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Biochemistry Research Workshops are a series of informal scientific workshops for the University of Iowa research community. They are usually held on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in 1117 MERF.
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
date | name | Grad Host |
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Aug. 27, 2024 | Thomas Kehl-Fie, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology | Tyler Woodward |
Sept. 3, 2024 | Alexandria Miller, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | Grace Ciampa |
Sept. 10, 2024 | canceled | |
Sept. 17, 2024 | canceled | |
Sept. 24, 2024 | canceled | |
Oct. 1, 2024 | Maria Spies, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Sarah Jordan |
Oct. 8, 2024 | Kris DeMali, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Luke Handlos |
Oct. 15, 2024 | Adrian Elcock, DPhil, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Megan Latham |
Oct. 22, 2024 | 4th Year Workshop: Lucy Langmack, Abel Laboratory | Alexander Dumas |
Oct. 29, 2024 | PhD Thesis Defense: Nicholas Wells, DeMali Laboratory | |
Nov. 5, 2024 | 5th Semester Seminar: Tyler Woodward, Washington Laboratory | Gabriel Prather |
Nov. 12, 2024 | 5th Semester Seminar: Sarah Jordan, Washington Laboratory | Rachel Rethwisch |
Nov. 19, 2024 | PhD Thesis Defense: Andrew Kalenkiewicz, Elcock Laboratory | |
Nov. 25, 2024 | MS Thesis Defense: Rebecca Splitt, DeMali Laboratory | |
Nov. 26, 2024 | FALL BREAK - no workshop | |
Dec. 3, 2024 | RESERVED DATE | |
Dec. 10, 2024 | RESERVED DATE | |
Dec. 17, 2024 | FINAL EXAM WEEK - no workshop | |
Spring 2025 | ||
Jan. 21, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Jan. 28, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Feb. 4, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Feb. 11, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Feb. 18, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Feb. 25, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Mar. 4, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Mar. 11, 2025 | RESERVED DATE | |
Mar. 18, 2025 | SPRING BREAK - no workshop | |
Mar. 25, 2025 | Sheila Baker, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
Apr. 1, 2025 | Nathaniel Mohar, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, Wallrath Laboratory | |
Apr. 8, 2025 | ||
Apr. 15, 2025 | (tentative) Ethan Anderson, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics | |
Apr. 22, 2025 | ||
Apr. 29, 2025 | (tentative) Lata Undergraduate Honors Symposium | |
May 6, 2025 | ||
May 13, 2025 | FINAL EXAM WEEK - no workshop |
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
date | name | title |
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Fall 2023 | ||
Sept. 26, 2023 | Nicholas Cronin, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Links Between Mechanics and Metabolism" |
Oct. 31, 2023 | David Price, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "NELF Focuses Site of Initiation and Maintains Promoter Architecture" |
Nov. 7, 2023 | Sheila Baker, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Who done it? A KCNV2 retinopathy murder mystery" |
Nov. 28, 2023 | Lucy Langmack, Graduate Student (Abel Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Characterizing the functional impact of missense mutations in Nr4a2-related Neurodevelopmental Syndrome" |
Dec. 5, 2023 | Grace Ciampa, Graduate Student (Song Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Tiny but mighty: the consequences of knocking out a minimally expressed protein in the heart" |
Spring 2024 | ||
Jan. 23, 2024 | Logan Dawson, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) 5th Semester Seminar Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Mechanisms Coupling Mechanotransduction and Metabolism" |
Feb. 22, 2024 | Nathan Mohar, Graduate Student (Wallrath Lab) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, University of Iowa | "Genetic modifiers of LMNA-associated striated muscle disease" |
Feb. 27, 2024 | Miles Pufall, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Specificity and collaboration: transcription factors in UV damage and treatment of endometrial cancer" |
Mar. 19, 2024 | Pamela Geyer, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "The nuclear lamina: stem cell mitosis, checkpoints and survival" |
Apr. 2, 2024 | Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Structural and Mechanistic Studies of DNA Damage Bypass Proteins" |
Apr. 4, 2024 | Sydney Walker, Graduate Student (Davies Lab) 5th Semester Seminar Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Uncoupling the physiological functions of ANGPTL3" |
Apr. 9, 2024 | Nicholas Hammons, Graduate Student (Fuentes Lab) 4th Year Workshop Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Signaling Regulation in Bacterial Pathogens: A Tale of Two Systems" |
Apr. 16, 2024 | Adrian Elcock, DPhil Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Structure-based simulation models of the bacterial cell envelope" |
Apr. 18, 2024 | Michael Schnieders, PhD Biomedical Engineering and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Unveiling the Impact of Protein Misfolding on Autism Spectrum Disorder: Genetic Insights from a Computational Microscope" |
Apr. 25, 2024 | Sophie Granger, Research Assistant (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Human hnRNPA1 reorganizes telomere-bound Replication Protein A" |
Apr. 30, 2024 | 20th Lata Undergraduate Honors Research Symposium |
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
date | name | title |
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Fall 2022 | ||
Sept. 20, 2022 | Daniel Weeks, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Studies on the Parkinson's Protein alpha-Synuclein Using Xenopus laevis" |
Sept. 27, 2022 | Sheila Baker, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Photoreceptor Calcium Channels and Synapse Development" |
Oct. 4, 2022 | David Price, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Zombie Pre-Initiation Complexes (PICs)" |
Oct. 11, 2022 | Specific Aims Presentations by Graduate Students Logan Dawson, DeMali Lab Lucy Langmack, Abel Lab Sydney Walker, Davies Lab | "Mechanisms Coupling Actin-Cytoskeleton Reinforcement and Metabolism" by Logan Dawson "Characterizing missense mutations in the ligand binding domain and DNA binding domain of NR4A2 transcription factors from individuals with autism spectrum disorder" by Lucy Langmack "Regulation of extracellular lipases by ANGPTL3" by Sydney Walker |
Oct. 18, 2022 | Nicholas Hammons, Graduate Student (Fuentes Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Characterizing the Regulation of the Staphylococcal aureus SrrB Histidine Kinase" |
Oct. 26, 2022 | Michael Gebhardt, PhD Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa | "Exploring the Hfq-mediated RNA-RNA interactome in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" |
Nov. 1, 2022 | Rebecca Splitt, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Investigating E-cadherin Mediated Force Transmission" |
Nov. 8, 2022 | William Hacker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Development and Application of a Simulation Toolkit for Modeling Prokaryotic Transcription and Translation Dynamics" |
Nov. 15, 2022 | Sarah Mayer and Nathan Mohar, Graduate Students (Wallrath Lab) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, University of Iowa | "Drosophila Models of SNRNP200-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa Exhibit Photoreceptor Abnormalities" by Sarah Mayer "Identification and Analysis of Genetic Modifiers of Laminopathies" by Nathan Mohar |
Nov. 29, 2022 | Grace Ciampa, Graduate Student (Song Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Examining the Function of a Novel Protein in the Cardiac Junctional Membrane Complex" |
Dec. 6, 2022 | Andrew Kalenkiewiecz, Graduate Student (A. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & MSTP, University of Iowa | "Unraveling the Structural and Thermodynamic Basis of Caspase Allostery" |
Spring 2023 | ||
Jan. 17, 2023 | Seth Tomchik, PhD Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa | "Nf1 Ras GAP effects on repetitive motor behaviors and metabolic alterations in a genetic model" |
Feb. 7, 2023 | Brittany Ripley, PhD, Postdoc (Radoshevich Lab) Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa | "The role of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in Listeria monocytogenes infection" |
Feb. 14, 2023 | Lori Adams, PhD Biology and Iowa Sciences Academy, University of Iowa | "Iowa Sciences Academy: Supporting Student Success in the Sciences" |
Feb. 21, 2023 | Pamela Geyer, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "A stabilizing variant of Barrier-to-autointegration factor causes dominant motor neuronopathy" |
Feb. 28, 2023 | Miles Pufall, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Glucocorticoid induction of cell death in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia" |
Mar. 7, 2023 | Miles Pufall, PhD and Michael Schnieders, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Broader Impacts: Scientific Outreach Programs" |
Mar. 21, 2023 | Marc Wold, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Single-strand DNA Binding Proteins modulate DNA repeat instability and human disease" |
Mar. 28, 2023 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Everything ANGPTL3 All at Once" |
Apr. 4, 2023 | Sandipan Chowdhury, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa | "Structural basis of electrochemical linkage in a novel membrane transporter" |
Apr. 11, 2023 | Kailey Cash, PhD, Postdoc (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "RAD51 nucleoprotein filament formation, dynamics, and regulation" |
Apr. 18, 2023 | Zach Frevert, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Structural Snapshots of DNA Polymerase Iota Catalyzing Nucleotide Incorporation" |
Apr. 25, 2023 | Thaddeus Wadas, PhD Radiology, University of Iowa | "Targeting Fibroblast Activation Protein as a Biomarker Glioblastoma" |
May 2, 2023 | Mortezaali Razzaghi, PhD, Postdoc (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Cryo-EM Structural Studies of the RAD52 DNA Repair Protein" |
May 9, 2023 | Madeline Shea, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Seeing is Deceiving: Calcium-Mediated Control of Protein-Protein Interactions" |
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
date | name | title |
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Fall 2021 | ||
Sept. 7, 2021 | Zachary Frevert, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Non-Classical Polymerases and Accommodation of Damaged DNA" |
Sept. 14, 2021 | Dr. Florence Williams Chemistry, University of Iowa | "Structure-Activity Relationship of Neurotrophic Phenylbutenoid Dimmers and progress Towards Uncovering Mechanism of Action" |
Oct. 5, 2021 | Nick Cronin, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Links between cell mechanics and metabolism in endothelia" |
Oct. 19, 2021 | Lori Wallrath, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Myonuclear defects associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy" |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Sheila Baker, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Progress in understanding photoreceptor ion channels" |
Nov. 2, 2021 | Miles Pufall, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Advanced measurement of DNA-binding specificity and future applications" |
Nov. 16, 2021 | Emily Lavering, Graduate Student (Weeks Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Compartmentalization of Ribosome Biogenesis Proteins" |
Spring 2022 | ||
Jan. 25, 2022 | Pam Geyer, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Disease variants of barrier-to-autointegration Factor alter nuclear structure and genome stability" |
Feb. 2, 2022 | Juan Santana, Research Associate (Price Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Differential dependencies of human RNA polymerase II promoters on TBP, TAF1, TAF4, TFIIB, and XPB" |
Feb. 8, 2022 | Cade Rahlf, Undergraduate (Shea Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Calmodulin Binding to Intrinsically Disordered Domains of Highly Conserved Intracellular Fibroblast Growth Factors" |
Mar. 1, 2022 | Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD Pathology, University of Iowa | "Competition among Bacteroides species: Ntox15 effectors and immunity proteins" |
Mar. 8, 2022 | Divya Bhat, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Iowa | "RAD52 inhibition as a new frontier in anti-cancer therapy" |
Mar. 22, 2022 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Dissecting the functions of a key regulator of lipoprotein metabolism" |
Mar. 29, 2022 | Adrian Elcock, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Methods for modeling and simulating bacterial macromolecules" |
Apr. 5, 2022 | Kathryn Hobbs, Graduate Student (A. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Allosteric Tuning of Caspase-7 Activity" |
Apr. 19, 2022 | Michael Schneiders, PhD Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Computational Models of Crystals and Missense Variants" |
Apr. 26, 2022 | Jessica Tucker, PhD Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa | "Using gammaherpesvirus infection to explore tRNA expression dynamics" |
May 3, 2022 | Mortezaali Razzaghi, Postdoc (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa | "Structural Mechanisms and Pharmacological Targeting of the RAD52 DNA Repair Protein" |
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
date | name | title |
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Fall 2020 | ||
Sept. 22, 2020 | Kathryn Hobbs, Graduate Student (A. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Exploring mechanisms of caspase-7 allostery" |
Sept. 29, 2020 | Tingting Duan, PhD, Postdoc (Geyer Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Mitosis without nuclear breakdown in germline stem cells" |
Oct. 6, 2020 | Emily Lavering, Graduate Student (Weeks Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The Roles of Protein Aggregation in Ribosome Biogenesis" |
Oct. 13, 2020 | John Saxton, Storage Systems Administrator Research Services, University of Iowa, Host: Dr. Kris DeMali | "Backing up Research Data" |
Oct. 27, 2020 | Chris Ball, Graduate Student (Price Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Control of host RNA polymerase II by a multifunctional viral transcription factor" |
Nov. 3, 2020 | Ryan Mahling, Graduate Student (Shea Lab) PhD Thesis Defense Seminar, Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Recognition of NaV1.2 by Calmodulin and Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors" |
Nov. 10, 2020 | Jade Miller, Undergraduate Major (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Jacob Lam, Undergraduate Major (D. Abel Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | Undergraduate Honors Symposium |
Nov. 17, 2020 | Alicia Ortiz, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Kelli Davie, Graduate Student (Davies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Investigating Metabolic Changes in Response to Force on E-cadherin" "Lipase regulation by ANGPTL proteins" |
Nov. 18, 2020 | William Hacker, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) PhD Thesis Defense Seminar, University of Iowa | "Computational modeling of the Escherichia coli chromosome and integrated simulations of bacterial transcription and translation" |
Spring 2021 | ||
Feb. 16, 2021 | Lisa Kelly, Leader Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (CIRTL), University of Iowa | "CIRTL Program Overview" |
Mar. 23, 2021 | Chris Ball, Graduate Student (Price Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Dissecting the functions of RNA Polymerase II interacting factor Gdown1 in mammalian transcriptional control" |
Apr. 13, 2021 | Justin Ling, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Structure and function of Rad5 helicase in template switching during DNA damage bypass" |
Apr. 20, 2021 | Zachary Wehrspan, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Development and dynamics of a large-scale model of Escherichia coli peptidoglycan" |
Apr. 27, 2021 | Undergraduate Lata Symposium | |
May 4, 2021 | Masayoshi Honda, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "RAD52 Protein: A Protector of Stalled Replication Forks" |
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
date | name | title |
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Fall 2019 | ||
Sept. 10, 2019 | Charles Brenner, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "PPM1D Mutations Silence the NARPT Gene and Sensitize to NAMPT Inhibition in Glioma" |
Sept. 17, 2019 | Kris DeMali, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Integration of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism" |
Oct. 1, 2019 | Zachary Wehrspan, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Towards Cellular Scale Models of Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan" |
Oct. 8, 2019 | Colleen Caldwell, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Fletcher Bain, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "G-quadruplex DNA: Probing the effect of DNA secondary structure and sequence in replication bypass" by Colleen Caldwell "RPA domain dynamics in the regulation of DNA maintenance" by Fletcher Bain |
Oct. 15, 2019 | Daniel Summers, PhD Biology, University of Iowa | "Novel intersections between protein homeostasis and neurodegeneration" |
Oct. 22, 2019 | Lori Wallrath, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Defective coupling between the nucleus and cytoskeleton in muscular dystrophy" |
Oct. 29, 2019 | Brittany Ripley, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Determining the structural basis of Rad6-18 autoinhibition" |
Nov. 12, 2019 | William Sivitz, MD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "Role of oxaloacetate in the regulation of Complex II-energized mitochondrial respiration" |
Nov. 19, 2019 | Rainbo Hultman, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa | "Use of brain-wide electrical dynamics to dissect underlying mechanisms of stress vulnerability in preclinical depression model" |
Dec. 3, 2019 | Tingting Duan, Graduate Student (Geyer Lab) PhD Thesis Defense Seminar, Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The nuclear lamina is required for stem cell mitosis and survival" |
Spring 2020 | ||
Jan. 28, 2020 | Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral & Medical Fellow (Taylor Lab) Adam Rauckhorst, PhD, Postdoc (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Mitochondrial macronutrient flux and regulation of syncytiotrophoblast differentiation" by Sarah Wernimont "Hypoxic stress reveals intrinsic non-canonical metabolomic network structures" by Adam Rauckhorst |
Feb. 4, 2020 | Jared McLendon, PhD, Postdoc (Boudreau Lab) Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "Post transcriptional gene regulation in cardiac biology" |
Feb. 11, 2020 | Colen Lankford, Graduate Student (Baker Lab) Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Iowa Shivangi Makarand Inamdar, PhD, Postdoc (Baker Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Phenotypic analysis of a mouse model for KCNV2 retinopathy" by Colen Lankford "Regulating HCN1 channels" by Shivangi Inamdar |
Feb. 18, 2020 | Meng Wu, PhD, Adjunct Professor and Director High Throughput Screening Facility, University of Iowa | "In vitro plate-based high throughput assays/screening" |
Feb. 25, 2020 | Dominique Limoli, PhD Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa | "War and Peace: Polymicrobial interactions during cystic fibrosis airway infection" |
Mar. 3, 2020 | Jeffrey White, Graduate Student (Weigel Lab) Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Iowa | "SUMO-responsive Transcriptional Repression from TFAP2A-Occupied Microsatellites" |
Mar. 10, 2020 | David Price, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "A Unified View of the Sequence and Functional Organization of the Human RNA Polymerase II Promoter" |
Apr. 14, 2020 | Kathryn Spitler, Postdoc (Davies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "ANGPTL4 from adipose, but not liver, is responsible for regulating plasma triglyceride partitioning" |
Apr. 21, 2020 | Juan Santana, Research Associate (Price Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Benjamin Spector, Research Assistant (Price Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Selective temporal depletion of general transcription factors using CRISPR/Cas9 and the dTAG system" by Juan Santana "DFF ChIP-Seq: exploring the interface of transcription and chromatin on human and cytomegalovirus genomes" by Benjamin Spector |
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
date | name | title |
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Fall 2018 | ||
Sept. 1, 2018 | John Selby, MD, PhD Dermatology, University of Iowa | "Experimental Methods for Exploring Cell Mechanobiology: A Primer on Traction Force Microscopy, Optical Magnetic Twisting Cytometry, and Magnetic Tweezers" |
Sept. 11, 2018 | Tingting Duan, Graduate Student (Geyer Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Networking at the nuclear periphery is essential for stem cell survival" |
Sept. 18, 2018 | Lori Wallrath, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Connecting the nucleoskeleton and the cytoskeleton" @ Cornell University |
Sept. 25, 2018 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Regulation of Lipid Partitioning: The Fine-tuning of Fate Fate" |
Oct. 16, 2018 | Catherine Musselman, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Molecular mechanisms of histone signaling in a chromatin relevant context" |
Oct. 23, 2018 | Ryan Sheldon, PhD (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Hepatic mitochondrial citrate carrier disruption reroutes glucose from lipgenesis into glutamine" |
Oct. 23, 2018 | Kelli Sylvers, Graduate Student (Davies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Lipase regulation by ANGPTL3" |
Oct. 30, 2018 | Alicia Salvi, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Investigating Metabolic Changes in Response to Force on E-cadherin" |
Oct. 30, 2018 | Christopher Ball, Graduate Student (Price Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Human Cytomegalovirus IE2 Differentially Modulates Transcription of Select Viral Transcription Units During Late Infection" |
Nov. 6, 2018 | Ernesto Fuentes, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Design of PDZ domain ligand specificity" |
Nov. 13, 2018 | Brittany Ripley, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Rad6-18, the master regulator of translesion synthesis" |
Nov. 27, 2018 | Ryan Mahling, Graduate Student (Shea Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Disease-Causing Mutations in Calmodulin Alter the Linkage Between Binding Sodium Channel (Nav) IQ Motifs and Calcium" |
Spring 2019 | ||
Jan. 29, 2019 | Daniel Weeks, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Using Xenopus oocytes to examine functional protein aggregation" |
Feb. 12, 2019 | Miles Pufall, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Do steroids regulate B-cell development?" |
Feb. 19, 2019 | Charles Brenner, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa Saumya De Silva, Graduate Student (Musselman Lab) Chemistry, University of Iowa | "Trying to protect a neuron and can't get no satisfaction: A new story with NAD" by Dr. Brenner "Investigating the Nucleic Acid binding activity of the Polybromo-1 Bromodomains" by Saumya De Silva |
Feb. 26, 2019 | Bin He, PhD Biology, University of Iowa | "Evolution of reduced co-activator dependence led to target expansion of a starvation response pathway" |
Mar. 5, 2019 | Bonnie Hall, PhD Biology, Grand View University | "Developing a PUI/R1 Research Collaboration: Evolution of DNA-Binding Specificity" |
Mar. 12, 2019 | Rainbo Hultman, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa | "Dissecting mechanisms of depression vulnerability using brain network electrical activity" |
Mar. 26, 2019 | Venkata Sanaboyana, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Liping Yu, PhD, Adjunct Professor and Director NMR Facility, University of Iowa | "Molecular dynamics simulations of filament formation on the inner membrane of E.coli" "NMR Spectroscopy and Metabolic Profiling of Complex II-Energized Mitochondria" |
Apr. 2, 2019 | Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Modeling conformationally flexible proteins with X-ray scattering and molecular simulations" |
Apr. 9, 2019 | Lokesh Gakhar, PhD, Adjunct Professor and Director Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa | "A Tale of Two Cores" |
Apr. 16, 2019 | Fletcher Bain, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa Colleen Caldwell, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Unraveling the G-quadruplex: A novel approach to assessing bypass of DNA Secondary Structure" "RPA Conformational Dyanmics and the Recombination Mediator Mechanism" |
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Date | name | title |
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Fall 2017 | ||
Aug. 29, 2017 | Shuxiang Li, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) PhD Thesis Defense Seminar, Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Computer simulations exploring conformational preferences of short peptides and developing a bacterial chromosome model" |
Sept. 12, 2017 | Tingting Duan, Graduate Student (Geyer Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "An architectural protein Suppressor of Hairy-wing [SU(Hw)] is required for spermatogenesis" |
Sept. 19, 2017 | Emma Morrison, PhD (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The conformation of the histone H3 tail inhibits association of effector domains with nucleosomes" |
Sept. 26, 2017 | Ferhaan Amad, MD, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "Mechanistic Insights into Heritable and Acquired Heart Failure" |
Oct. 3, 2017 | Hannah Miller, Graduate Student (DeMali Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Force-induced apoptosis: The mechanoprotective role of PAK2" |
Oct. 10, 2017 | Nitija Tiwari, Graduate Student (Fuentes Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Regulation of S. aureus SrrAB two-component system by a PAS domain" |
Oct. 10, 2017 | Fletcher Bain, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "FBH1: A Homologous Recombination Switch" |
Oct. 24, 2017 | Colleen Caldwell, Graduate Student (M. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Dynamic motions in homologous recombination: RPA, Rad51, and Rad52" |
Oct. 31, 2017 | Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The eukaryotic mutasome: Choosing the best tool for the job" |
Nov. 7, 2017 | Liping Yu, PhD, Adjunct Professor and Director NMR Core Facility, University of Iowa | "NMR Studies of Enzyme Mechanism, Protein-Glycan and Protein-Prenyl Lipid Interactions" |
Nov. 14, 2017 | Jacob Litman, Graduate Student (Schnieders Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Towards Computational Protein Design with Many-Body Potentials" |
Nov. 21, 2017 | Robert McDonnell, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Optimizing force field parameter for nucleic acid simulations" |
Nov. 28, 2017 | Kin Fai Au, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "Addressing the combinatorial complexity in tumor and transcriptome by linkage information in sequencing data" |
Dec. 5, 2017 | Ryan Mahling, Graduate Student (Shea Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Exciting Channels and Promiscuous Partners: Probing the Interactions between Nav1.2, CaM and FGF" |
Spring 2018 | ||
Feb. 6, 2018 | Arpit Sharma, Graduate Student (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Skeletal Muscle MPC as a Regulator of Systemic Cori Cycle Adiposity" |
Feb. 13, 2018 | Charles Brenner, PhD Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "Boosting Metabolism with Nicotinamide Riboside: Full Circle from Milk" |
Feb. 20, 2018 | Craig Ellermeier, PhD Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa | "A Bacterial Receptor for Lysozyme Controls Sigma Facotr Activation" |
Feb. 27, 2018 | Ted Abel, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa | "Epigenetic Mechanisms of Memory Storage" |
Mar. 6, 2018 | Shivangi Inamdar, PhD (Baker Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Analysis of 14-3-3 proteins in the retina" |
Mar. 6, 2018 | Colten Lankford (Baker Lab) Molecular Medicine Program, University of Iowa | "Trafficking of phyperpolarization activated cyclic nucleotide-grated channel 1 (HCN1) in photoreceptors" |
Mar. 27, 2018 | David Price, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Analysis of RNA polymerase II transcription in human cells with single-nucleotide resolution" |
Apr. 3, 2018 | Lalita Oonthonpan, Graduate Student (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Understanding the Molecular Condequences of MPC1 Mutations in Human Patients" |
Apr. 10, 2018 | Kathryn Spitler, PhD (Davies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Tissue Specific actions of angiopoietin like 4" |
Apr. 10, 2018 | Julio Sanchez, Graduate Student (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Characterization of the novel DNA binding activity of the BRG1 AT-hook-bromodomain" |
Apr. 24, 2018 | Quinn Li, Graduate Student (A. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Determinants of glucokinase activation: Implications for small molecule allosteric control" |
Apr. 24, 2018 | Tyler Weaver, Graduate Student (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Multivalent engagement of DNA and H3K27me3 by the CBX8 chromodomain drives nucleosome association" |
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Fall 2016 | ||
Sept. 13, 2016 | Kris DeMali, PhD Biochemistry and Dermatology, University of Iowa | "Mechanisms of E-Cadherin Mechanotransduction" |
Sept. 20, 2016 | Markus Kuehn, PhD Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa | "Restoring intraocular pressure control in glaucoma through stem cell based approaches" |
Sept. 27, 2016 | Daniel Weeks, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Amyloids and protein aggregation as part of normal development" |
Oct. 4, 2016 | Melissa Gildenberg, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry and MSTP, University of Iowa | "Investigating the mechanism of error-free DNA damage bypass" |
Oct. 4, 2016 | Pamela Geyer, PhD Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa | "Networking at the nuclear perifphery: Contributions of Drosophila LEM domain proteins" |
Oct. 18, 2016 | Brittany Ripley, Graduate Student (Washington Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Regulation of PCNA monoubiquitination in translesion synthesis" |
Oct. 18, 2016 | Liyang Zhang, Graduate Student (Pufall Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Shaping up transcription factor DNA binding" |
Oct. 25, 2016 | Wesley Lay, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Force Field optimization in molecular dynamics simulations using osmotic pressure measurements" |
Oct. 25, 2016 | Ryan Mahling, Graduate Student (Shea Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Regulation of Nav1.2 by Calmodulin and FGFs" |
Nov. 1, 2016 | William Hacker, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Development and implementation of a coarse-graned model of the E. coli nucleoid" |
Nov. 1, 2016 | Julio Sanchez, Graduate Student (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Determining the role of the AT-hook and bromodomain in mediating chromatin signaling to the Brahma Subunit of the SWI/SNF Complex" |
Nov. 8, 2016 | Eric Taylor, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Regulation of cellular and organismal metabolism by the mitochondrial carrier system" |
Nov. 15, 2016 | Diane Slusarski, PhD Biology, University of Iowa | "Zebrafish Development & Disease: Fishing for Answers" |
Nov. 29, 2016 | Po Hien Ear, PhD, Postdoc (Brenner Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Maternal and Neonatal Health Benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside" |
Nov. 29, 2016 | Adam Rauckhorst, PhD, Postdoc (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Novel mechanisms regulating mitochondrial glutamine metabolism" |
Dec. 6, 2016 | Hillel Haim, MD, PhD Microbiology, University of Iowa | "On the stable nature of instability: predictions of population-level changes in HIV-1 using diffusion-based models" |
Spring 2017 | ||
Jan. 24, 2017 | Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "The insulin-FoxO Axis in the Regulation of Muscle Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Metabolism" |
Jan. 31, 2017 | Emma Morrison, PhD, Postdoc (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The histone H3 tail as an active component in chromatin regulation" |
Jan. 31, 2017 | Ryan Sheldon, PhD, Postdoc (Taylor Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Understanding citrate as a cellular and physiological energy currency" |
Feb. 7, 2017 | Christopher Stipp, PhD Biology and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa | "Integrin crosstalk regulates the metastatic phenotype of prostate carcinoma" |
Feb. 14, 2017 | Rebecca Dodd, PhD Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | "The role of the tumor microenvironment in sarcoma biology and treatment" |
Feb. 21, 2017 | Ling Yang, PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa | "Regulation of hepatic autophagy by nitrosative stress in obesity" |
Feb. 28, 2017 | Carlos Chan, MD, PhD Surgery, University of Iowa | "Role of CEACAM in cancer progression" |
Mar. 21, 2017 | Quinn Li, Graduate Student (A. Spies Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Determinants of glucokinase activation: Implications for small molecule allosteric control" |
Mar. 21, 2017 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Modulating lipase activity with ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8" |
Mar. 28, 2017 | Michael Schnieders, PhD Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa | "Novel simulation methods for the protein crystal folding proglem & the evaluations of missense variations" |
Apr. 4, 2017 | Mark Miller, Graduate Student (Elcock Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Improving the accuracy of amino acid interactions in molecular simulations" |
Apr. 4, 2017 | Tyler Weaver, Graduate Student (Musselman Lab) Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The EZH2 SANT1 domain is a histone reader providing sensitivity to the modification state of the H4 tail" |
Apr. 11, 2017 | Ernesto Fuentes, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Towards revealing the regulation of the S. aureus SrrAB two-component system: A progress report" |
Apr. 25, 2017 | Maria Spies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Dynamics and regulation of the RAD51 nucleoprotein filament" |
Spring 2016
Spring 2016
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Jan. 26, 2016 | Ed Sander, PhD Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa | "In vitro systems and computational models for studying cell-matrix interactions and mechanobiology" |
Feb. 2, 2016 | Lori Wallrath, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Lamin-associated muscular dystrophy: Bedside to bench and beyond" |
Feb. 9, 2016 | Brandon Davies, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The unfinished stories of triglyceride metabolism" |
Feb. 16, 2016 | Jacob Michaelson, PhD Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa | "Transcriptional regulation in genetically impaired and pharmacologically-rescued adult hippocampal neurogenesis" |
Feb. 23, 2016 | Anna Malkova, PhD Biology and UI Genetics Cluster, University of Iowa | "Complex mutations and chromosomal rearrangements associated with break-induced replication" |
Mar. 1, 2016 | Sheila Baker, PhD Biochemistry and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa | "Bridging the first visual synapse" |
Mar. 8, 2016 | Adrian Elcock, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Progress report on building molecular simulation models for cellular systems" |
Mar. 22, 2016 | Marc Wold, PhD Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa | "Protein acrobatics in genome stability" |
Mar. 29, 2016 | Marie Migaud, PhD Biochemistry Visiting Professor, University of Iowa | "NAD chemical biology: Old and new NAD building blocks and derivatives" |
Apr. 5, 2016 | Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa | "Assembly and architecture of the protein complex that replicates damaged DNA" |
Apr. 19, 2016 | Madeline Shea, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "The Kinky Tail of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channel Nav1.2" |
Apr. 20, 2016 | Joseph Dosbosy, PhD Senior Staff Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies | "Grad Student Open Forum: Careers in Industry" |
Apr. 26, 2016 | David Price, PhD Biochemistry, University of Iowa | "Atypical day in the Price Lab" |
Please contact the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology office at biochem@uiowa.edu for information on workshops prior to the Spring 2016 term.