Events

Betty Russell, doctoral student in Dr. Joanna Groden's lab (currently located at Ohio State University), will be defending her dissertation research. The title of her seminar is “Topoisomerase IIalpha enhances the unwinding activity of BLM on recombination substrates and their interaction is necessary to prevent chromosome breakage”. Best wishes, Betty!

Date: Friday, June 5, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 7051 MSB

Scott Millen, doctoral student in the lab of Dr. Alison Weiss, will be presenting a seminar on his current research entitled, "The Binding Pentamer of Pertussis Toxin: Diversity in Ligands and Cellular Responses".

Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: 2351 MSB

Two half-hour seminars will be presented on June 16th by Mol Gen doctoral students Danielle Kroetz and Emily Schulz. Danielle's seminar is entitled, "CCR% directs the equilibrium of proinflammatory IL-17+ and regulatory Foxp3+ T cells"; Emily's seminar is entitled, "The importance of phosphorylation of α-Tropomyosin". All are welcome.

When: Tuesday, June 16th
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Where: Room 2351 MSB

Dr. David Aronoff, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan Health System, will be presenting a seminar in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology on July 21st entitled, "The Regulation of Innate Defenses by Prostaglandin E2". All are welcome to attend1

When: July 21st
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Where: room 2351 MSB

Mol Gen doctoral student, Andy Deng, of Dr. Tom Thompson's Lab, will be presenting a seminar on his current research entitled, "Structural and biophysical analysis of Apolipoprotein AIV: component of HDL and Chylomicrons". All are welcome to attend.

When: Tuesday, June 30th
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Where: Room 2351 MSB