FALL QUARTER

October 11, 2002
"Nonheme Manganese Catalase: The Other Catalase"
James W. Whittaker, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
OGI School of Science & Engineering, OHSU

October 16, 2002 (Wednesday)
"Analyses of the Fungal Arginine Attenuator Peptide's Role in the Regulation
of Ribosome Stalling"
(Oral Dissertation Defense)
Peng Fang, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
OGI School of Science & Engineering, OHSU

October 18, 2002
"Genomic Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Pathogenesis"
Karen Guillemin, Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon

November 1, 2002
"Radical Intermediates in Cyclooxygenase Catalysis"
Wilfred Van Der Donk, Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois

November 15, 2002
"Genome Defense Mechanisms and DNA Methylation in Neurospora"
Michael Freitag, Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon
(OGI graduate, Ph.D., 1996 with Matthew Sachs)

November 22, 2002
"Hot Viruses: Genetic Elements of Sulfolobus"
Ken Stedman, Department of Biology
Portland State University

December 6, 2002
"Global Regulation by the RNA Binding Protein CsrA and its sRNA Antagonists"
Tony Romeo, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University

WINTER QUARTER

January 10, 2003
"Life at the Extremes: Dissection of Microbial Communities in Alaskan Soil and the Gypsy Moth Midgut"
Jo Handelsman, Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin

January 17, 2003
"The Aromatic Amino Acid Hydroxylases: Mechanism and Regulation"
Paul Fitzpatrick, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University

(THURSDAY, 2:30 p.m.) February 13, 2003
"Heterologous Gene Expression and Transcriptional Regulation of
Manganese Peroxidase Gene Expression in Phanerochaete chrysosporium"
(oral dissertation defense)
Biao Ma, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
OGI School of Science & Engineering, OHSU

February 14, 2003
"Metagenomic Profiling: An Approach for Study of Genes of Uncultivable Microorganisms"
Ronald L. Crawford, Director, Environmental Research Institute
Co-Director, Center for Hazardous Waste Remediation Research
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology
University of Idaho

February 21, 2003
"Gene Expression Profiling of E. coli"
Tyrrell Conway, Department of Microbiology and Advanced Center for Genome Technology
University of Oklahoma

February 28, 2003
"Structure-Function Studies on the Flavocytochrome Cellobiose
Dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium"
(oral dissertation defense)
Frederik Rotsaert, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
OGI School of Science & Engineering, OHSU

March 14, 2003
"Molecular Studies on Nutrient Transporters from Leishmania and African Trypanosomes"
Scott M. Landfear, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Oregon Health & Science University

 

***Date to be arranged
"Protease Folding and Activation Modulated by Intramolecular Chaperones"
Ujwal Shinde, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oregon Health & Science University

***Date to be arranged
"Impact of Antibiotics and Regulatory Mutations on Signal Transduction Pathways of the Respiratory Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae"
Malcolm Winkler, Lilly Research Laboratories
Lilly Corporate Center

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