October 24, 2002
Svetlana Lutsenko, Ph.D.
Human Copper Metabolism: From Molecules to Disease
Assistant Professor, OHSU
October 29, 2002
Brian W. Matthews, Ph.D.
Tolerance and Intolerance In Protein Structure and Function
Professor, University of Oregon Institute of Molecular Biology
November 12, 2002
Hua Lu, Ph.D.
Cell Growth Or Death: Multiple Roles For the HMG1-like Protein SSRP1
Assistant Professor, OHSU
November 19, 2002
Barry P. Rosen, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of Arsenic Detoxification in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
November 26, 2002
Sidney Simon, Ph.D.
How Cholesterol , Sphingomyelin, And Dipoles Influence the Interaction And Location of Peptides In Membranes
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
December 3, 2002
Yanping Zhang, Ph.D.
The MDM2 Zinc Finger and Cancer
Assistant Professor, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
December 12, 2002
Gail M. Clinton, Ph.D.
An Autoinhibitor of the EGF Family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases is Created by Conversion of an Intron to an Exon
Associate Professor, BMB, OHSU
December 17, 2002
Mary Ellen Perry, Ph.D.
Physiological Functions of the MDM2 Oncoprotein
Program Director and Adjunct Scientist, National Cancer Institute
February 18, 2003
James M. Cunningham, M.D.
Cooperative Retrovirus Infection: Role in Pathogenesis
Division of Hematology/Oncology, HHMI, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
February 25, 2003
P. Sing Ho, Ph.D.
50 Years of Alphabet Soup: DNA Structure From A to Z
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University
April 1, 2003
Robert A. Farley, Ph.D.
Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Amino Acids in the Cytoplasmic Loop 6/7 of Na,K-ATPase
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California
April 8, 2003
B. Tracy Nixon, Ph.D.
Regulation of AAA+ Domain Assembly By Two Component Signal Transduction: A Tale of Two Dimers, Times Two
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
April 15, 2003
Robert K. Nakamoto, Ph.D.
Rotational Catalysis in
the FOF1 ATP Synthase
Associate Professor, Mol. Physiology & Biol. Physics, University of Virginia
April 22, 2003
Miles Wilkinson, Ph.D.
RNA Surveillance and the Nuclear Translation Paradox
Professor, Immunology, U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
May 13, 2003
Daniel Leahy, Ph.D.
Autoinhibition Cancer and Structures
Associate Professor, HHMI & Dept. of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
May 20, 2003
Kevin Ridge, Ph.D.
Analysis of G-protein Coupled Receptor Function: One Piece at a Time
Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
June 23, 2003
Kam C. Yeung, Ph.D.
RKIP Sensitizes Cancer Cells to Apotosis
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Ohio
