All seminars began at 4:15 pm in 169 Crawford Hall, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Seminars are scheduled
for Monday afternoon (except Dr. Tidor on Tuesday). Due to its high information content, you
may wish to view this page at its maximal width. Seminars for the 1998-1999 academic year included the following:
| Date |
Name |
Title |
| 14 Sep |
David Haniford
University of Western Ontario |
Tn10 Transposes via a DNA
Hairpin Intermediate |
| 21 Sep |
Stephen Buratowski
Harvard Medical School |
Transcription and Capping of Eukaryotic
mRNA |
| 28 Sep |
Randall Rasmussen
Allegheny University Health Sciences |
Molecular Biology of Cardiac
Repolarization |
| 5 Oct |
James Rand
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of
Synaptic Vesicle Function in C. elegans: What
Makes the Worm Squirm? |
| 13
Oct |
Bruce Tidor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Solvation Effects on Protein Folding,
Binding, and Design : Exploring the Electrostatic Balance |
| 19 Oct |
David Smith
University of Nebraska Medical School |
TBA |
| 26 Oct |
E.D. Salmon
University of North Carolina |
New Views of Microtubule Dynamics and
Kinetochore Function in Vertebrates and Yeast |
| 02 Nov |
Rex Chisholm
Northwestern University Medical School |
Regulation of Cytoplasmic Myosin
Activity |
| 09 Nov |
Thomas Miller
Florida State University |
The Evolution of Competitive Ability in
Plants: Should You Beat Up, Rob, or Just Avoid Your
Neighbors? |
| 16 Nov |
Clive Jones
Institute of Ecological Studies |
The Acorn Connections: Ecological Linkages in Oak Forests |
| 23 Nov |
Dorothy Erie
University of North Carolina |
Scanning Force Microscopy and Single
Molecule Manipulation: technology & Biological
Applications |
| 30 Nov |
Thomas R. Meagher
Rutgers University |
Floral Evolution in Silene
Sect. Elisanthe |
| 07 Dec |
Daniel Schoen
McGill University |
Markers, Mutations, and Conservation
Genetics |
| 14 Dec |
Hilary Nielson
University of Pennsylvania |
Some Like it Hot: Structure, Function,
and Regulation of the Heat Shock Transcription Factor |
| 11 Jan |
Frederick Sheldon
Louisiana State University |
Evolution of Herons: Comparative
Molecular, Morphologial, and Behavioral Data |
| 18 Jan |
Michael Yarus
University of Colorado |
Rudimentary channel RNAs that bind to
membranes |
