Visiting Seminar Speakers 2009-10

Professor Anthony Berdis, Case Western Reserve University
"Translesion DNA Synthesis: Understanding how Polymerases Make Mistakes to Develop New Chemotherapeutic Agents"

Professor Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University
"Catalyst Design Based on Mechanistic Understanding"

Dr. Jay Grate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
"Sensors and Monitors for Environmental and Security Applications"

Professor Muhammad Ashraf, UC/Dept. of Pathology
"Can Stem Cells Fix the Infarcted Heart"

Professor Susan Lindquist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Insights on the Elusive Nature of Prion Proteins"

Professor Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University
"Stem Cells: Biology and Promise for Regenerative Medicine" (Oesper Banquet Speaker)

Professor Susan Lindquist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Prion Proteins: Surprising Conformations and Surprising Functions" (Oesper Award Lecture)

Professor Thomas J. McGarry, Northwestern University
"Balancing the Proliferation and Differentiation of Stem Cells" (Oesper Speaker)

Professor Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University
"Our Body Surface: From Keratins to Stem Cells" (Oesper Speaker)

Professor Kent Golic, University of Utah
"Our Modeling a Reductive Stress Protein Aggregation Disease in Drosophila" (Oesper Speaker)

Professor Peter M. Tessier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Molecular Insights into Interactions, Structures and Small Molecule Regulators of Prions and Amyloids" (Oesper Speaker)

Professor Tricia R. Serio, Brown University
"Prion Dynamics and Protein-Only Inheritance" (Oesper Speaker)

Professor Luke Whitesell, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
"Unfolding Progress in Cancer Chemotherapy" (Oesper Speaker)