Summer 2012

May 2012
Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution.

May 9, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Serapion Pyrpassopoulos
Preventing phosphorylation of dystroglycan ameliorates the dystrophic phenotype in mdx mouse

May 15, 2012 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

About the Speaker: Tathagata Chaudhuri
Exercise-induced BCL2-regulated autophagy is required for muscle glucose homeostasis

May 15, 2012 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

About the Speaker: Tathagata Chaudhuri
Self-Contained, Biomolecular Motor-Driven Protein Sorting and Concentrating in an Ultrasensitive Microfluidic Chip

May 16, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Jinzhou Yuan
Single-molecule assays reveal that RNA localization signals regulate dynein-dynactin copy number on individual transcript cargoes

May 23, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Lisa Lippert
Full-length myosin Va exhibits altered gating during processive movement on actin

May 30, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Matt Caporizzo
June 2012
Cytoskeletal changes in actin and microtubules underlie the developing surface mechanical properties of sensory and supporting cells in the mouse cochlea

June 6, 2012 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Deborah Shroder
Effects of Dietary Phosphate on Ectopic Calcification and Muscle Function in mdx Mice

June 12, 2012 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

About the Speaker: Al Shima