2017-10-31 – Manu Platt, Ph.D. – Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University – “Quantitative Dissection of Proteolytic Networks Governing Tissue Remodeling in Health and Disease” (Joint Seminar) (more…)
Gill K., Macdonald-Obermann J.L., & Pike L.J. (2017). “Epidermal growth factor receptors containing a single tyrosine in their C-terminal tail bind different effector molecules and are signaling-competent.” J Biol Chem. 2017 Dec 15;292(50):20744-20755. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.802553. Epub 2017 Oct 26. (Abstract)
2017-10-26 – Greg Bowman, Ph.D. – Washington University in Saint Louis – “Understanding and exploiting allosteric networks” (more…)
Zosel F., Haenni D., Soranno A., Nettels D., & Schuler B. (2017). “Combining short- and long-range fluorescence reporters with simulations to explore the intramolecular dynamics of an intrinsically disordered protein.” J Chem Phys. 2017 Oct 21;147(15):152708. doi: 10.1063/1.4992800. (Abstract)
The Annual BBSB retreat was held on October 20th and 21st, 2017 at the Cedar Creek. This year the keynote speakers were: Drs. Andrea Soranno and Rui Zhang, Assistant Professors in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. Dr. Soranno presented on “Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of intrinsically disordered proteins”. Dr. Zhang presented on “What can you do with cryo-EM”. Friday evening concluded with a poster session. In addition to the two keynote speakers, various students presented talks on their research during the day on Friday and Saturday. (more…)
2017-10-17 – Whitney Yin, Ph.D. – University of Texas Medical Branch – “A unified mechanism for mitochondrial DNA base excision repair” (more…)
2017-10-10 – Mario Feldman, Ph.D. – Washington University in Saint Louis – “Biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles in pathogenic and commensal bacteria” (more…)
Tomko E.J. & Lohman T.M. (2017). “Modulation of Escherichia coli UvrD Single-Stranded DNA Translocation by DNA Base Composition.” Biophys J. 2017 Oct 3;113(7):1405-1415. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.08.023. (Abstract)
October 2nd, 2017 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Chemistry Adjunct received a two year, Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Competitive Renewal Grant Program award from Susan G. Komen for the Cure for his research entitled “Multifunctional inhibitors of MET/RON signaling and cross-talk with EGFR/HER2”. The work is focused on developing new drugs to treat breast cancer by dual targeting of the tumor and its microenvironment.
2017-10-10 – Shankar Mukherji, Ph.D. – The statistical physics of organelle biogenesis (more…)