Past Events

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | November 17, 2017

Crystal structure of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase from Thermus thermophilus HB8

Kazuhiro Yamada, Ph.D.

University of Michigan, Koutmos Lab

LSI Seminar Series

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | November 9, 2017

Seizures, stem cells, and the disconnectome

Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | November 3, 2017

Dual-function of human Sestrin2 and amino acid sensing by mTORC1

Hanseong Kim, Ph.D.

University of Michigan, Cho Lab

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | October 27, 2017

Structure, function, and inhibition of novel GI microbial beta-glucuronidase drug targets

Rebecca Pollet

University of Michigan, Koropatkin Lab

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM | October 20, 2017

Structure-based mechanism of histones H3 and H4 nuclear import mediated by Kap123

Sojin An, Ph.D.,

University of Michigan, Cho Lab

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | October 13, 2017

U-M Structure Seminar presentation

Claire Cato

University of Michigan, Tesmer Lab

LSI Seminar Series

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | October 12, 2017

Harnessing the power of copper to kill Streptococcus pneumoniae

Michael D.L. Johnson, Ph.D.

University of Arizona

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | September 22, 2017

Fragment screening and other small molecule interaction assays using biacore surface plasmon resonance instruments

Eric Roush, Ph.D.

Biacore

Annual Symposium

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | September 15, 2017

Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium 2017

Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanford University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

David R. Walt, Ph.D.

Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Philipp Keller, Ph.D.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus

Daniela Nicastro, Ph.D.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

George Church, Ph.D.

Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, MIT

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | July 14, 2017

Patent strategy: Therapeutics, clinical diagnostics and research tools

William K. Merkel, Ph.D., J.D.

Marshall, Gerstein and Borun, LLP

Lynn L. Janulis, Ph.D., J.D.

Drug Discovery Seminars

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM | July 7, 2017

Therapeutic approaches to KRAS

Frank McCormick, Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | May 12, 2017

Chemotherapy for the 21st century: Non-ototoxic designer aminoglycosides

Jochen Schacht, Ph.D.,

U-M Medical School

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | May 10, 2017

Innovative academic drug discovery

Philip S. Low, Ph.D.

Purdue University

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | May 5, 2017

Mechanism and specificity of human DNA Ligase 1

Tom Jurkiw

University of Michigan, O'Brien Lab

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | May 5, 2017

Drug discovery targeting epigenetics – From cancer therapeutics to “female Viagra”

Duxin Sun, Ph.D.

U-M College of Pharmacy

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | April 28, 2017

Next-generation dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors for the treatment of neglected parasitic infections

Stephen Thomas, Ph.D.

Turing Pharmaceuticals

LSI Seminar Series

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | April 27, 2017

Structural insight into nonribosomal peptide synthesis

T. Martin Schmeing, Ph.D.

McGill University

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | April 14, 2017

Structure and function of human (membrane) cytochrome P450 enzymes: From drug metabolism to cancer therapy

Emily Scott, Ph.D.

University of Michigan, Scott Lab

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | April 7, 2017

Structurally perTERBing the telomere – inner nuclear membrane interface

Devon Pendlebury

University of Michigan, Nandakumar Lab

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | April 7, 2017

Chemical probing of translational control in cancer

Amanda Garner, Ph.D.

U-M College of Pharmacy

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | March 24, 2017

Structural and functional characterization of human nocturnin, a 3' to 5' exonuclease implicated by obesity

Elizabeth Abshire

University of Michigan, Trievel Lab

Drug Discovery Seminars

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM | March 24, 2017

A Novel Pan-ALDH1A Inhibitor Induces Necroptosis in Ovarian Cancer Stem-Like cells and Synergizes with Chemotherapy to Improve Outcomes

Ronald Buckanovich, M.D., Ph.D.

Women's Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | March 17, 2017

A dynamic lid provides a structural explanation for LCAT activation by ApoA-I

Kelly Manthei

University of Michigan, Tesmer Lab

U-M Structure Seminars

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | March 10, 2017

Quinazolinones as novel non-covalent inhibitors of penicillin-binding proteins

Renee Bouley

University of Michigan, Tesmer Lab

LSI Seminar Series

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | March 2, 2017

Structural biology in vivo through electron cryotomography

Grant Jensen, Ph.D.

California Institute of Technology, HHMI