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Monday, May 20

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Title: Evolutionary Relationship of Acquired Immunity with Genome Instability
Speaker: Tasuku Honjo, Ph.D., Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine
Host: Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D.
Sponsor: CAG - CANCER AFFINITY GROUP
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Tuesday, May 21

9:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Title: Frontiers in Microbial Pathogenesis
Speakers:

  • Jorge Galan, Ph.D., D.V.M., "Typhoid Toxin: A Window into the Unique Biology of Salmonella Typhi Biology", Professor of Microbiology and Chairman, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Richard W. Compans, Ph.D., "Enhancing Vaccine Immunogenicity by Skin Immunization", Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Scientific Director, Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D., "Designing Vaccines for the 21st Century Society", Global Head of Vaccines Research, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Host: Michael B.A. Oldstone, M.D.
Sponsor: Pathogenesis Affinity Group and the Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture Fund
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Title: Genetic Approaches to Mouse Brain Circuit Mapping
Speaker: Dr. Hongkui Zeng, Senior Director, Research Science, Allen Institute for Brain Research
Host: Mark Mayford, Ph.D. & Anton Maximov, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Dorris Neuroscience Center
Location: DNC - Dorris Neuroscience Center Auditorium

Thursday, May 23

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Title: Ebola VP40 Rearranges into Different Structures for Different Functions
Speaker: Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology & Microbial Science, TSRI
Sponsor: The Immunology Affinity Group
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Title: Drosophila as a Model for Intestinal Homeostasis in Health and Disease
Speaker: Nicolas Buchon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Insect Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Host: Nathalie C. Franc, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Cell & Molecular Biology Affinity Group
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheather

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ***CANCELLED***

Title: Studies Toward the Synthesis of Antitumor Natural Products
Speaker: John Porco, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boston University
Host: Distinguished Lecture Series
Sponsor: Kellogg School of Science and Technology
Location: Timken Amphitheater, Scripps Green Hospital

Friday, May 24

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: No More Nucleophiles: Direct Cross Coupling of Electrophiles
Speaker: Daniel John Weix, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
Host: Phil Baran
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheather

Tuesday, May 28

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: A New Ribozyme to Energize the RNA World
Speaker: Ulrich Muller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Host: Gerald Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title:  I. Ligand-Accelerated Catalysis in Palladium (II)-Mediated C-H Functionalization; II. Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Reactivity of Fluoride Anion
Speaker: Keary M. Engle Thesis Presentation
Advisor: Jin-Quan Yu, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Kellogg School of Science and Technology
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

Wednesday, May 29

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: New Synthetic Methods Inspired by Natural Product Synthesis
Speaker: Professor Edward Anderson, Oxford University, Department of Chemistry
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Thursday, May 30

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Title: Structure and Neutralization of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein Trimer
Speaker: Joseph G. Sodroski, M.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Sponsor: The Immunology Affinity Group
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: Over Coming Electronics with Strategy: The Evolution of an Efficient Synthesis of a Complex Cinical Candidate
Speaker: Martin Eastgate, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb
Host: Phil Baran, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Title: Fighting Disease by Selective Autophagy of Aggregate-Prone Proteins
Speaker: Dr. Anne Simonsen, Associate Professor, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Host: Takanori Otomo, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Cell & Molecular Biology Affinity Group
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Friday, May 31

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: Visualizing Information Transfer through the Plasma Membrane
Speaker: Alanna Schepartz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yale University
Host: Carlos F. Barbas, III, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater
Notes: Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer 2013

Thursday, June 6

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Title: Molecular Control of T cell Function
Speaker: Dario Vignali, Ph.D., Member, St. Jude Faculty, Vice Chair, Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sponsor: The Immunology Affinity Group
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

Tuesday, June 11

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Title: Jumping into Neurodegeneration: The Transposon Storm Hypothesis
Speaker: Joshua Dubnau, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Hollis Cline, Ph.D.
Location: DNC - Dorris Neuroscience Center Auditorium

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: Synthesis Lean and Mean With A Polyene
Speaker: Professor Michael S Sherburn, Ph.D., FRSC, FRACI, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra
Host: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Wednesday, June 12

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Title: Single-Molecule Biophysics of Intrinsic Protein Disorder
Speaker: Ashok Deniz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Structural & Computational Biology, TSRI
Host: Larry Gerace, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Faculty Lecture Series
Location: Valerie Timken Amphitheater, Green Hospital
Notes: The Faculty Lecture Series is supported by an endowment from the Cochrane-Cartan families, which was established by Professor Emeritus Charles G. Cochrane, M.D.

Thursday, June 13

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Title: The NLR Family and It's Broad Role in Immunity
Speaker: Jenny Ting, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Director, Center for Translational Immunology, University of North Carolina
Sponsor: The Immunology Affinity Group
Location: MBB2N - THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall

Friday, June 14

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: Abbvie Symposium
Speakers:

  • Dr. Steve Fidanze, Ph.D., Abbott Laboratories/Abbvie; "Discovery of Cell Active Mcl-1 Inhibitors"
  • Viresh Rawal, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago; "Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of Welwitindolinone Alkaloids"

Host: Phil Baran
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Tuesday, June 18

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Title: Adapting Proteostasis to Ameliorate Aggregation-associated Degenerative Diseases: What Have We Learned From the Clinical Trial Results About Etiology?
Speaker: Jeffery Kelly Ph.D., Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
Sponsor: DNC Neuroscience Seminar
Location: DNC - Dorris Center Auditorium

Wednesday, June 19

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: otal Synthesis of Therapeutic Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins via Peptide Ligation Approaches
Speaker: Richard J. Payne, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney
Host: Phil Baran
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Location: BCC1 - W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Jupiter, FL

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Thursday, May 23

4:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Title: The Chemical Biology of RNA Structure Analysis
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Weeks Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Host: Brian Paegel
Location: Building B, Room B158