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“Special K Project” TCNP Meetings
September 2012 – June 2013
The meetings will take place on the 2nd Tuesday
of each month, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
in the Darner Room (Ross G007).
Thursday, September 6, 2012, 4:00 pm
Memorial Service for Yu-yi Lin
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
No Meeting
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Taverna Lab:
Romeo Papazyan: “Identification of histone post-translational
modification states in heterochromatin”
&
Tonya Gilbert: “Mechanistic insights into HAT complex
localization and function in gene expression”
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Boeke Lab:
Zheng Kuang: “A high-resolution view of histone modifications
and transcription across distinct metabolic states in budding
yeast”
&
Anna Sliva: “FACS-based genetic screens in S. cerevisiae to
identify genes & histone residues involved in dynamic processes”
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Cancelled
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Espenshade Lab:
Zongtian Tong, PhD: “A proteomic approach to identify
substrates for the Golgi E3 ubiquitin ligase Tul1”
&
Sara Clasen: “A function for the oxygen-sensing prolyl
hydroxylase Ofd1 in translation”
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 (Lincoln’s Birthday)
Cotter Lab:
Elisabeth Hersman & Isabel Martinez Ferrando: “Analyzing
Histone Modifications of Calorie Restricted Yeast with Mass
Spectrometry and Chemical Derivatization”
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Zhu & Matunis Labs:
Shaohui Hu, PhD: “DNA Methylation Presents Distinct Binding
Sites for Human Transcription Factors”
Kate Guzzo, PhD: “SUMO Match.com: Helping SUMO Find Its
Partners”
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Michaelis Lab: Cancelled
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Guest Speakers:
Scott Holmes (Wesleyan University, Dept of Molecular Biology
& Biochemistry) “Moonlighting enzymes: a metabolic protein
regulates gene silencing in yeast”
Marc M. Greenberg (Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of
Chemistry): “Histone Catalyzed Reactivity of Damaged DNA in
Nucleosome Core Particles”
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Guest Speakers:
Zhibin Wang (JHBSPH, Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences):
“DNA methylation patterns in genome integrity, genomic
imprinting, gene transcription and splicing”
Anthony Leung (JHBSPH, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology): “Poly(ADP-ribose) regulation on microRNA activities
and beyond”