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Faculty Positions
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has faculty positions available in Structural Biology and Chemical Biology.
Postdoctoral Positions
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has postdoctoral positions available.
For more information, visit Postdoctoral Opportunities
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Agata Bielska and Kirk Hou, the 2010 Sigma Fellows, were recently honored at a luncheon that included Jai Nagarkatti, Sigma Aldrich President and CEO, Dean Larry Shapiro, and a number of WUSM faculty members. Sigma Aldrich Corp. gives the BMB Dept. a generous donation annually to support graduate education in memory of Nobel Prize winner and former BMB Dept. member Dr. Gerty Cori. Aggie is a 2nd yr. student in the Biochemistry graduate program; Kirk is a 1st year Computational and Molecular Biophysics student. More.. |
Upcoming Seminars/Events:
Biophysical Evenings
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
David Fremont
Dept. of Pathology and Immunology
"Biophysical Hide and Seek"
*5:30 pm - 264 McDonnell Science
Signaling and Cell Cycle Research Forum
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Liang Chu (MT) and Katie Lewandowski (HPW)
11:00 am, 426 McDonnell Sciences
Special Seminar
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Deguo Du
Department of Chemistry Molecular Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
"Understanding Protein Folding and Misfolding - From Ultrafast Folding Dynamics to Misfolding Disease"
*2:00 pm, 264 McDonnell Sciences
Host: Tim Lohman
WUSM Chemistry Seminar Series
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tomi K. Sawyer
Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
"Stapled Helical Peptides: Chemical Biology and Drug Design"
2:00 pm - Holden Auditorium
TGIF and Poster Session (BMB prospective graduate students)
Friday, February 12, 2010
4:30-6:00 pm - 2nd Floor FLTC - Hearth Room
Center for
Computational Biology Colloquium Series
Monday, February 15, 2010
David Draper
Department of Chemistry
John Hopkins University
"Mg2+, Riboswitches, and the RNA Folding Problem"
2:00 pm - Room 213, FLTC - Medical School
Host: Rohit Pappu and Tim Lohman
Thesis Examination
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Eric Tomko - Tim Lohman lab
"Transient-State Kinetic Studies of Escherichia coli UvrD Monomer Translocation Along Single-Stranded DNA"
9:00 am, Biochemistry Seminar Room (264 McDonnell Sciences)
WUSM Chemistry Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 24, 2010
Chris Spilling
Dept. of Chemistry
UMSL
"Total Synthesis of Cyclophostin, the Cyclipostins and Phosphonate Analogs"
3:30 pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room (264 McDonnell Sciences)
BMB Science Fridays
(Seminar Series takes the place of
the Friday Informal Journal Club
and DNA Metabolism Journal Club.)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sara Binz (Burgers) and Arten Melnykov (Hall)
4:00 pm, Biochemistry Seminar Room (264 McDonnell Science)
Biochemistry and Molecular
Biophysics Seminar
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Dr. M. Thomas Record, Jr.
Dept. of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin - Madison
"Mechanism of Active DNA Opening by E. coli RNA Polymerase in Transcription Initiation"
4:00 pm, Biochemistry Seminar Room (264 McDonnell Sciences)
Host: Tim Lohman
On Break
Quad-Departmental Seminar Series
(Quad-Departmental Seminar Series takes the place of
BMB Seminars for April and May.)