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Past Seminars
27 April	Hua Lu, MB (US MD equivalent), Ph.D. Reynolds and Ryan Families Chair Professor in Translational Cancer Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University, School of Medicine A Double-edged sword: the ribosomal stress-p53-MDM2 pathway.	MEB S15
17 April	Yuzhi Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR Dysfunction of Ubiquitination as a Potential Pathogenic Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Disease	MEB S4 (3209)
13 April	Lawrence R. Dick, Ph.D. Director of Biochemistry Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Cambridge	MEB S10 (3109)
4 April	Purva Sarvaiya Graduate Student Dr. Wayne Vedeckis’ Lab Role of c-Myb in pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 9:00 a.m.**	MEB S8
5 April	Prachi Jain Graduate Student Dr. Suresh Alahari Lab The Biochemiscal and Functional Interaction between Nischarin and LKB1 **3 p.m.	MEB S8
23 March	Yan Dong, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Structural and Cellular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine Rescuing Mutant p53 for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer	MEB S4 (3209)
16 March	Tej K. Pandita, Ph.D. Professor UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Role of MOF in DNA Damage Response and Beyond	MEB S10 (3109)
2 March	Stacy Drury, MD, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Tulane University School of Medicine Genetic interactions with early experience: understanding differences in susceptibility and recovery from adverse early life events	MEB S4 (3209)
10 February	David D. Hackney Professor Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Mechanism and Regulation of Kinesin	MEB S10 (3109)
27 January	Wanguo Liu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Genetics LSUHSC	MEB S10 (3109)
23 January	Laura Rusche, PhD Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy Ancient roles for the deacetylase Sir2 and the replication factor Orc1 in heterochromatin formation	MEB S10 (3109)
20 January	Zachary Pursell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Tulane University School of Medicine Human DNA Polymerases, Ribonucleotides and Genome Instability	MEB S10 (3109)
13 January	Dr. Carolyn Moores Research Fellow Birkbeck University of London London, England Linking kinesin motor structure and function: small loops make a big difference	MEB S10 (3109)
6 January	Prasad V.G. Katakam, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Tulane University School of Medicine Mechanisms of Cerebrovascular Insulin Resistance.	MEB S4 (3209)
28 October	Arthur L. Haas, Ph.D. Roland Coulson Professor and Head There and back again: Our evolving understanding of Hect and Hect-like ubiquitin ligases.	MEB S8 (3220)
11 November	Radhika R Pochampally, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Center for Gene Therapy Tulane University School of Medicine MicroRNA- mediated mesenchymal stromal cell survival in breast cancer.	MEB S8 (3220)
2 December	Marcia Newcomer, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA A molecular basis for control of leukotriene biosynthesis	MEB S8 (3220)
9 December	Victoria Perepelitsa Belancio, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Structural and Cellular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine	MEB S4 (3209)
16 December	Igor Chesnokov, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics The University of Alabama at Birmingham Multiple functions of the Origin Recognition Complex	MEB S5 (3210)

15 July	Tarun Mandal McCaffrey/Norwood Professor of Pharmacy Director, Center for Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Xavier University	MEB S8 (3220) Nanomedicine: Emerging Therapeutics for the 21st Century
29 July	Walter J. Lukiw, M.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, and Genetics	MEB 5252 Discovery and Application of Small Molecule Modifiers of microRNA Function.
17 June	Dr. Alexander Deiters Associate Professor North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry Raleigh, NC	MEB S5 (3210)
10 June	David Worthylake, PhD Associate Professor Our foray into proteomics	MEB S4 (3209)
15 April	Shyamal Desai, PhD Assistant Professor	MEB 5252 ISG15 in human diseases: old wine in a new bottle
1 April	Matthew E. Burow, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Tulane University School of Medicine	MEB 5252 “Glyceollins: a novel class of anti-estrogenic breast cancer therapeutics”
25 March	Tomoo Iwakuma, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Genetics	MEB S10 (3109) "Dissecting osteosarcoma metastasis in mouse models”
18 March	Susan P. Gilbert Professor and Head Department of Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York	MEB 5252 Mitotic Kinesin CENP-E Promotes Microtubule Plus-end Elongation
25 February	Ken Muneoka, PhD Professor John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh Chair in Science and Engineering Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Tulane University	MEB S10 (3109) A role for regeneration in regenerative medicine
18 February	Frank E. Jones, PhD Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology Gerald and Flora Jo Mansfield Piltz Professorship in Cancer Research Tulane University	MEB 5252 Ocongenic Regulation of Micro RNAs in Cancer
4 February	Christopher M. Summa, PhD Assistant Professor UNO and Research Institute for Children	MEB 5252 Protein Structure Refinement - the Endgame in Protein Structure Prediction
21 January	Wayne V. Vedeckis, PhD Amgen Professor of Oncology	MEB 5252 Dissecting the Gene Regulatory Pathway for Corticosteroid-Mediated
3 December	Sunyoung Kim, PhD Assistant Professor ATPases as drug targets: how protein structure can guide personalized medicine	MEB 5252
21 October	Keith D. Wilkinson, Ph D Professor and Chair Director of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Science Modulation of prion formation by the ubiquitin proteasome system and actin cytoskeleton	MEB S10 (3109)
18 September	Jerome W. Breslin, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physiology "Endothelial Barriers and Fluid Homeostasis"	MEB S8 (3220)
25 September	Arthur L. Haas , PhD Roland Coulson Professor and Head "Ubiquitin, ISG15, and Innate Immunity"	MEB S8 (3220)
16 October	Matthew W. Lluis Postdoctoral Candidate University of Texas at Austin "Crystal Structures of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase-1 (DDAH-1) from Homo Sapiens Bound to the Inhibitors N5-(1-iminopentyl)-L-ornithine and Ebselen and Functional Studies of the Translin-Trax Complex from Mus Musculus"	MEB S8 (3220)
23 October	Wayne V. Vedeckis, PhD Amgen Professor of Oncology "How Do Corticosteroid Hormones Kill Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells?"	CSRB 563
30 October	William C. Wimley, PhD Associate Professor of Biochemistry TCC Program Member Tulane University	MEB S8 (3220)
4 December	Judy Crabtree, PhD Assistant Professor of Genetics "Endocrine Tumor Disorders: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, type I and Uterine Leiomyoma."	MEB S8 (3220)
9 December	Dong-Er Zhang, PhD Professor Biological Sciences and Pathology University of California, San Diego “Ubiquitin Like Modifier ISG15 and its Deconjugating Enzyme in the Innate Immune Responses ”	MEB S4 (3209)
11 December	Andrew Hollenbach, PhD Assistant Professor of Genetics "Phosphorylation and the regulation of the myogenic transcription factor Pax3 and the oncogenic fusion protein Pax3-FOXO1"	MEB S8 (3220)
18 December	Edward Wojcik, PhD Assistant Professor	MEB S8 (3220)
15 January	Michael Hagensee, MD, PhD Associate Professor Can Viruses Interact to Cause Cancer?	CSRB 563 *1-2 PM
22 January	Zhengchang Liu, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biology, University of New Orleans "How Does the Budding Yeast Sense Extracellular Amino Acids?"	CSRB 563
5 February	Srikanta Dash, PhD Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Tulane University Health Sciences Center "Mechanisms of Interferon action and resistance in chronic hepatitis C virus infection."	CSRB 563
19 February	Arthur J. Lustig, PhD Professor, Department of Biochemistry Tulane University Health Sciences Center “What are repair proteins doing at the telomere?”	CSRB 563
26 February	Shyamal Desai, PhD Assistant Professor “Ubiquitin/ISG15 cross-talk in tumorigenesis and neurodegeneration”	MEB S8 (3220)
9 April	Laimonis A. Laimins, PhD Guy and Anne Youmans Professor and Chair Department of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University “DNA damage and papillomavirus replication”.	MEB S4 (3209)
23 April	William C. Claycomb, PhD Professor	MEB S8
14 May	Jun-Lin Guan , PhD Professor Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan FAK and FIB200 in Breast Cancer	MEB S4 (3209)
21 May	Suresh K. Alahari, PhD Fred G. Brazda Professor *“Nischarin dances with many partners”*	MEB S4 (3209)
28 May	David Worthylake, PhD Assistant Professor	MEB S8 (3220)
11 June	KyungWon Huh, PhD Assistant Professor	MEB S8 (3220)
WIP (Works in Progress) SEMINARS All WIP Seminars held in MEB Seminar Room 8 at 11:00 AM (3220) unless otherwise noted *
26 January	Jessica Richard
9 February	Somesh Baranwal
23 February	Virginia Ronchi	* MEB 7204
9 March	Becky Buckley
16 March	Jing Liu
23 March	Chuck Streich	MEB Seminar Room 8
13 April	Rajamani Rathinam	MEB Seminar Room 8
20 April	Purvaba Sarvaiya	MEB Seminar Room 8
27 April	Sherin Hashem	MEB Seminar Room 8
11 May	Myung Choi	* MEB S4 (3209)
18 May	Daniel Edwards	* MEB S4 (3209)
25 May	Julian Burks	* MEB S4 (3209)
1 June	Prachi Jain	* MEB S4 (3209)
8 June	Courtney Parke	* MEB S4 (3209)
15 June	May Lam	MEB Seminar Room 8