Distinguished Graduate Lectureship

Our trainees continue to do amazing things after they leave our department, and it is always a pleasure to invite them back to campus to give seminars about their work and to meet with current trainees and faculty members. The affiliations and job titles listed below were held by the speakers at the time of their lectures.

Dr. David Pagliarini
Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor and BJC Investigator
Departments of Cell Biology & Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
“Defining Mitochondrial Protein Functions through Systems Biochemistry”
(MS 2002, with Jack Dixon)

Dr. Jon Huibregtse
Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor of Biochemistry
University of Texas, Austin
“The ISG15 Ubiquitin-like Protein in Innate Immune Signaling”
(Ph.D. 1989, with David Engelke)

Dr. Vahe Bandarian
Professor of Chemistry
The University of Utah
“Reconstructing Biosynthetic Pathways One Step at a Time”
(Postdoc 1999–2003, with Rowena Matthews)

Dr. Pimchai Chaiyen
Professor and Head
School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
“Flavin-Dependent Enzymes: Mechanisms and Innovations”
(Ph.D. 1997, with David Ballou and Vincent Massey)

Dr. John Denu
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Epigenetics and Metabolism: Functions of NAD+-Dependent Deacylases”
(Postdoc 1993–1996, with Jack Dixon)

Dr. Pengbo Zhou
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
“Proteolytic Control of DNA Repair and Tumorigenesis”
(Ph.D. 1992, with Dennis Thiele)

Dr. Stephen Quay
President and CEO
Atossa Therapeutics
“A Walk in Nature with Stops Along the Way”
(Ph.D. 1977, with Dale Oxender)

Dr. Robert Clubb
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
“Molecular Basis of Protein Display by Staphylococcus aureus and Other Bacterial Pathogens”
(Ph.D. 1993, with Gerhard Wagner and Martha Ludwig)

Dr. Bruce Carter
Professor of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
“Eating the Dead: Mechanisms of Neuronal Apoptosis and Clearance During Development of the PNS”
(Ph.D. 1992, with Fedor Medzihradsky)

Dr. Martin Hemler
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
“Roles of Palmitoylation, Diffusion, and Tetraspanin Association during Integrin-Dependent Carcinogenesis”
(Ph.D. 1978, with William Lands)

Dr. Beverly Davidson
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
“Emerging Therapies for Neurogenetic Disease”
(Ph.D. 1988, with William Kelley)

Dr. Michael O’Donnell
Anthony and Judith Evnin Professor, The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Obstacles to Replication and Mechanism Used by a Replisome to Circumvent Them”
(Ph.D. 1982, with Charles Williams)

Dr. Catherine Drennan
Professor of Chemistry and Biology, MIT
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action”
(Ph.D. 1995, with Martha Ludwig)

Dr. Robert Landick
Professor of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
“RNA Polymerase: Allosteric Regulation of a Complex Molecular Machine”
(Ph.D. 1983, with Dale Oxender)

Dr. Paul Hollenberg
Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
University of Michigan Medical School
“Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Human Cytochromes P450”
(Ph.D. 1969, with Minor J. Coon)

Dr. Keith Wilkinson
Professor of Biochemistry
Director, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine
“Structure and Function of USP5, a Deubiquitinating Enzyme”
(Ph.D. 1977, with Charles Williams)

Dr. Edward Kravitz
George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
“Genetic Manipulations in the Fruit Fly Fight Club”
(Ph.D. 1958, with Armand Guarino)

Dr. Colleen Hayes
Professor of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
“The Vitamin D Endocrine System and Autoimmune Disease”
(Ph.D. 1973, with Irwin Goldstein)

Dr. Nancy Nossal
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology
National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
“Interactions of Proteins and DNA at the Phage T4 Replication Fork”
(Ph.D. 1963, with G. Robert Greenberg)

Dr. Mark D. Adams
Vice President for Genome Programs
Celera Genomics
“Comparative Genomics of the Mouse and Human Genomes”
(Ph.D. 1990, with Dale Oxender)

Dr. Sidney Strickland
Professor of Neurobiology and Genetics and Dean and Vice President for Educational Affairs
The Rockefeller University
“Life, Death, and Regeneration in the Mammalian Nervous System: Roles for Proteases and the Extracellular Matrix”
(Ph.D. 1973, with Vincent Massey)

Dr. Dan Oprian
Professor and Chair of Biochemistry
Brandeis University
“Structure and Function of Visual Pigments”
(Ph.D. 1980, with Minor J. Coon)

Dr. Morris White
Professor of Pediatrics, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“IRS-Proteins Coordinate Cellular Growth and Metabolism”
(Ph.D. 1981, with Halvor Christensen)