2022-2023
Mondays at Noon, Remote via Webex
Link: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4
MBB Conference Room E2036 (when conditions allow)
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| 8/29 | Graduate Student Meeting | n/a |
| 9/5 | Labor Day | n/a |
| 9/12 | JC – Emilie Korchak (Bezsonova Lab) | Branched ubiquitin chain binding and deubiquitination by UCH37 facilitate proteasome clearance of stress-induced inclusions |
| 9/19 | JC – Travis LaGree (Mok Lab) | Ubiquitous mRNA decay fragments in E. coli redefine the functional transcriptome |
| 9/26 | JC – Elizabeth Szabo (Heinen Lab) | Nucleotide imbalance decouples cell growth from cell proliferation |
| 10/3 | JC – Patricia Hare (Mok Lab) | Crucial role and mechanism of transcription-coupled DNA repair in bacteria |
| 10/10 | Indigenous People’s Day | n/a |
| 10/11# | JC – Caroline Guild (Heinen Lab) | β-Hydroxybutyrate suppresses colorectal cancer |
| 10/17 | WIP – Margaret Vos (Page Lab) | Using NMR spectroscopy to identify the binding interface between PP2A-B55 and its inhibitor ARPP19 |
| 10/24 | JC – Mian Horvath (Oh Lab) | Commensal segmented filamentous bacteria-derived retinoic acid primes host defense to intestinal infection |
| 10/25# | JC – Gianluca Arianna (Korzhnev Lab) | Mechanism of nucleotide discrimination by the translesion synthesis polymerase Rev1 |
| 10/31 | JC – Jonathan Batchelder (Mok Lab) | Small-Molecule-Induced Activation of Cellular Respiration Inhibits Biofilm Formation and Triggers Metabolic Remodeling in Staphylococcus aureus |
| 11/7 | JC – Daniel Fairchild (Bezsonova Lab) | R-loop formation and conformational activation mechanisms of Cas9 |
| 11/8# | JC – Ruoyu Yang (Oh Lab) | Human gut bacterial metabolism drives Th17 activation and colitis |
| 11/14 | JC – Dane Geddes-Buehre (Korzhnev Lab) | The dimerization mechanism of the N-terminal domain of spider silk proteins is conserved despite extensive sequence divergence |
| 11/21 | Thanksgiving Recess | n/a |
| 11/28 | JC – Angela DeMarco (Mok Lab) | The giant staphylococcal protein Embp facilitates colonization of surfaces through Velcro-like attachment to fibrillated fibronectin |
| 12/5 | JC – Darien Levi Craft (Schuyler and Gryk Labs) | Conserved allosteric ensembles in disordered proteins using TROSY/anti-TROSY R2-filtered spectroscopy |
| 12/12 | JC – Tvesha Parikh (Page Lab) | Palmitoylation targets the Calcineurin phosphatase to the Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase complex at the plasma membrane |
| 12/19* | Postdoc/Junior Faculty | |
| 12/26* | Christmas – New Year | |
| 1/2* | New Year’s Day Public Holiday | |
| 1/9* | JC/WIP – Dr. Gautam Srivastava | |
| 1/16 | Martin Luther King’s Day | |
| 1/23 | JC – Sam Mahdi (Korzhnev Lab) | |
| 1/30 | WIP – Jonathan Batchelder (Mok Lab) | |
| 2/6 | WIP – Mian Horvath (Oh Lab) | |
| 2/13 | WIP – Caroline Guild (Heinen Lab) | |
| 2/20 | Washington’s Birthday | |
| 2/27 | WIP – Daniel Fairchild (Bezsonova Lab) | |
| 2/28# | WIP – Ruoyu Yang (Oh Lab) | |
| 3/6 | WIP – Dane Geddes-Buehre (Korzhnev Lab) | |
| 3/13 | Spring Recess | |
| 3/20 | WIP – Tvesha Parikh (Page Lab) | |
| 3/27 | WIP – Emily Korchak (Bezsonova Lab) | |
| 4/3 | WIP- Patricia Hare (Mok Lab) | |
| 4/10 | WIP- Darien Levi Craft (Schuyler/Gryk Labs) | |
| 4/17 | WIP – Travis LaGree (Mok Lab) | |
| 4/24 | WIP – Elizabeth Szabo ( Heinen Lab) | |
| 5/1 | WIP – Gianluca Arianna (Korzhnev Lab) | |
| 5/8* | WIP – Angela DeMarco (Mok Lab) | |
| 5/15* | WIP – Sam Mahdi (Korzhnev Lab) | |
| 5/22* | WIP – Dr. Sathish Padi | |
| 5/29* | Memorial Day | |
| 6/5* | JC – Dr. Andre Grassman | |
| 6/12* | JC/WIP – Dr. Everton (Tom) Bettin |
* These dates are outside of the academic calendar.