OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Spring 2008 Seminar Program
Location: 348B Noble Research Center
Time: 4:00 PM
January 15
Journal Club
January 18
Michael Axtell, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology, Pennsylvania State Univeristy.
Title: “Multi-genome Analysis of Small RNA-producing loci from Plants”.
January 25
February 1
Journal Club
Journal Club
February 8
Uday DeSilva, Associate Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Oklahoma State
University. Title: “Metagenomics of the Rumen Biome”.
February 15
Guiliang Tang, Assistant Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky.
Title: TBA
February 22
February 29
Journal Club
Journal Club
March 7
Chang-An Yu Eminent Scholar Seminar
William A. Cramer, Henry Koffler Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Biological
Sciences, Purdue University. Title: “Energy Transducing Hetero-Oligomeric Integral
Membrane Proteins: Similarities and Differences between Cytochrome bc1 and b6f
Complexes”.
March 14
Bharath Aggarwal, Ransom Horne, Jr., Professor of Cancer Research, M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, University of Texas. Title: "Targeting Inflammatory Transcription Factors
for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer: Food for Thought".
March 28
Greg Sawyer, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa. Title: “Muscarinic
Acetylcholine Receptor Trafficking".
April 4
Xuemei Chen, Associate Professor, Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of
California, Riverside. Title: “MicroRNA Biogenesis and Function in Arabidopsis".
April 11
Albert Mildvan, Professor, Penn State University. Title: “Binuclear and Higher
Enzyme-Metal Complexes: How Many Divalent Cations are Actually Needed?”.
April 18
Lin Liu, Professor and Director, Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department
of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University. Title: “What MicroRNAs Do in
the Lung?”.
April 25
Jia Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of
Oklahoma. Title: "Role of Receptor-like Kinases in Regulating Oxidative Stress
Tolerance in Arabidopsis".
Individuals interested in meeting seminar speakers should contact host as indicated above.
Questions or comments about the BMB seminar program should be directed to Dr. Ramanjulu
Sunkar: Phone: 405-744-8496; FAX: 405-744-7799; Email: rsunkar@biochem.okstate.edu.