The LMG Trainee Action Committee (TAC) sponsors a speakers program and the annual LMG retreat. Please consult the current chairperson for details.
TAC Chairpersons
Month
Chairperson
August 2008
Libertad García Villada
September 2008
Rajesh Kasiviswanathan
October 2008
Kathleen Richter
November 2008
Amy Abdulovic
December 2008
Yong Yang
January 2009
Jana Stone
February 2009
Brian Chorley
March 2009
Deepti Dwivedi
April 2009
Robert Fedic
May 2009
Libertad García Villada
June 2009
Rajesh Kasiviswanathan
July 2009
Kathleen Richter
August 2009
Jana Stone
September 2009
Yong Yang
October 2009
Amy Abdulovic
November 2009
Brian Chorley
December 2009
Deepti Dwivedi
TAC-Sponsored Seminars
Date
Presenter
Affiliation
Topic
November 19, 2007
Neil M. Kad
University of Vermont
Single-molecule applications to biology
February 21, 2008
Thomas E. Johnson
University of Colorado at Boulder
Aging in mice and worms
April 7, 2008
Joann Sweasy
Yale University
Genome stability and instability
May 5, 2008
Lawrence A. Loeb
University of Washington, Seattle
Fidelity of DNA replication
May 19, 2008
Leona D. Samson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Protection against alkylation
LMG Seminar Series
The LMG Seminar Series occurs on Wednesdays at 12:10 P.M. in Room D-350. Please see the following list for details. This listing was last updated: January 2, 2008.
Date
Presenter
Topic
January 2, 2008
No Seminar
January 9, 2008
Damian Gawel
E. coli Dgt triphosphohydrolase
January 16, 2008
Shay Covo
Genetic instability in yeast
January 23, 2008
Matt Longley
The mitochondrial DNA helicase
January 30, 2008
Jana Stone
Rev3-dependent mutagenesis
February 6, 2008
Chuancang Jiang
The role of IgM in autoimmunity
February 13, 2008
Yong Yang
Mutagenesis in transiently single-stranded DNA
February 20, 2008
Tom Kunkel
Overview of the DNA Replication Fidelity Group
February 27, 2008
Ben Van Houten
Linking DNA damage, cancer, and autophagy
March 5, 2008
Radmila Frydrychova
Transcriptional activity in Drosophila telomeres
March 12, 2008
Doug Bell
Variation in transcription factor binding
March 19, 2008
Roel Schaaper
Base analogs can kill
March 26, 2008
Wataru Nakai
From DNA breaks to chromosome breaks
April 2, 2008
TBA
April 9, 2008
Bill Copeland
Mitochondrial DNA replication and disease
April 16, 2008
Ye Peng
Structural and kinetic studies of UvrB
April 23, 2008
Alan Clark
Structure-function studies of mismatch repair
April 30, 2008
Jennifer Jordan
Effects of mutations on the p53 functional network
May 7, 2008
Libertad García Villada
Mutational clusters
May 14, 2008
Zachary Pursell
The fidelity of human DNA polymerase epsilon
May 21, 2008
Jim Mason
Fly telomeres and beyond
May 28, 2008
Giang Nguyen
Phage P1: Hot or not
June 4, 2008
Astrid Haugen
Friedreich's ataxia gene expression profiling
June 11, 2008
Sherine Chan
The role of DNA polymerase γ in mitochondrial disease
June 18, 2008
Mike Resnick
Genome stability: ends, errors, etc.
June 25, 2008
Kasia Bebenek
Structure-function studies of DNA polymerase lambda
July 2, 2008
Ming Zhao
Immunological intervention in experimental autoimmunity
July 9, 2008
Xuting Wang
Variation in the NRF2 pathway
July 16, 2008
Robert Fedic
The role of TIS11 in Drosophila development
July 23, 2008
Hong Wang
Visualizing DNA repair
July 30, 2008
Chris Halweg
Repair of double-stranded DNA breaks in human cells
August 6, 2008
Amy Abdulovic
Investigating genome instability in yeast
August 13, 2008
Jian Wang
E. coli MOSC proteins
August 20, 2008
Rajesh Kasiviswanathan
Characterization of Alpers mutations in Pol γ
August 27, 2008
Brian Chorley
Functional studies of NRF2 pathway variation
September 3, 2008
Jan Drake
Rates of spontaneous mutation
September 10, 2008
Daniel Menendez
Non-canonical p53 response elements
September 17, 2008
Mercedes Arana
Fidelity of human DNA polymerase theta
September 24, 2008
Deb Croteau
UvrA·UvrB protein interactions
October 1, 2008
Janssen Daly
DNA polymerase zeta in SHM
October 8, 2008
Doug Bell
TBA
October 15, 2008
Wenjian Ma
Processing dirty ends during DNA DSB repair
October 22, 2008
Raghu Dronamraju
MU2 and DSB repair in Drosophila
October 29, 2008
Stephanie Nick McElhinny
Mismatch repair efficiency in yeast
November 5, 2008
Deepti Dwivedi
dNTP pools and mutagenesis
November 12, 2008
Wade Lehman
Base excision repair in C. elegans
November 19, 2008
Jeff Stumpf
Mitochondrial DNA mutagenesis and Pol γ-related disease
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