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Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Past CoBRE Investigator Meetings

2023

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to New Year's Holiday

2022

  • Speaker: Orion Berryman

    Topic: Molecules that coil: Using noncovalent interactions to control self-assembly

  • Speaker: Kasper Hansen

    Topic: Mechanism NMDA receptor potentiation by subunit-selective competitive antagonists

  • Speaker: Bruce Bowler

    Topic:  CBSD Town Hall Meeting

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to Labor Day Holiday

  • Speaker: Brent Ryckman

    Topic: Crystal structure of human cytomegalovirus UL98 alkaline nuclease: part of a 2-component recombinase

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to July 4th Holiday

  • Speaker: Laura Jennings

    Topic: “Sugar-coated” multi-drug resistant bacteria as a source of new antimicrobial targets

  • Speaker: Kendal Ryter

    Topic: Multivalent saccharide functionalized nanoparticles as for use as vaccine adjuvants

  • Speaker: Eric Schultz

    Topic:  Structural Insights into the Role of gH/gL during HCMV Fusion

  • Speaker: Dong Wang

    Topic:  Direct Activation of the C(sp3)−NH2 Bond of Primary Aliphatic Alkylamines by a High-valent Co(III,IV)2(µ-O)2 Diamond Core Complex

  • Speaker: Steve Lodmell

    Topic:  Precise measurement of viral components during infection to elucidate replication mechanisms

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to New Year's Holiday

2021

  • Speaker: Beverly Piggott

    Topic:  Investigating the role of Na+ permeable channels in brain development and brain tumors

  • Speaker: Rich Bridges

    Topic:  The Ins and Outs of Glutamate Transport by System Xc-

  • Speaker: UM Genomics Core with Jeff Good

    Topic:  Whole genome sequencing for Sars-CoV-2 variants of concern in the state of 猎奇重口

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to Labor Day Holiday

  • Speaker: Klara Briknarova

    Topic:  Structural studies of an unusual zinc-binding motif from EHMT histone lysine methyltransferases

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to July 4th Holiday

  • Meeting Cancelled

  • Meeting Cancelled

  • Speaker: Kasper Hansen

    Topic: Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific NMDA receptor agonist activity

  • Speaker: Steve Lodmell

    Topic:  “Use of new ‘omics' approaches for determination of intracellular viral protein and genome loads” and Miyuki Hayashi’s work to quantitate Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein in infected cells using cutting edge mass spectrometry methods

  • Speaker: Scott Samuels

    Topic: Regulation of carbon utilization during the enzootic cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete

  • Meeting Cancelled Due to New Year's Holiday

2020

  • Dec. 7, 2020 - CoBRE Investigator Meeting

    Speaker: Patrick Secor

    Topic: Allosteric regulation of a viral recombinase

    Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

    Location: Zoom

  • Speaker: Travis Hughes

    Topic: Tailor-made Nuclear Receptor Signaling

    Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

    Location: Zoom

  • Speaker: Monica Serban

    Topic: Hyaluronan – Can You Hear Me Now?

    Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

    Location: Zoom

  • Speaker: Ekaterina Voronina

    Topic: Regulation of stem cell proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 by their binding partner CSN-5

    Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

    Location: Chemistry 123 or remotely via Zoom

  • Speaker: Orion Berryman

    Topic: Towards sequence controlled synthetic anion channels: long oligomers decorated with halogen and hydrogen bonds

    Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

    Location: Chemistry 123 or remotely via Zoom

  • Speaker: Philippe Diaz

    Topic: Peripheral Blockade of T-type Calcium Channels Inhibits Acute Itch, Pain and Modulates Immune Response

    Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Dong Wang

    Topic: Bioinspired Catalytic sp3 C–H Bond Functionalization by High-valent CoIV–O Containing Complexes

    Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Jesse Hay

    Topic: Calcium Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Secretion and Stress

    Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

2019

  • Speaker: Travis Hughes

    Topic: Structural mechanisms of nuclear receptor biased signaling

    Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

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    Topic: Studies of the tripartite envelope glycoprotein complex of hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses

    Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Patrick Secor

    Topic: Bacteriophage pathobiology: leveraging phage/host/microbe interactions for therapeutic gain

    Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Kendal Ryter

    Topic: Toll and Pattern Recognition Receptors: Exploration of Immune System Modulation

    Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Travis Wheeler

    Topic:  Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. ― Hunter S. Thompson 
    (Fast is fine, but accuracy is final - Wyatt Earp)

    Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Travis Hughes

    Topic: How does the nuclear receptor machine work? Insight from experiment and simulation.

    Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Canceled: March 4, 2019 - Monthly CoBRE Investigator Meeting

  • Speaker: J. Stephen Lodmell

    Topic: The role of snoRNAs during viral infection: a viral grand scheme or a cellular distraction?

    Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Canceled: Jan. 7, 2019 - Monthly CoBRE Investigator Meeting

2018

  • Speaker: Oliver Serang

    Topic: Graphical models for genomics and proteomics

    Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Klara Briknarova

    Topic: Protein interactions and conformational changes in fibronectin fibril formation: starting small, aiming big

    Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Philippe Diaz

    Topic: Multi-target-directed ligands for the treatment of pain

    Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Dong Wang

    Topic: On the way of designing bio-inspired dinuclear catalysts for C-H bond functionalization

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Orion Berryman

    Topic: Can Halogen Bonding Molecules Function as Anion Carriers and Channels?

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Travis Wheeler

    Topic:   Using new models:
                 Better sequence alignment
                 With fewer errors

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Kasper Hansen

    Topic: Mechanisms of allosteric NMDA receptor modulation

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Monica Serban

    Topic: The interplay between silk fibroin’s structure and its adhesive properties

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Patrick Secor

    Topic:  A phage-encoded integrase promotes virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Special Presentation: Writing and Public Speaking Center

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Ekaterina Voronina

    Topic: Investigating the mechanisms that drive RNA-binding protein localization to RNA granules

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

2017

  • Speaker:  Richard Bridges

    Topic: The System Xc antiporter: quantifying activity with a real-time, fluorescence-coupled assay

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Christopher Palmer

    Topic:  Nanodisc Capillary Electrophoresis: Characterization of Chemical Interactions with Lipid Bilayers

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Erica Woodahl

    Topic: Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine with Underserved Populations

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 169, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Travis Hughes

    Topic:  How does a nanobot work? Ongoing lessons from the nuclear receptor PPARγ

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 114, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Travis Wheeler

    Topic:  Reducing false sequence annotation due to alignment overextension and repetitive sequences

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 114, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

2016

  • Speaker: J. Stephen Lodmell

    Topic: Spy vs. Spy: Antiviral response by mammalian cells vs. anti-antiviral efforts by Rift Valley fever virus

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 117, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Jack Nunberg

    Topic: Arenavirus envelope glycoprotein nanodiscs for cryoEM structural analysis

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 117, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Biospectroscopy Core Facility (BCRL), Core Director Sandy Ross & Core Manager Michelle Terwilliger

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Celine Beamer

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Valeriy Smirnov

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Andrea Stierle

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker: Ekaterina Voronina

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

2015

  • Speaker: Orion Berryman

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Speaker:  Philippe Diaz

    Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.