2009 Computational Biology, Molecular Engineering, and Biophysics Seminar Series

Sponsored by the Center for Computational Biology

All colloquia are in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center on the first floor in the Holden Case Study Room.



CCB colloquia are held on Mondays from 2-3; the location is listed with each colloquium. More information about the colloquium series is available from the colloquium home page: http://ccb.wustl.edu/ccb-seminars/


Date Speaker Title Location Host
05-Jan-09        
12-Jan-09        
19-Jan-09 Martin Luther King Day
26-Jan-09 Scott Wildman, Research Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University
Delivering Drug Design in Industry and Academia Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rohit Pappu
02-Feb-09 Gerhard Hummer, Chief, Theoretical Biophysics Section
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Simulation of Protein-Protein Binding: from Encounter Complexes to Multi-Protein Assemblies Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Brett Olsen, Baker Lab
09-Feb-09 Jianpeng Ma
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University, Houston, Texas
Multiscale Study of Supermolecular Complexes Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rohit Pappu
16-Feb-09        
23-Feb-09        
02-Mar-09 Biophysical Society Meeting
09-Mar-09 Spring Break
16-Mar-09        
23-Mar-09 American Chemical Society Meeting
30-Mar-09 Gregory Voth, Professor
Dept. of Chemistry and Director, Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation, University of Utah
Systematic Multiscale Modeling of Biomolecular Systems Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rohit Pappu
06-Apr-09 Pamela Silver, Professor of Systems Biology
Director, Harvard University Graduate Program in Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Modeling, Predicting and Rebuilding Cell Behavior Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Diana Y. Wong/ Sept Lab
13-Apr-09 Theresa Head-Gordon, Professor
Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
From Monomer Structure to Polymorphism: Computational and Experimental Studies of the Alzheimer's A Beta Peptide Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Kathleen Hall
20-Apr-09 Aaron Dinner, Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago
Automated analysis of path sampling simulations reveals how a DNA repair protein searches for damage Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Nathan Baker
27-Apr-09 William L. Jorgensen
Whitehead Professor of Chemistry, Yale University
Efficient Lead Discovery and Optimization for Anti-Infective Agents Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Chuanjie Wu
04-May-09 Tanja Kortemme, Assistant Professor
Biopharmaceutical Sciences, UCSF
“Computational Design of Selective and Multi-Specific Protein Interfaces” Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rob Yang, Marshall Lab
11-May-09 Ravi Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Hybrid field-based models of cell membranes and proteins for signaling applications. Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Cynthia Lo
18-May-09        
25-May-09        
26-Jun-09 Professor Jayant B. Udgaonkar, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Bioinformatics, NCBS, Bangalore, India Exploring the cooperativitiy of protein unfolding reactions: Native state fluctuations, "dry" molten globules and continuous unfolding FLTC, Room 214, NOTE: special time 3:00pm
03-Aug-09        
10-Aug-09        
17-Aug-09        
24-Aug-09        
31-Aug-09        
07-Sep-09        
14-Sep-09
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Genetics Medicine
CANCELLED
Multiscale modeling and design of biological molecules Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rohit Pappu
21-Sep-09 Dr. Jaydeep P. Bardhan, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center
Molecular electrostatics: a simple, accurate, rigorous, and computationally efficient approach FLTC, Rm. 214 Nathan Baker
28-Sep-09        
05-Oct-09        
12-Oct-09 Michael Zuker, Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Biology
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
A 'can do' model for nucleic acid hybridization and folding prediction Rm. 214, Farrell LTC Garland Marshall
12-Oct-09 Professor Robert H. Austin
Department of Physics
Princeton University
What Can Biology do for Physics: Landscapes in Theory and Practice 4:00 PM, 241 Compton (Danforth Campus)
19-Oct-09        
26-Oct-09
02-Nov-09 Prof. David B. Teplow, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Director, Biopolymer Laboratory, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Adventures in chaos: Recent progress in understanding the structural biology of the amyloid β-protein and Alzheimer's disease Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Rohit Pappu
09-Nov-09 Gordon Crippen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy
SAGA: Rapid automatic mainchain NMR assignment for large proteins Room 214, Farrell LTC Scott Wildman
16-Nov-09 Michael Feig, Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Dynamics of Biomolecules in Cellular Environments Room 214, Farrell LTC Nathan Baker
16-Nov-09 Professor Michael Brent, Department of Computer Science, Department of Genetics, and Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University Kinetic Models of Gene Regulatory Networks 4:00 PM, 241 Compton (Danforth Campus)
23-Nov-09        
30-Nov-09        
07-Dec-09        
14-Dec-09 Gautam Dantas
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology Washingon University School of Medicine
TBA Holden Case Study Rm., Farrell LTC Gary D. Stormo
21-Dec-09        
28-Dec-09