Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology
Rush University Medical Center
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Dr. Ron Elber, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Milestoning: A New Approach for Atomically Detailed Simulations of Kinetics of Biological Molecules
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, January 7, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. David Colquhoun, Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
Science in an Age of Endarkenment: Some Examples from Scientific Fraud, Quackery, Religion and University Politics
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
2:00 p.m. Friday, January 18, 2008
andOn the Nature of Partial Agonism: A New Way of Looking at an Old Problem
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
2:00 p.m. Monday, January 21, 2008
Host: Tom DeCoursey
Dr. Dezsö Boda, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Competition of Steric Repulsion and Electrostatic Attraction in Model Calcium Channels
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
10:15 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2008
Dr. Tom DeCoursey, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Voltage-gated Proton Channels: No Longer Apocryphal
Room 160, Field Auditorium - Cohn Research Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2008
Dr. Wai-Meng Kowk, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
The Yin and Yang of Volatile Anesthetic Action on the Cardiac IKs Channel
Room 160, Field Auditorium - Cohn Research Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2008
Host: Jingsong Zhou
Dr. Francisco Bezanilla, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sensing Voltage and Conformational Changes in Membrane Proteins
Room 160, Field Auditorium - Cohn Research Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Jianjie Ma, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
Muscle Membrane Repair Mediated by a TRIM-family Protein
Room 160, Field Auditorium - Cohn Research Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Monday, April 21, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Douglas J. Tobias, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, CA
Molecular Dynamics of Voltage Sensors
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, April 28, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Gary M. Bokoch, Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Coupling Signaling Dynamics to the Cytoskeletal Machinery
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Host: Tom DeCoursey
Dr. Gerda E. Breitwieser, Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA
Life Cycle of the Calcium Sensing Receptor: Beginnings
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2008
Host: Josefina Ramos-Franco
Dr. Robert S. Eisenberg, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
What is Wrong with Traditional Models of Permeation
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
10:15 a.m. Monday, June 2, 2008
Dr. Jim Fonseca, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Ionic Permeation and Binding in Na+,K+-ATPase Via Molecular Dynamic Simulations
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, July 7, 2008
Dr. Jianzhong Wu, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA
Molecular Modeling of Biological Systems: Not Ab Initio but In Medias Res
Room 160, Field Auditorium - Cohn Research Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, August 11, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Susan M.E. Smith, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Alanta, GA
Homology-based Modeling Provides a Picture of NADPH Oxidase Structure
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, September 15, 2008
Host: Tom DeCoursey
Dr. Michael K. Gilson, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Rockville, MD
Entropy and Affinity in Molecular Recognition
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Steven S. Segal, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
Electrical and Calcium Signaling along Microvascular Endothelium: Integral Roles in Blood Flow Control
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Host: Lothar Blatter
Dr. Steve A. N. Goldstein, Institute of Molecular Pediatric Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Rare Ion Channel Diseases, a Path to the Common (Long QT and Sudden Infant Death Syndromes)
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, November 10, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Hans G. Othmer, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Robustness of Patterning in Development
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Monday, December 1, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
Dr. Melania Capasso, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
The Voltage-Gated Proton Channel HVCN1 Co-Localizes with the B Cell Receptor and is Involved in Class Switch Recombination In Vivo
Room 1201, Department Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 11, 2008
Host: Tom DeCoursey
Dr. Douglas J. Henderson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Henry Eyring, His Life and Times: The Inductive Deductive Method
Room 1005, Herrick Conference Room - Jelke Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 18, 2008
Host: Bob Eisenberg
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Departmental contact information
The core of the department is located on the 12th floor of the Jelke Southcenter (JS) Building, 1750 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612, U.S.A.
Telephone: 312-942-6454. Fax: 312-942-8711.
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