Spring Quarter 2013, Coordinator: Morris Maduro Wednesdays at 12:10-1:00 p.m. * Genomics 1102A DATE Host SPEAKER TITLE April 3 Morris Maduro CMDB Marlene Hansen, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, San Diego Understanding the role of autophagy in C. elegans aging April10 Jason Stajich GGB Mark Yandell, University of Utah VAAST: A probabilistic disease gene-finder for persoal genomes. April 17 Morris Maduro CMDB Dr. Poonam Deol, Cell Biology & Neuroscience University California Riverside The American Diet and Obesity: A New Component to Consider April 24 Morris Maduro CMDB Oliver Cinquin, UC Irvine TBA TBA TBA May 1 May 8 Jason Stajich Microbiology Marc Goebl, Indiana University School of Medicine Coupling of cell growth and division via the SCF ubiquitin ligases and the regulation of the Cdc34 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme in yeast May 15 Natascha Raikhel, GGB Marcela Rojas-Pierce, North Carolina State University Tonoplast protein trafficking and the biogenesis of the large central vacuole May 22 Caroline Roper Microbiology John Kirby, University of Iowa TBA May 29 Hailing Jin GGB Carla Koehler, UCLA An RNA Import pathway in Mitochondria meditated by PNPase June 5 Morris Maduro CMDB Nicole Zur Nieden, Assistant Professor Cell Biology & Neuroscience, University California Riverside New kid on the blocdeterminatork: Oxidative stress as cell fate June 12 Hailing Jin GGB Alice Barkan, University of Oregon