September 29
Fluno Center
12:00 Noon

Palmer Taylor, Founding Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of California, San Diego
Dynamics in Drug Design: Fluctuations in Target Structure and Freeze-Frame Inhibitors in the Cholinergic Nervous System
This seminar is the Symposium Keynote Address of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Signal Transduction Research Training Symposium ** Note unusual day/location

Host: P. Keely

Jean Gautier, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Development,
Columbia University Medical Center *
Regulation of DNA Replication

Host: S. Venkataraman

Dr. Goodman’s Seminar was Cancelled
Richard H. Goodman, MD, PhD, Director and Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute and Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University *
Genome-wide Characterization of CREB Targets

Host: N. Shanware

Robert J. Tomanek, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa *
Multiple Growth Factor Regulation of Coronary Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis During Development

Host: J. Wu

Robert G. Roeder, PhD, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor; Head, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University *
Transcriptional Regulation Through Diverse Coactivators in Animal Cells

Host: H. Im

Sherman Weissman, MD, Sterling Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Co-Director,
Center of Excellence in Genomics Sciences, Yale University *
Hematomics: Genome Scale Analysis Applied to Hematopoietic Model Systems

Hosts: S. Pal/M. Martowicz

Michael Cox, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin
The Molecular Basis of Extreme Resistance to Ionizing Radiation

Host: R. Tibbetts

James Manley, Julian Clarence Levi Professor of the Life Sciences,
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University *
Processing of mRNA Precursors and Links to Other Nuclear Events

Host: D. Mellman

January 25

Christiane Wiese, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moonlighting in Mitosis: Nuclear Proteins Lend a Helping Hand During Mitotic Spindle Assembly

Host: R. Tibbetts

February 15

Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Medical School
Mcm10 Controls the Stability and Chromatin Association of DNA Polymerase-alpha

Host: R. Tibbetts

Mark A. McNiven, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology Program Director, Mayo Cancer Center *
Membrane-Cytoskeletal Dynamics in the Metastatic Process

Student Host: C. Carbonara

Paul A. Wade, PhD, Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS and Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine *
The Mi-2/NuRD Corepressor Complex: Gene Regulation and Cell Fate

Student Host: M. Marengo

Norman R. Pace, Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder *
Seminar Title to be Announced

Student Host: D. Mellman

Kyunghee Choi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Thursday Washington University School of Medicine *** 3:30 p.m.
Stepwise Commitment from ES to Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells
Reception immmediately following the seminar in the Biotechnology Center Atrium
This seminar is sponsored by the Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program

Host: E. Bresnick

Andrea McClatchey, PhD, Assistant Professor, MGH Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School *
Membrane Organization in Tissue Morphogenesis and Tumorigenesis

Student Host: A.S. Ada Nguema

Tso-Pang Yao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University **
The Reversible Acetylation and Ubiquitination Connection: From Chemotaxis to Misfolded Protein-Induced Stress Response
This seminar is sponsored by the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center

Student Host: P. Mukhopadhyay

April 26

Sally Kornbluth, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University **
DNA-Responsive Checkpoints and Regulation of Entry into Mitosis
This seminar is sponsored by the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center

Student Host: S. Venkataraman

May 2

A. Thomas Look, MD, Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Pediatric Oncology, Monday Dana Farber Cancer Institute * 9:00 a.m.
Emerging Genetics of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: the Role of Notch
Note Unusual Day and Time

Student Host: B. Chang

Janet Rossant, PhD, Professor, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital,
University of Toronto ****
Stem Cells from the Mammalian Blastocyst
Sponsored jointly by the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program and the UW Cardiovascular Research Center Vascular Biology Research Group.

Student Hosts: J. Wu and S. Paul

Michael L. Cleary, Associate Chair, Department of Pathology and Director of Pediatric Cancer Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine *
Seminar Title to be Announced

Student Host: B. Chang