October 2020 Events

Thursday, October 29, 2020

711 Seminar - Rachel Nicholas

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: “The Tol-Pal system is required for peptidoglycan-cleaving enzymes to complete bacterial cell division”

Mentor:  Dr. Peter Freddolino

Friday, October 23, 2020

711 Seminar - Nick Bockhaus

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: “Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2”

Mentor:  Dr. Janet Smith

Thursday, October 22, 2020

711 Seminar - Cassie Dutcher

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: “Evidence for Improved Encapsulated Pathway Behavior in a Bacterial Microcompartment through Shell Protein Engineering”

Mentor:  Dr. Tobias Giessen

Thursday, October 15, 2020

711 Seminar - Rosa Romero

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: “NusG controls transcription pausing and RNA polymerase translocation throughout the Bacillus subtilis genome”

Mentor:  Dr. Nils Walter

Discussant:  Nick Bockhaus

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Sheila David, UC Davis

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: When You're Strange: Unusual Features of the MUTYH Glycosylase and Implications in Cancer

Thursday, October 8, 2020

711 Seminar - Michael Rankin

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title: Reconstitution of Polythioamide Antibiotic Backbone Formation Reveals Unusual Thiotemplated Assembly Strategy

Mentor: Dr. Janet Smith

Thursday, October 1, 2020

711 Seminar - Harsha Gouda

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Virtual Seminar

Title:  "CobT and BzaC catalyze the regiospecific activation and methylation of the 5-hydroxybenzimidazole lower ligand in anaerobic cobamide biosynthesis"

Mentor:  Dr. Ruma Banerjee