Revised 10-19-09

09-03-09

Vanessa Sperandio, Ph.D., Microbiology and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern.
"The Yin and Yang of Chemical Signaling in Bacterial-host Associations."
Host: Mark A. Lehrman, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

09-10-09

David W. Russell, Ph.D., Biophysics and Molecular Genetics, UT  Southwestern.
"Oxysterols in the Immune System: Where Will I Be Dragged Kicking and  Screaming Next?"
Host: Cheng-Ming Chiang, Ph.D., Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology

09-17-09

Rama Ranganathan, M.D., Ph.D., Pharmacology, UT Southwestern.
"The Evolutionary "Design" of Proteins."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry

09-24-09

P. Todd Stukenberg, Ph.D., University of Virginia Medical Center.
"Dynamic Microtubule Binding by Kinetochores in Mitosis."
Host: Hongtao Yu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

10-01-09

Hui Zou, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern.
"Selective Cleavage of Cohesin, a Balance Act between Sister Chromatid Separation and the Need for Transcription?"
Host: Hongtao Yu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

10-29-09

Wade C. Winkler, Ph.D., Biochemistry, UT Southwestern.
"Novel Post-transcriptional Regulatory Strategies in Bacteria."
Host: Mark A. Lehrman, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

11-04-09

D1.600

Marc R. Montminy, M.D., Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
"Role of the CRTC Family of CREB Coactivators in Energy Balance."
Alvin Taurog Lectureship

11-05-09

Kim Orth, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern.
"Black Death, Black Spot, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors."
Host: Yuh Min Chook, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

11-12-09

Joseph S. Takahashi, Ph.D., Neuroscience, UT Southwestern.
"The Mammalian Circadian Clock."
Host: Dean P. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

11-19-09

F. Kent Hamra, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, UT Southwestern.
"Sperm Stem Cell Libraries for Functional Genomics in the Laboratory Rat."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry

12-03-09

Lorena S. Beese, Ph.D., Duke University.
"Protein Prenyltransferases: From Structural Enzymology to Therapeutics."
Host: Xuewu Zhang, Ph.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry