Nov. 19th speakers: Shahar Sukenik and Wade Zeno
On Thursday Nov. 19th Dr. Sukenik and Dr. Zeno spoke about IDRs as sensors of intracellular state and IDRs in membrane curvature sensing, respectively
Previous Talks
Information on previous seminars is provided below.
Dec. 3rd speakers: Martin Jonikas and Andela Šarić
On Thursday December 3rd Dr. Jonikas and Dr. Šarić will speak about the pyrenoid assembly
Nov. 5th speakers: K. Aurelia Ball and Richard Kriwacki
On Thursday Nov. 5th Dr. Ball and Dr. Kriwacki will speak the physical basis for proline-rich IDR interactions with SH3 domains and the phase behavior of the nucleolus, respectively.
Oct. 29th speakers: Shana Elbaum-Garfinke and Tim Nott
On Thursday Oct. 29th Dr. Elbaum-Garfinkle and Dr. Nott spoke about sequence-based tuning of complex coacervates and the determinants and modulation of bimolecular condensates, respectively.
Oct. 15th speakers: Benedetta Bolognesi and Sarah Shammas
On Thursday Oct. 15th Dr. Bolognesi and Dr. Shammas spoke about deep mutagenesis for studying IDR function and the role of IDRs in transcription factor function, respectively.
Oct. 1st speakers: Hoi Sung Chung and Gonzalo Prat-Gay
On Thursday Oct. 1st Dr. Chung and Dr. de Prat-Gay spoke about single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of binding and aggregation in disordered proteins and molten globule-driven phase separation in viral factory assembly, respectively.
Sept 17th speakers: Ashutosh Chilkoti and Birthe Kragelund
On Thursday Sept 3rd Dr. Chilkoti and Dr. Kragelund spoke about rational design of artificial IDPs for tunable phase behavior and the interplay between membrane-proteins and disorder.
Sept 3rd speakers: Keren Lasker and Mart Loog
On Thursday Sept 3rd Dr. Lasker and Dr. Loog spoke about the complex sequence-to-function relationships in a phase separating bacterial protein and rational design of phospho-regulatory networks, respectively.
August 20th speakers: Allan Drummond and Danfeng Cai
On Thursday August 20th Dr. Drummond and Dr. Cai spoke about novel ways to think about evolution in IDRs and the intersection of phase separation and transcriptional regulation.
August 6th speakers: Petur Heidarsson and Jennifer Hurley
On Thursday August 6th Dr. Heiðarsson and Dr. Hurley spoke about using single-molecule spectroscopy to understand IDPs and the role of disorder in circadian rhythm, respectively.
July 23rd speakers: Elizabeth Rhoades and François-Xavier Theillet
On Thursday July 23rd Dr. Rhoades and Dr. Theillet spoke about understanding IDPs involved in cellular dysfunction and new approaches to study phosphorylated IDPs, respectively
July 9th speakers: Samrat Mukhopadhyay and Norman Davey
On Thursday July 9th Dr. Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Davey spoke about the dynamics of IDPs in liquid phase separation and how SLIMs encode function in disordered proteins, respectively.
June 18th speakers: Tanja Mittag and Perdita Barran
On Thursday June 18th Dr. Mittag and Dr. Barran spoke about biophysical insights into the basis of liquid-liquid phase separation and applying mass spectrometry to obtain structural information on IDPs, respectively.
June 4th speakers: Sigrid Milles and Lucia Chemes
On Thursday June 4th Dr. Milles and Dr. Chemes spoek about studying IDPs using NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy, and how function is encoded into viral motifs in the E1A protein, respectively.
May 21st speakers: Paul Robustelli and Thomas Boothby
On Thursday May 21st Dr. Robustelli and Dr. Boothby spoke about using simulations to understand molecular recognition and the physical basis for stress tolerance in tardigrades, respectively.
May 7th speakers: Paolo Arosio and Geeta Narlikar
On Thursday May 7th Dr. Arisio and Dr. Narlikar spoke about synthetic membraneless compartments and phase separation in chromatin, respectively.