Archived Protein Folding Seminars

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:00pm

How Cholesterol Promotes Amyloidogenesis and Alzheimer’s Disease Prof. Charles Sanders Vanderbilt University Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Sanders.pdf

Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 12:00pm

Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:00am

Function of the alternative proteome in neurodegenerative diseases Dr. Xavier Roucou Professeur titulaire, Dept de Biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:00am Host: Dr. Emil F. Pai MSB 2172 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Co-sponsor: Department of Medical Biophysics Poster available: Special Seminar Roucou.doc_.pdf

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 12:00pm

Controlling allosteric networks in proteins Professor Nikolay V. Dokholyan Associate Director, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Director, Center for Computational and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Avi ChakraBartty MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Dokholyan Oct 10.pdf

Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:00pm

Deconstructing the Hsp90 Cycle: Interplay between co-chaperone regulation and drug sensitivity Paul LaPointe Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Leah Cowen MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: LaPointe.pdf

Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:00pm

Protein Knots: Which? Where? How and Why? Dr Sophie Jackson Reader in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Lewis Kay MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: S.Jackson Nov 14.pdf

Friday, November 15, 2013 - 12:00pm

Tuning of Hsp70 Function by Co-Chaperones Jason C. Young, PhD   Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University Friday, November 15, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: J.Young_.pdf

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 12:00pm

Functional interactions of intrinsically disordered proteins in dynamic signaling networks Dr. Peter E. Wright Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, the Scripps Research Institute Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Mitsu Ikura MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Poster P.Wright.pdf

Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 12:00pm

Bacterial Receptors for Host Transferrin and Lactoferrin: Targets for Vaccines Dr. Anthony B. Schryvers, Ph.D., M.D. Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Trevor Moraes MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Schryvers.pdf

Monday, March 3, 2014 - 11:00am

New roles for PagP in bacterial evasion of host immune defenses Dr. Russell Bishop  Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University Monday, March 3, 2014 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: R Bishop.pdf

Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 12:00pm

Allosteric Regulation of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase by Phospholamban and Sarcolipin using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy Gianluigi Veglia, PhD Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser MSB 4279 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Veglia.doc_.pdf

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 11:00am

Effect of surfaces in modulating protein folding and aggregation mechanisms Joan-Emma Shea Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Régis Pomès CCBR Red Room CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Shea.pdf

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 12:00pm

Site-specific DNA recombination and transposition in 3D Phoebe A. Rice Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Lewis Kay MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: P.Rice_.pdf

Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 12:00pm

Voltage-gated potassium ion channels are frustrated: insights into protein dynamics from molecular dynamics simulations Dr. Phil Fowler Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier MSB 4279 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Fowler.pdf

Monday, July 14, 2014 - 4:00pm

Protein misfolding in an incurable neurodegenerative disease: Connecting theory and experiment Dr. Steven Plotkin University of British Columbia Monday, July 14, 2014 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser CCBR Red Room CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Plotkin.pdf

Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 12:00pm

SEMINAR CANCELLED Prof. Aymelt Itzen AG Proteinchemie, Technische Universität München, Department Chemie Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Cordula Enenkel MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Itzen.pdf

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 11:00am

Ions, loops, and side chains: Dynamic regulations of histone deacetylases (HDACs) Dr. Flemming Hansen ISMB, University College, London UK Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 11:00am Host: Dr. Lewis Kay MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Hansen.pdf

Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 12:00pm

Discovery of new chaperones Dr. James Bardwell Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rowena G. Matthews Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Walid Houry MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Bardwell.pdf

Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 12:00pm

Ligand-gated ion channel architecture and mechanism Ryan Hibbs, Ph.D. Departments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX USA Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Hibbs.pdf

Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 12:00pm

Glycoprotein folding and quality control in the ER Dr. Daniel Hebert Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Alan Volchuk MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Hebert.pdf

Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 12:00pm

Self-Organization and Dynamics of the Secretory Pathway Benjamin Glick Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Allen Volchuk MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Glick.pdf

Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 12:00pm

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 12:00pm

Structure, Function, and Inhibition of Bacterial Cell Walls and Biofilms: Lessons from Small Molecules and a Big Magnet Prof. Lynette Cegelski Stanford, Department of Chemistry Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Scott Prosser MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Cegelski.pdf

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 4:00pm

Probing the structure and dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins with single-molecule spectroscopy Ben Schuler, PhD Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 4:00pm Host: Dr. Hue Sun Chan MSB 4279 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Schuler.pdf

Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 12:00pm

Small organism, big data: Yeast as a model to uncover new biology and mechanisms of disease Dr. Christopher Loewen Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Alex Palazzo CCBR Red Room CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Loewen.pdf

Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 12:00pm

Redefining the DNA Double Helix using NMR Hashim M Al-Hashimi Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Director, Duke Center for RNA Biology Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 12:00pm Host: Dr. Lewis Kay MSB 4171 CIHR Training Grant in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics Seminar Series Poster available: Al-Hashimi.pdf