Past CoBRE Investigator Meetings
2023
2022
Speaker: Orion Berryman
Topic: Molecules that coil: Using noncovalent interactions to control self-assembly
Speaker: Kasper Hansen
Topic: Mechanism NMDA receptor potentiation by subunit-selective competitive antagonists
Speaker: Bruce Bowler
Topic: CBSD Town Hall Meeting
Speaker: Brent Ryckman
Topic: Crystal structure of human cytomegalovirus UL98 alkaline nuclease: part of a 2-component recombinase
Meeting Cancelled Due to July 4th Holiday
Speaker: Laura Jennings
Topic: “Sugar-coated” multi-drug resistant bacteria as a source of new antimicrobial targets
Speaker: Kendal Ryter
Topic: Multivalent saccharide functionalized nanoparticles as for use as vaccine adjuvants
Speaker: Eric Schultz
Topic: Structural Insights into the Role of gH/gL during HCMV Fusion
Speaker: Dong Wang
Topic: Direct Activation of the C(sp3)−NH2 Bond of Primary Aliphatic Alkylamines by a High-valent Co(III,IV)2(µ-O)2 Diamond Core Complex
Speaker: Steve Lodmell
Topic: Precise measurement of viral components during infection to elucidate replication mechanisms
Meeting Cancelled Due to New Year's Holiday
2021
Speaker: Beverly Piggott
Topic: Investigating the role of Na+ permeable channels in brain development and brain tumors
Speaker: Rich Bridges
Topic: The Ins and Outs of Glutamate Transport by System Xc-
Speaker: UM Genomics Core with Jeff Good
Topic: Whole genome sequencing for Sars-CoV-2 variants of concern in the state of Montana
Meeting Cancelled Due to Labor Day Holiday
Speaker: Klara Briknarova
Topic: Structural studies of an unusual zinc-binding motif from EHMT histone lysine methyltransferases
Meeting Cancelled Due to July 4th Holiday
Meeting Cancelled
Meeting Cancelled
Speaker: Kasper Hansen
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific NMDA receptor agonist activity
Speaker: Steve Lodmell
Topic: “Use of new ‘omics' approaches for determination of intracellular viral protein and genome loads” and Miyuki Hayashi’s work to quantitate Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein in infected cells using cutting edge mass spectrometry methods
Speaker: Scott Samuels
Topic: Regulation of carbon utilization during the enzootic cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete
Meeting Cancelled Due to New Year's Holiday
2020
Dec. 7, 2020 - CoBRE Investigator Meeting
Speaker: Patrick Secor
Topic: Allosteric regulation of a viral recombinase
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Travis Hughes
Topic: Tailor-made Nuclear Receptor Signaling
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Ekaterina Voronina
Topic: Regulation of stem cell proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 by their binding partner CSN-5
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: Chemistry 123 or remotely via Zoom
Speaker: Orion Berryman
Topic: Towards sequence controlled synthetic anion channels: long oligomers decorated with halogen and hydrogen bonds
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: Chemistry 123 or remotely via Zoom
Speaker: Philippe Diaz
Topic: Peripheral Blockade of T-type Calcium Channels Inhibits Acute Itch, Pain and Modulates Immune Response
Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dong Wang
Topic: Bioinspired Catalytic sp3 C–H Bond Functionalization by High-valent CoIV–O Containing Complexes
Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jesse Hay
Topic: Calcium Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Secretion and Stress
Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
2019
Speaker: Travis Hughes
Topic: Structural mechanisms of nuclear receptor biased signaling
Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jack Nunberg
Topic: Studies of the tripartite envelope glycoprotein complex of hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses
Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Patrick Secor
Topic: Bacteriophage pathobiology: leveraging phage/host/microbe interactions for therapeutic gain
Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kendal Ryter
Topic: Toll and Pattern Recognition Receptors: Exploration of Immune System Modulation
Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Travis Wheeler
Topic:
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. ― Hunter S. Thompson
(Fast is fine, but accuracy is final - Wyatt Earp)
Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Travis Hughes
Topic: How does the nuclear receptor machine work? Insight from experiment and simulation.
Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: J. Stephen Lodmell
Topic: The role of snoRNAs during viral infection: a viral grand scheme or a cellular distraction?
Location/Time: Skaggs 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Canceled: Jan. 7, 2019 - Monthly CoBRE Investigator Meeting
2018
Speaker: Oliver Serang
Topic: Graphical models for genomics and proteomics
Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Klara Briknarova
Topic: Protein interactions and conformational changes in fibronectin fibril formation: starting small, aiming big
Location/Time: Skaggs 114, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Philippe Diaz
Topic: Multi-target-directed ligands for the treatment of pain
Location/Time: Skaggs 169, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dong Wang
Topic: On the way of designing bio-inspired dinuclear catalysts for C-H bond functionalization
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Orion Berryman
Topic: Can Halogen Bonding Molecules Function as Anion Carriers and Channels?
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Travis Wheeler
Topic: Using new models:
Better sequence alignment
With fewer errors
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kasper Hansen
Topic: Mechanisms of allosteric NMDA receptor modulation
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Monica Serban
Topic: The interplay between silk fibroin’s structure and its adhesive properties
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Patrick Secor
Topic: A phage-encoded integrase promotes virulence factor production in Pseudomonas
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Special Presentation: Writing and Public Speaking Center
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ekaterina Voronina
Topic: Investigating the mechanisms that drive RNA-binding protein localization to RNA granules
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
2017
Speaker: Richard Bridges
Topic: The System Xc antiporter: quantifying activity with a real-time, fluorescence-coupled assay
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Christopher Palmer
Topic: Nanodisc Capillary Electrophoresis: Characterization of Chemical Interactions with Lipid Bilayers
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Erica Woodahl
Topic: Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine with Underserved Populations
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 169, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Travis Hughes
Topic: How does a nanobot work? Ongoing lessons from the nuclear receptor PPARγ
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 114, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Travis Wheeler
Topic: Reducing false sequence annotation due to alignment overextension and repetitive sequences
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 114, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
2016
Speaker: J. Stephen Lodmell
Topic: Spy vs. Spy: Antiviral response by mammalian cells vs. anti-antiviral efforts by Rift Valley fever virus
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 117, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jack Nunberg
Topic: Arenavirus envelope glycoprotein nanodiscs for cryoEM structural analysis
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 117, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Biospectroscopy Core Facility (BCRL), Core Director Sandy Ross & Core Manager Michelle Terwilliger
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Celine Beamer
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Valeriy Smirnov
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Andrea Stierle
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ekaterina Voronina
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
2015
Speaker: Orion Berryman
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Philippe Diaz
Location/Time: Skaggs Building 336, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.