Spring 2009 Journal Club
(Graduate Research Seminar)
Journal club is held in the Conference Room of the Mellon Institute at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays unless otherwise indicated.
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1/14 | Maureen Stolzer |
Inferring the History of Multi-domain Proteins via Comparative Domain Tree Analysis |
| Kristen Yankura |
Evolutionary Insights Gleaned from Characterization of Neural Territories in the Sea Star Larva | |
| 1/21 | Melissa Witzberger |
Cytoskeletal Players in Ventral Furrow Formation |
| Brett Benedetti |
Sensory Plasticity Enhances Spike Timing Precision and Reliability in Neocortical Circuits | |
| 1/28 | Aarti Sahasranaman |
A Functional Cluster of Ribosome Assembly Factors Regulates Production of Precise 5'ends of rRNA |
| Sonal Shruti |
Seizure Dependent Regulation of BK Channel Activity | |
| 2/4 | Debrup Sengupta |
Organelle Tethering Mediated by GRASP65 Intermolecular PDZ Domain Interaction |
| Mengning Zhou |
Mechanisms Underlying the Cortical Localization of APC2 | |
| 2/11 | Graduate Recruitment Week | |
| 2/18 (2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.) |
Rotation 2 Reports |
Jineta Banerjee, Advisor: Alison Barth Santosh Chandrasekaran, Advisor: Adam Linstedt Alys Cheatle, Advisor: Brooke McCartney Mark DeBlois, Advisor: Tina Lee Cassandra Priddy, Advisor: Adam Linstedt |
| 2/25 |
Graduate Recruitment Week | |
| 3/4 | Shantanu Bhattacharyya | NMR experiments on Single Chain Variable Fragment K7 |
| Aaron Mitchell |
Candida Biofilm Matrix Regulation | |
| 3/11 | Spring Break | |
| 3/18 | Saksham Chandra | Impact of Different Mechanisms of Oscillatory Synchrony on Information Coding by Neuron |
| Jeanne Morin-Leisk |
The Hunt for ER Structuring Proteins | |
| 3/25 | Shantanu Ganguly |
New Approach to Study Protein-protein Interactions and New Gene Candidates for Cell Wall Integrity in Candida albicans |
| Parker Mills |
Facilitated Detection and Quantification of Theragnostic Magnetocapsules by Analyzing MRI Susceptibility Perturbations | |
| 4/1 | John Holleran |
CFTR Biosensors: Implementing Fluoromodules to Develop Therapeutic Strategies |
| Jing Wen |
Developmental Regulation of Experience-dependent Plasticity in Mouse Barrel Cortex | |
| 4/8 | Elmer Ker |
Towards Biopatterning of Complex Tissues |
| Ayshwarya Subramanian | Reconstructing Yeast Regulatory Networks | |
| 4/15 | Nicole Marthaler |
Transitioning from Early Neural Circuit Formation to Critical Period Plasticity |
| Smita Yadav | Role of Golgi Positioning in Directed Secretion, Cell Polarity and Wound Healing |
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| 4/22 | Brenna McCauley |
The Sea Urchin Micromere GRN: Novel Activation of a Conserved Mesoderm Developmental Program |
| Qi Yan |
Towards Nanoscale Resolution Using Fluorogen Activating Proteins (FAPs) | |
| 4/29 | Kalin Vasilev | A Vector Toolbox for Developing New Protein Proximity Biosensors |
| Bradley Yates |
Berget's Buttery Biosensors: Bradley's Branch | |
| 5/8 (2:30 - 4 p.m.; MI Social Room) |
Rotation 3 Reports |
Cassandra Priddy, Advisor: Mark Macbeth, Ph.D. Mark DeBlois, Advisor: Alison Barth, Ph.D. Alys Cheatle, Advisor: Charles Ettensohn, Ph.D. Santosh Chandrasekaran, Advisor: Justin Crowley, Ph.D. Jineta Banerjee, Advisor: Karl Kandler, Ph.D. |