Past Events

Brittany Berger (Dr. Schmidt's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 23, 2021
Zoom/Live
Wenyan Fu (Dr. Hang Yin's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 15, 2021
Zoom
Israel Scott (Dr. Mike Adams' lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 12, 2021
ZOOM
Ian Black (Dr. Parastoo Azadi's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

October 21, 2021
ZOOM
An image of Fikri Avci smiling at the camera

GTP Seminar Series: Fikri Avci

Fikri Avci (University of Georgia)
September 15, 2021
Zoom link TBA
Tianming Wu (Dr. Stephen Dalton's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 16, 2021
ZOOM
Hsin-Tzu Wang (Drs. Will York & Breeanna Urbanowicz's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 15, 2021
ZOOM
Clare Cooper (Dr. Terns' lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 14, 2021
ZOOM
Xinfu "Ralph" Zhang (Dr. Mike Terns' lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 12, 2021
ZOOM
Hannah Stephen (Dr. Lance Wells' lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 7, 2021
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Olatomiwa Bifarin (Dr. Art Edison's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

July 2, 2021
ZOOM
Ahmet Ozdilek (Dr. Fikri Avci's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

June 28, 2021
ZOOM
Jingwen Yue (Drs. Lianchun Wang & Parastoo Azadi)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

jingwen Yue (Drs. Lianchun Wang & Parastoo Azadi),
April 16, 2021
ZOOM
Michelle Dookwah (Drs. Michael Tiemeyer & Richard Steet)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Michelle Dookwah (Drs. Michael Tiemeyer & Richard Steet),
April 14, 2021
ZOOM
Yang Liu (Dr. Hang Yin's Lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Yang Liu (Dr. Hang Yin's Lab),
April 13, 2021
ZOOM

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Dominik Haja (Dr. Mike Adams' Lab),
April 5, 2021
ZOOM
Katie-headshot

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Ao "Katie" Zhang (Dr. Haltiwanger's lab),
March 3, 2021
ZOOM
Joshua Butler (Dr. Belen Cassera's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE: Joshua Butler (Cassera Lab)

January 26, 2021
Zoom
Liang Zhang

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 20, 2020
ZOOM
Tianfang Wang (Dr. Shaying Zhao's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 17, 2020
ZOOM
Gabe Rubinstein (Dr. Michael Adams' lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 16, 2020
ZOOM
Jenny Kim (Dr. Mike Terns lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 13, 2020
ZOOM

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Wenyuan Xiao (University of Georgia)
November 13, 2020
ZOOM
Luoman Chen (Dr. Steve Dalton's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 12, 2020
ZOOM
Yeni Perez Gelvez (Dr. Carl Bergmann's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

October 9, 2020
ZOOM
Jason Marcero

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE: Jason Marcero

July 17, 2020
ZOOM
Stephanie Halmo

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE - Stephanie Halmo

July 2, 2020
ZOOM
Paeton Wantuch (Dr. Fikri Avci's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

June 26, 2020
ZOOM
Graduation

Graduation for Graduates & Families

May 8, 2020
Science Learning Center Auditorium
Peter Smith (Dr Will York's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE: Peter Smith

April 20, 2020
ZOOM
Nathan Beattie (Dr. Zac Wood's lab)

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

November 14, 2019
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Sally Boyd

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

Sally Boyd,
July 15, 2019
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

June 27, 2019
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Ph.D. FINAL DEFENSE

June 12, 2019
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Nathan Beattie and Stephanie Halmo

The Henri Lecture Series: Nathan Beattie and Stephanie Halmo

Nathan Beattie and Stephanie Halmo,
May 24, 2019
CCRC Auditorium
Graduation

Graduation reception for graduates & families

May 10, 2019
Science Learning Center, Room 85
Israel Scott and Nick Keul

The Henri Lecture Series: Israel Scott and Nick Keul

Israel Scott and Nick Keul,
April 26, 2019
CCRC Auditorium
Kelley Moremen

TGIF — Glycosyltransferases as modular templates for diverse glycan synthesis

Kelley Moremen,
March 29, 2019
CCRC Auditorium
Robert Amos and Dustin Middleton

The Henri Lecture Series: Robert Amos and Dustin Middleton

Robert Amos and Dustin Middleton,
February 22, 2019
C127 Life Sciences
Bob Haltiwanger

TGIF — Peters Plus Syndrome: A Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation

Bob Haltiwanger,
January 25, 2019
CCRC Auditorium
Unicoi State Park

BMB Research Retreat at Unicoi State Park May 21-22, 2018

May 21, 2018
Unicoi State Park
Graduation

Graduation Reception for Graduates & Family

May 4, 2018
UGA Science Learning Center, Room # 85
SECBS logo

Southeastern Chemical Biology Symposium

April 20, 2018
University of Georgia
Announcement

U.S. STUDENT FULBRIGHT PROGRAM INFORMATION SESSIONS – SPRING 2018

April 16, 2018
Moore College
Vendor show

Life Science Vendor Show

April 11, 2018
Davidson Life Science B116
Nanotemper

When Protein Stability and Quality Matters

Ellen Lee, Ph.D.,
April 11, 2018
B121 Davidson Life Sciences
GSPS Logo

GSPS Research Day

April 10, 2018
Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

Undergraduate Research at Scale: What if the treatment is a CURE?

Erin Dolan (University of Georgia)
March 23, 2018
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

PacBio Workshop

March 23, 2018
UGA Miller Plant Sciences Building, Room 2401
BRPF_logo

19th Annual BioResearch Product Faire

March 14, 2018
Georgia Center Hotel rooms K & L

Understanding the Activation and Microbial-Binding Properties of X-type Lectin Family Members

November 28, 2017
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Metabolic Engineering of a Cellulolytic Thermophile for Renewable Production of Biofuels

November 17, 2017
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistance "Combating antibiotic resistant superbugs across diverse habitats”

Dr. Gautam Dantas , Pathology and Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine (Washington University in St. Louis)
October 13, 2017
CCRC Auditorium
Dalton Stephen

The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) Opening Symposium

October 11, 2017
315 Riverbend Road
Dalton Stephen

The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) Opening Symposium

October 10, 2017
315 Riverbend Road

Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions Through a Structural Lens

October 6, 2017
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Osman

TGIF - “Characterization and regulation of the functional O-mannose glycan on α-dystroglycan and implications for human disease.”

Osman Sheikh, (University of Georgia)
September 29, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

Directed Differentiation of Brown Adipocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

July 17, 2017
Room S175 (Auditorium), Coverdell Building

Discovery of a Novel Restriction Factor Encoded by the Retrotransposon TY1 in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

July 14, 2017
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Defects in Carbohydrate-Dependent Lysosomal Targeting Lead to Alterations in Growth Factor Signaling

May 15, 2017
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

May 14 Faculty Meeting

May 14, 2017
B116A Life Sciences Bldg.
Graduation

Graduation Reception for Graduate & Family

May 5, 2017
B116 Life Sciences Bldg.

Heparan Sulfate Mitigates Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) Signaling to Retain Prostate Stem Cell State

May 1, 2017
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Defining Roles of MYC as a Developmental Regulator of Cell Fate Through Metabolic Control

April 24, 2017
S175, Coverdell Building

Glycosylation at the Choroid Plexus Modulates Inflammation Status in Alzheimer’s Disease

April 17, 2017
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

April 9 Faculty Meeting

April 9, 2017
B116A Life Sciences Bldg.

The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Adaptor Protein Skp1 Is Glycosylated by an Evolutionarily Conserved Pathway That Regulates Protist Growth and Development

April 6, 2017
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

March 19 Faculty Meeting

March 19, 2017
B116A Life Sciences Bldg.
Paul King

Photochemical reduction of redox enzymes for light-driven chemical reactions

Dr. Paul W. King , (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Golden, Colorado )
March 13, 2017
Room 400, Chemistry Building

CMM - Modeling Disease of the Peripheral Nervous System Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Nadja Zeltner, (Sloan Kettering Institute)
February 27, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM - Ngly1 (A Cytosolic Peptide:N-Glycanase) -- A Deglycosylating Enzyme Involved in the Non-Lysosomal Catabolism of N-Glycoproteins

Tadashi Suzuki, (Saitama University)
February 20, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM - Fishing for the Regulators of Tissue Regeneration

Junsu Kang, (Duke University Medical Center)
February 16, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM - Stem Cell Based Kidney Regneration

Zhongwei Li, (Salk Institute for Biological Sciences)
February 13, 2017
CCRC Auditorium
Paula Lemons

TGIF - Solving Educational Problems: Difficulties and Opportunities Revealed in Student and Faculty Thinking

February 10, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM - Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Mammalian Heart Regeneration

Ahmed Mahmoud, (Harvard Medical School)
February 9, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM - Tracing Adipocyte Origins and Metabolism

Juan Sanchez Gurmaches, (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
February 6, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

CMM Seminar - Evolution of an Activity-Regulated Factor in the Primate Brain

Bulent Ataman, (Harvard Medical School)
January 30, 2017
CCRC Auditorium

Vibrio cholerae iron transport: adaptation to life in multiple environments

Dr. Shelley Payne, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (University of Texas at Austin)
September 23, 2016
Room 363 Vet Med Building

The Biochemistry of Regenerative Medicine Mini Symposium

Dr. John Henley, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering (Mayo Clinic)
September 16, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

The Biochemistry of Regenerative Medicine Mini Symposium

Dr. Loren Field, Department of Medicine (Indiana University)
September 16, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

The Biochemistry of Regenerative Medicine Mini Symposium

Dr. Maria Limberis, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (University of Pennsylvania)
September 16, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

The Biochemistry of Regenerative Medicine Mini Symposium

Dr. Lorenz Studer, Center for Stem Cell Biology (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
September 16, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Metabolomics and drug discovery applied to human infectious diseases

Dr. Maria Belen Cassera, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Georgia)
September 9, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Trypanosoma brucei: Mitochondrial Protein Diversity and Cellular Communication

July 20, 2016
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Identification and Characterization of the Base J Glucosyltransferase and Its Potential Use in the Field of Epigenetics

July 15, 2016
Room S175, Coverdell Building

New small molecule probes for understanding TRIB2 pseudokinase biology and oncology

Dr. Patrick Eyers, Biochemistry (University of Liverpool)
July 1, 2016
B118 Life Sciences Bldg.

Discovery and Characterization of a Novel Heme-Iron Acquisition Pathway in Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli

June 23, 2016
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Graduation Reception for Graduate & Family

Graduation Reception,
May 13, 2016
B116 Life Sciences Bldg.

BGSA Spring Seminar

Dr. John Ralph, Biochemistry (University of Wisconsin-Madison )
April 29, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Metabolic Engineering of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus for the Renewable Production of Biofuels and Commodity Chemicals

April 28, 2016
Room B118, Life Sciences Building

Regulation of Transcription Termination and Gene Expression by Base J and H3.V in Kinetoplastids

April 27, 2016
B118 Life Sciences

The Function of the Gag Protein During the Process of Normal and Restricted Ty1 Retrotransposition in Saccharomyces

April 25, 2016
Room B118, Life Sciences Building

BUS - Biochemistry Undergraduate Society BMB Spring Symposium

Biochemistry Undergraduate Society,
April 20, 2016
Coverdell Center
Szymanski

"TGIF" What is the real role of AB5 toxins in the gut?

Christine Szymanski, CCRC (University of Georgia)
April 15, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Molecular Machines Mini Symposium

Alexey Merz , Biochemistry (University of Washington )
April 8, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Molecular Machines Mini Symposium

Arno Greenleaf , Biochemistry (Duke University )
April 8, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Molecular Machines Mini Symposium

Blake Wiedenheft , Immunology & Infectious Diseases (Montana State University )
April 8, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Molecular Machines Mini Symposium

Katrin Karbstein, Cell and Molecular Biology (The Scripps Research Institute )
April 8, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

The Mechanism of Human Apolipoprotein L1 Killing of African Trypanosomes

April 1, 2016
S175, Coverdell Building

Toxoplasma Infections: Are Our PHDs Really That Important?

Dr. Ira Blader, Microbiology & Immunology (University at Buffalo School of Medicine)
April 1, 2016
175 Coverdell Center

2016 Lars G. Ljungdahl Lecturer - It does not always take two to tango: dance of metabolic modules in acetogenic bacteria allows metabolic flexibility and survival

Dr. Volker Mueller, Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics (Goethe-University Frankfurt)
March 25, 2016
C127 Life Sciences

Reduction of a Single E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Alters Neural Glycosylation and Synaptic Homeostasis In Drosophila Melanogaster

March 23, 2016
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Metabolomics of Aging

Dr. Sun Hee (Sunny) Yim, (Harvard Medical School)
March 17, 2016
B118 Life Sciences Bldg.

Early Strategies for Mapping the Worm Metabolome

Dr. Art Edison, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Georgia)
February 26, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

Cryo-EM Dissection of Molecular Events in Eukaryotic DNA Replication

Dr. Huilin Li, Biochemistry & Cell Biology (Stony Brook University)
February 19, 2016
C127 Life Sciences

Don’t Stress Out, It’s Just a Single Sugar: Regulation of Cell Survival by Intracellular Glycosylation

Natasha Zachara, Biological Chemistry (Johns Hopkins SOM)
February 3, 2016
CCRC Auditorium

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Sean Ryder, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
January 29, 2016
C127 Life Sciences

Degradation of complex carbohydrates by human gut bacteria during health and disease

Eric Martens, Microbiology & Immunology (University of Michigan)
December 11, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

Functional Characterization of the CRISPR-Cas Immune Systems of Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus kodakarensis

November 23, 2015
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Frontiers in Biochemistry: Biofuels and Biomaterials

November 13, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

How does glycosylation regulate Notch function?

Robert Haltiwanger,
October 23, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

New insights into the structure and function of cells and viruses from cryo-electron tomography

Dr. Elizabeth Wright, Microbiology & Immunology (Emory University)
October 9, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

Bioinformatics Seminar: "What's New in Metabolomics?"

Dr. Art Edison, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/Genetics & CCRC (UGA)
October 9, 2015
B118 Life Sciences Bldg.

Protein-protein interactions and iron homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dr. Mario Rivera, Department of Chemistry (The University of Kansas)
September 25, 2015
C127 Life Sciences
West

TGIF - Why do cells need to sense oxygen and how do they do it?

Dr. Christopher West, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (UGA)
September 4, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

Bioinformatics Seminar: "From comparison with man's best friend to non-cell-autonomous tumor suppression"

Dr. Shaying Zhao, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (UGA )
August 28, 2015
B118 Life Sciences Bldg.

Structure and Substrate Specificity of GH47 Alpha 1,2-mannosidases

July 7, 2015
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Multipotent Mesothelial Progenitors Derived From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Function in Development and Tissue Repair

July 2, 2015
Room S141, Coverdell Building

Insight From NMR Observations on Glycosaminoglycan Interactions With the Link Module of TSG-6

June 26, 2015
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Biochemistry Graduation Ceremony

Graduation Ceremony,
May 8, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

Graduation Reception for Graduate & Family

Graduation Reception,
May 8, 2015
B116 Life Sciences

Chromatin modifications for signaling and transcription

Dr. Jerry Workman, (Stowers Institute)
April 24, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

The Role of β-1,4-Glucuronyltransferase 1 in α-Dystroglycan Function

April 20, 2015
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

2015 Lars G. Ljungdahl Lecturer

Dr. Rudolf Kurt Thauer, Marburg, Germany (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology)
April 16, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

Genetic Engineering and Purification of the Hydrogenases from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus Furiosus

April 16, 2015
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

Symposium - Molecular Mechanisms of Aging

Dr. Andrew Dillin, Dr. Dan Gottschling, Dr. Malene Hansen & Dr. Tomas Prolla,
April 10, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

Chemical genetic analysis of the human kinome

Dr. Patrick Eyers, Department of Biochemistry (University of Liverpool)
April 3, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

The CaaX Protease Ste24p: Novel Structure Begets Novel Mechanism?

Dr. Michael C. Wiener, Department of Moleccular Physiology (University of Virginia)
March 27, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

How to get more research done with a little help from your BFF

David Blum,
March 20, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

SER-CAT Scientific Highlights: Award-Winning Projects and Assisting Beamline Technologies and The 5th Winter School on Soft X-rays in Macromolecular Crystallography To be held at UGA from March 1 to 4, 2015

Dr. Bi-Cheng Wang and Dr. John Rose,
January 30, 2015
CCRC Auditorium

A comparative Approach to Targeting the Metastatic Phenotype of Cancer

Dr. Chand Khanna, Center for Cancer Research (National Cancer Institute)
January 22, 2015
B118 Life Sciences Bldg.

The Interplay Between Technology, Natural Products and Metabolomics

Dr. Arthur Edison, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Florida)
January 16, 2015
C127 Life Sciences

Epigenetic genome control and higher-order chromatin organization by heterochromatin machinery

Dr. Shiv Grewal, (National Cancer Institute)
December 19, 2014
C127 Life Sciences

Meet & Greet The University of Georgia Technology Commercialization Office

December 8, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

Engineering Hyperthermophiles to Produce Liquid Fuels

Dr. Michael (Mike) Adams,
December 5, 2014
CCRC Auditorium

Identification and Functional Characterization of Two DNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas Immune Effector Complexes From Pyrococcus Furiosus

November 21, 2014
C127 Life Sciences

How stem cells make decisions

November 14, 2014
CCRC Auditorium

Novel Roles For Myc in the Maintenance of Pluripotency

November 13, 2014
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

October 20th

October 20, 2014
B116A Life Sciences
Jeff Chen

TGIF - Post-transcriptional regulation of neural stem cells and brain development

October 10, 2014
CCRC Auditorium

Autoimmunity Symposium

Dr. Eric Huseby, Dr. Dennis Kasper, Dr. Stephen Miller and Dr. William Tyor, (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard University, Northwestern University Medical School, Emory University)
September 26, 2014
CCRC Auditorium

A Genomics (R)evolution: Harnessing the Power of Single Cells

Pedja Sekaric, (Fluidigm)
August 21, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Glycoprotein Glycosylation in the Drosophila Embryo

July 9, 2014
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Investigating The Role of O-GlcNAc In The Regulation of Human Oct4

July 8, 2014
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

The Impact of Hirano Bodies on Alzheimer's Disease Progression

June 24, 2014
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building

A Unique Glycan is a Specific Marker for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

June 6, 2014
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Genome-wide Analysis of Multiprotein Complexes and Metalloproteins in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus Furiosus

April 23, 2014
Room C127, Life Sciences Building

Evasion of African Trypanosomes to Human Innate Immunity

April 23, 2014
Room B118, Life Sciences Building

Identification and Characterization of a Missense Mutation in O-GlcNAc Transferase that Segregates with Disease in a Family with X-linked Intellectual Disability

April 21, 2014
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

TBA

April 21, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Decoding Sensory Signaling and Animal Behavior in Drosophila - BGSA Spring Seminar

Dr. Craig Montell, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (University of California, Santa Barbara)
April 18, 2014
C127 Life Sciences

Lectenz: Carbohydrate-Recognizing Biosensor Engineered via Computationally Guided Directed Evolution

April 18, 2014
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
April 17, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

April 14

Faculty Meeting,
April 14, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

Exploring Mitochondrial mRNA Function in Trypanosoma brucei

April 14, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Trypanosome Lytic Factor-1 Mechanisms of Parasite Killing

April 7, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

The Little Glycan that regulates RNA Pol II Transcription

Bob Sabatini,
April 4, 2014
CCRC

Utilization of Thermophilic Organisms for Biofuel Production

March 31, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

March 24

Faculty Meeting,
March 24, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

The role of epithelial heparan sulfate in stroma mediated prostate cancer

March 24, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
March 20, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Success in the Vanderbilt High-Throughput Screening Facility

Dr. Michelle Lewis,
March 20, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Research at UGA - from PhD. To BFF

Dr. Frank Sugar, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Georgia)
March 19, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Comprehensive glycomics in Murine Alzheimer's Disease

March 17, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

THE LITTLE GLYCAN THAT COULD change how you think about epigenetics

Lance Wells,
March 7, 2014
CCRC

Ty1 Gag enhances the stability and nuclear export of Ty1 mRNA

March 3, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Frontier in Biochemistry: Regulatory RNA - Mini Symposium

Dr. Hashimi Al Hashimi, Dr. Michael McManus, Dr. Michael Terns, Dr. Philip Zamore,
February 24, 2014
CCRC

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
February 20, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

ChuW: A radical SAM enzyme involved in heme utilization

February 17, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

February 10

Faculty Meeting,
February 10, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

Butanol Production by Pyrococcus furiosus using a synthetic fuel pathway

February 10, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

Insights into the Structural Basis and Mechanism of HIV-1 Genome Packaging

Dr. Michael Summers, Department of Chemistry (Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UMBC)
January 31, 2014
C127 Life Sciences

Defining Roles for Cell Surface Polysialylation in the Early Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

January 27, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

TGIF Poster Session

4 x $250 prizes for top posters,
January 24, 2014
CCRC

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
January 16, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

January 13

Faculty Meeting,
January 13, 2014
B116A Life Sciences

Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Investigate the Molecular Pathogenesis of Treacher Collins Syndrome

January 13, 2014
B118 Life Sciences

December 16

Faculty Meeting,
December 16, 2013
B116A Life Sciences

Neuroglycobiology: Sialoglycans in Brain Development and Function

Dr. Ron Schnaar, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
December 13, 2013
C127 Life Sciences Bldg.

Assessing Group vs Individual Problem-Solving Strategies

Dr. Marcy Osgood, (University of New Mexico)
December 6, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Identifying the function and ligand of intelectin-1

December 2, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Distinguished Alumni - Genes and Cells that Regulate Aging and Life Extension

Dr. Cynthia Kenyon, Biochemistry and Biophysics (University of California, San Francisco)
November 22, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
November 21, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Over production of recombinant [NiFe] soluble hydrogenase 1 (SHI) in pyrococcus furiosus

November 18, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

The ID Proteins: Molecular Regulators of Normal and Malignant Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Development

Dr. Jonathan Keller, Hematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology Section (Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)
November 15, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Rhizobium Lipid A Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Influence on Structure and Function

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense,
November 13, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

November 11

Faculty Meeting,
November 11, 2013
B116A Life Sciences

Structural Analysis of the Heparan Sulfate 2-O-Sulfotransferase Enzyme

November 11, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Proteins in Cytosolic B12 Metabolism

Dr. Markos Koutmos, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Bethesda, Maryland (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
November 8, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

O-linked Beta-N-Acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a Glucose Sensor in the Pancreatic Beta Cell

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense,
November 7, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Development and Application of Methods for Structural Characterization of Xyloglucans and Other Complex Glycans

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense,
November 5, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

The Role of Base J in the Regulation of Pol II Termination in Kinetoplastids

November 4, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Novel Strategies for Vaccine Design: Learning from the Immune System

Dr. Fikri Avci,
November 1, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Efficient differentiation of Human pluripotent cells into wt1+ Epicardium through an isl1+ Primitive mesoderm intermediate

October 28, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

An enhancer's perspective on cardiac transcriptional regulation

Dr. Sean Wu, Cardiovascular Research Center (Massachusetts General Hospital)
October 25, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Identification and Characterization of the Glucosyltransferase involved in the Synthesis of the Novel DNA Modification Base J in Kinetoplastids

October 21, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Targeting PIK3CA/p110 mutant specific protein interaction for cancer therapy

Dr. Zhenghe (John) Wang, Department of Genetics & Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case Western Reserve University)
October 18, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

October 14

Faculty Meeting,
October 14, 2013
B116A Life Sciences

Identification of host factors modulating Ty1 antisense RNAs function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

October 14, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

In vivo roles of the STT3A and STT3B isoforms of the oligosaccharyltransferase

Dr. Reid Gilmore, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
October 11, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Cathepsin K - mediated increases in TGFB signaling drive cartilage pathology in a zebrafish model of ML-II

October 7, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Ljungdahl Lecture Series - Methanotrophy revisited: from natural gas biocatalysis to greenhouse gas mitigation

Dr. Mary Lidstrom, (University of Washington)
October 4, 2013
C127 Life Sciences Bldg.

Controlling gene expression with phospholipids and long intergenic noncoding RNA

Dr. Eric Ortlund, (Emory University)
September 27, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

A structural genomics approach for protein-protein complexes: Applications to complexes of influenza NS1 protein and human host targets

Gaetano Montelione, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Rutgers University)
September 20, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

September 16

Faculty Meeting,
September 16, 2013
B116A Life Sciences

TBA - TGIF

Takahiro Ito, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Georgia)
September 13, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Heart Development: CRE-ating new paradigms

Dr. Andy Wessels, (Medical University of South Carolina)
September 6, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

SLC5A8, GPR109A and GPR43: Mediators of the beneficial effects of colonic bacteria and dietary fiber on colon

Dr. Vadivel Ganapathy, (Georgia Regents University)
August 30, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

The epithelial lineage hierarchy in the prostate

Dr. Li Xin , College of Medicine (Baylor University)
August 23, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

TBA - TGIF

Dr. Stephen Hajduk,
August 16, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

August 12

Faculty Meeting,
August 12, 2013
B116A Life Sciences

Progress Towards Determining the Structure of the Smallest Active Pectin that Induces Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells in vitro

July 19, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Establishing Genotype-Phenotype Relationships in POMGnT1 Associated with Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease

May 31, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Interaction between Heparan Sulfate and Slit3-Robo Signaling Pathway

May 6, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Glycan Glucuronylation is Essential for Female Fertility in Drosophila Melanogaster

April 29, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

The 1st Annual BGSA Spring Pig Picking!!!

April 26, 2013
320 Red Oak Trail, 30606

DNA methylation and cocaine addiction

Paul John Kenny, Molecular Therapeutics (The Scripps Research Institute)
April 26, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

CRISPR RNA Biogenesis Pathways in Streptococcus Thermophilus

April 26, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Engineering Carbohydrate-Recognizing Biomolecules via Computational Modeling and Directed Evolution

April 22, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Defining Antitumor Antibody Specificity by Virtual Array Screening

April 19, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Detecting O-GlcNAc and Understanding Its Role in Insulin Action

April 16, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

April 15

Faculty Meeting,
April 15, 2013
B121 Life Sciences

Correlative Analysis of POMGnT1 Point Mutations on Protein Structure and Function

April 15, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Maintenance of genome stability: insights from a vertebrate cell-free system

Jean Gautier, Genetics & Development (Columbia University)
April 12, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Investigating the Role of O-GlcNAc in Congenital Muscular Dystrophies

April 8, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

MicroRNAs in Pluripotency

Robert Blelloch, Department of Urology (University of California, San Francisco)
April 5, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Learning and Memory in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

April 1, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Regulation of biological activity through protein dimerization: Crystallographic analyses of dimeric hemoglobins and interferon regulatory factors

William Royer, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
March 29, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Antisense Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Dr. Yimin Hua, (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
March 29, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Cell Plasticity in Pancreatic Development, Regeneration, and Cancer

Dr. Janel Kopp, (University of California-San Diego, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine)
March 26, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Cell engineering for the production of biofuels - Joint Seminar with Plant Biology

Dr. Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Chemistry & Biochemistry (Georgia Tech)
March 25, 2013
Room 2401 Miller Plant Sciences Building

Characterization of MS 16-2, a new mutant in the Tollo transcellular pathway

March 25, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Using Simulations to Teach Biology

Brian White, Biology Department (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
March 22, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

The Allosteric Regulation of Human UDP-α-D-Glucose-6-Dehydrogenase

March 22, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
March 21, 2013
B121 Life Sciences

March 18

Faculty Meeting,
March 18, 2013
B121 Life Sciences

T cells like sweet epitopes: A new model for glycoconjugate action

Dr. Fikri Y. Avci, Microbiology and Immunology (Havard Medical School)
March 18, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Investigation of the structure and protein-specific addition of a unique, N-linked glycoepitope found in pancreatic cancer

March 18, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Bacterial Swiss-Army Knives: How the NEAT Domain Undermines Host Heme Sequestration during Infection

Anthony Maresso, Interdepartmental Program in Cell & Molecular Biology (Baylor College of Medicine)
March 8, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Defining the Relationships between Epidermal Stem Cells and Squamous Cells - UGA Center for Molecular Medicine Seminar Candidate for Faculty Position

Dr. Andrew C. White, (Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental and the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center)
March 7, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

An alternative path for the evolution of biological nitrogen fixation - Joint seminar with Microbiology

Dr. John Peters, (Montana State University)
March 6, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Evasion of African Trypanosomes to Human Innate Immunity

March 4, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

16S rRNA target recognition and modification by the aminoglycoside-resistance RNA methyltransferases

Graeme L. Conn, Biochemistry Department (Emory University School of Medicine)
March 1, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

The Unusual inhibition mode of the p90 ribosomal S6 kinase RSK2 by flavonol rhamnosides: implications for kinase inhibitor design

Zygmunt Derewenda, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (University of Virginia)
February 22, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Myc/Max control Erk signaling and pluripotency by regulation of dual specificity phosphatases 2 and 7

February 18, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Designing functional metalloenzymes

Yi Lu, Chemistry (University of Illinois)
February 15, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Lectin Analysis of Hepatocyte Differentiation

February 11, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Biomolcular Structure and Function from NMR and Auxilliary Techniques

February 8, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Heterologous expression of an oligomeric glycosyltransferase complex which is active in pectin biosynthesis

February 4, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

niche, signaling, and epigenetic regulation of stem cells

Linheng Li, (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
February 1, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Heparan Sulfate is Required for Prostate Cancer Initiation and Progression

January 30, 2013
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Functional Analysis of Mitochondrial RNA Editing in Trypanosoma brucei

January 28, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Integrative Genomics for Mendelian Disorders, Immunogenomics and Microbiomes

Shawn Levy, (HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology)
January 25, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate Chalk Talk

Dr. Emily Dykhuizen, Department of Pathology (Stanford University)
January 25, 2013
B118 Life Sciences Building

BAF (mSWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complexes cooperate with topoisomerase IIa to decatenate DNA: A potential tumor suppressor mechanism - Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate

Dr. Emily Dykhuizen, Department of Pathology (Stanford University)
January 24, 2013
B118 Life Sciences Building

Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate Chalk Talk

Dr. Yin Shen, (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
January 23, 2013
B118 Life Sciences Building

Decoding the Mammalian Genome - Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate

Dr. Yin Shen, (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
January 22, 2013
B118 Life Sciences Building

Structural principles of protein kinase regulation - Mechanism of action of Ire1

Frank Sicheri, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry (Mount Sinai Hospital)
January 18, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

**Special Seminar** "New insights into viral ultrastructure from cryo-electron tomography"

Dr. Elizabeth Wright, (Emory University School of Medicine)
January 16, 2013
CCRC Auditorium

Heterologous Expression of Thermophilic Enzymes for Biomass Deconstruction

January 14, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

Post-transcriptional regulation of stem cell self-renewal

Bradley B. Olwin, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) (University of Colorado)
January 11, 2013
C127 Life Sciences

Exploiting Microbial Hyperthermophilicity for Chemical Synthesis from Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide

January 7, 2013
B118 Life Sciences

"Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate" Chalk Talk

Dr. Jianfu (Jeff) Chen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (University of Colorado Denver)
January 4, 2013
B121 Life Sciences Building

Neural stem cell regulation: insights from RNA regulatory network and microcephaly disease - "Epigenetics Faculty Search Candidate"

Dr. Jianfu (Jeff) Chen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (University of Colorado Denver)
January 3, 2013
B118 Life Sciences Building

Departmental Fall Reception

Departmental Fall Reception,
December 15, 2012
State Botanical Gardens

Roles for the Gia1:RGS14:H-Ras signaling complex in synaptic plasticity, a mix of biochemistry, cell biology and neuroscience

John R. Hepler, Pharmacology (Emory University School of Medicine)
December 14, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

HutW from *Vibrio fischeri*and its role in heme/iron homeostasis

December 3, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Waking a sleeping dragon: Pathways to activation of the myc oncogene

Robert Eisenman, (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
November 30, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Investigating Mucolipidosis II: a role for proteases in cartilage pathogenesis

November 28, 2012
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Investigation of Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Strategies in PMM2-CDG Model Zebrafish

November 27, 2012
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

The Role of Hemoglobin in Trypanosome Lytic Factor Activity

November 26, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

A Structural Basis for IkappaB Kinase Activation

Gourisankar Ghosh, Chemistry and Biochemistry (UC San Diego)
November 16, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

The Asymmetric Structure of Human UDP-alpha-D-Xylose Synthase Suggests a Mechanism for Regulating Activity

November 16, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Eukaryotic Microbes Club

Eukaryotic Microbes Club,
November 15, 2012
B121 Life Sciences

Role of Heparan Sulfate in Human Embryonic Development

November 12, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Beating the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway to the origin of life

Michael Russell, Chemistry and Astrobiology (California Institute of Technology)
November 9, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Siglec counter-receptors and their role in modulating eosinophilic inflammation in asthma

November 5, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Our Future Challenges Will be Resolved by Iron, Blood, and Carbohydrates

November 2, 2012
CCRC Auditorium

Screening for the molecular target of Ty1 interfering RNAs in Saccharomyces

October 29, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

A miRNA screen reveals novel roles for the I-Smad, Smad6, in pluripotencyand differentiation

October 22, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Identifying and addressing student misconceptions in biochemistry

Jennifer Loertscher, Chemistry Department (Seattle University)
October 19, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Development of a Clinical Diagnostic Blood Test to Monitor the Efficacy of Dystroglycanopathy Treatments

October 15, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Transferrin as a paradigmatic metalloprotein and a biotech hopeful: What can be learned with mass spectrometry?

Igor Kaltashov, Chemistry Department (University of Massachusetts )
October 12, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Biochemical characterization of pectate lyase from Caldicellulosiruptor bescii: Importance for plant biomass degradation

October 8, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

If I had a million dollars ... a tale of academic entrepreneurship

October 5, 2012
CCRC Auditorium

7th Annual Georgia Glycoscience Symposium

October 3, 2012
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

PST-dependent polysialylation is required for efficient differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells

October 1, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

Human induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate the molecular pathogenesis of Treacher Collins Syndrome

September 24, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

The INK4-ARF tumor suppressor: gating cellular self-renewal

Charles J. Sherr, Tumor Cell Biology (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
September 21, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

In vivo CRISPR/Cas Defense in Thermococcus kodakaraensis

September 17, 2012
B118 Life Sciences

What two billion years of evolution can tell us about protein mechanisms, cancer and pathogen adaptation.

September 14, 2012
CCRC Auditorium

Ubiquitin and Proteasomes in Transcription

William P. Tansey, (Vanderbilt University)
September 7, 2012

TGIF Seminar

August 31, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Regulation of Liver Fibrosis and Carcinogenesis by Heparan Sulfate 6-0 Endosulfatases: New Paradims in Control of Cancer Cell Signaling

Lewis R. Roberts, Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Mayo Clinic)
August 24, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

High-density lipoprotein: A structural platform for cardio (and non-cardio) protective functions

Sean Davidson, (University of Cincinnati, Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
August 17, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Regulation of Adipocytokines During Chronic Insulin Resistance

Edith Hayden,
July 18, 2012
CCRC Auditorium

Defining the genome and metalloproteome of microorganisms

Andrew Lancaster,
July 10, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

Modulating Insulin-Degrading Enzyme Activity: Implications for Identifying Activators Through High-Throughput Screening

July 9, 2012
C127 Life Sciences

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