecular Mechanism of Growth Inhibition by C/EBPdelta: Dual Regulation of Cyclin D1 in Breast Tumor Cells, Speaker: Snehalata Pawar
3/11/2008		Structural Studies of the Polo Box Domain of PlK1 Speaker: Tinoush Moulaei, MCL Targeted Mutations of Bovine alph 1, 3 galactosyltransferase (a1,, 3 FalT) that change its Sugar Donor Specificity: Applications in Nanobiology Speaker: Marta Pasek, CCR, Nanobiology Program
12/4/2007		Michal Legiewicz, HIV DRP - "Mutations in HIV-1 RNA Conferring Resistance to RevM10 Inhibition Induce a Conformational Switch in the Rev Response Element: Application of SHAPE Technology" Gurjeet Singh, GRCBL - "Heterochromatin Barriers at the Mating Type Region of the Fission Yeast"
10/23/2007		Jacob Minang-"Functional Characterization of SIV Specific CTL Clones" AIDS Vaccine Program Sichuan Xi-"Lsh Controls Hox Gene Silencing During Development" Laboratory of Cancer Prevention
10/9/2007		:Vast Biological Applications of Glycoconjugates with Synthetic, Unnatural Sugars"-Speaker: Maria Manzoni, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program "Mechanism of Low Copy Plasmid Segregation in E.coli: P1 as a Model"-Speaker: Manjistha Sengupta, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
3/13/2007		Schweinfurthin A: Effects of a Natural Product on Glioma Survival and Morphology, Tommy Turbyville Molecular Determinants of HIV-1 Intersubtype Recombination Potential, Mario Chin
1/30/2007		NONO-NSAIDS: The New Generation of Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Carlos Velazquez Structure of the Yersinia pesitis Type III Secretion System Needle Protein YscF in Complex with Its Chaperones YscE/YscG, Ping Sun
1/16/2007		(1) The Role of the G-Protein Coupled Receptor FPRL1-FPR2 in Inflammatory Diseases Speaker: Keqiang Chen (2) APOBEC3G Inhibits HIV-1 DNA Synthesis and Integration Speaker: Jean Mbisa
12/5/2006		(1) Charaterization of HIV-1 RT-Inhibitor Interactions by Mass Spectrometric Protein Footprinting, Michaela Wendeler (2) STAT3 as a Downstream Target of EphrinB1 Reverse Signaling Pathway, Yong-Sik Bong
6/5/2003	Melinda Merchant, MD, PhD	Pediatric Oncology: Progress, Pitfalls and Possibilities