The John and Patricia Thompson Seminar Series

The John and Patricia Thompson Seminar Series schedule

Nov 7, 2024: Dr. Susan Marqusee, UC Berkeley, Directorate of Biological Sciences, US National Science Foundation. "Is the protein folding problem really solved? (probing hidden conformations on the energy landscape)" 

Nov 2, 2023: Dr. Abby F. Dernburg, HHMI, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences. "A mechanical signal mediates oocyte quality control in C. elegans."  

Nov 3, 2022: Dr. Alan G. Hinnebusch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Mechanism of Scanning and Start Codon Selection in Translation Initiation."  

Nov 4, 2021: Dr. George R. Stark, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "Complex roles of interferon in cancer."

Oct 24, 2019: Dr. Carlos Jos¨¦ Bustamante, UC Berkeley. "Dissecting Ribosome Translation by Co-Tempered Single Molecule Fluorescence and Force Measurements."

Oct 24, 2018: Dr. Douglas Koshland, UC Berkeley. "The good, the bad and the ugly of chromosome dynamics."

Nov 2, 2017: Dr. Stephen J. Benkovic, the Pennsylvania State University. "The purinosome, an unique metabolon, responsible for cellular de novo purine biosynthesis."

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History

The John and Patricia Thompson Seminar Series has been established following the generous gift of CSU alumni John and Patricia Thompson. The series will bring in nationally and internationally-recognized scientists in the fields of molecular biology and genetics to present research seminars to GRHD faculty and students.

The Inaugural John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Nov 2, 2017 by Dr. Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D., Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Benkovic is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Recipient of the National Medal of Science (2010).

 

 

The title of Dr. Benkovic's presentation was: "The purinosome, an unique metabolon, responsible for cellular de novo purine biosynthesis."

The second John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Oct 24, 2018 by Dr. Douglas Koshland, Ph.D., Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Chair in the Biological Sciences and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Dr. Koshland is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Lifetime Recognition Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.

 

 

The title of Dr. Kohsland's presentation was: "The good, the bad and the ugly of chromosome dynamics."

The third John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Oct 24, 2019 by Dr. Carlos J. Bustamante, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics and Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair of Biophysics, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

 

 

The title of Dr. Bustamante's presentation was: "Dissecting Ribosome Translation by Co-Tempered Single Molecule Fluorescence and Force Measurements."

The fourth John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Nov 04, 2021 by Dr. George R. Stark, Ph.D., Staff, Distinguished Scientist of the Lerner Research Institute, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society UK member, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. 

 

 

The title of Dr. Stark's presentation was: "Complex roles of interferon in cancer."

The fifth John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Nov 03, 2022 by Dr. Alan G. Hinnebusch, NIH Distinguished Investigator, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Head Affinity Group on Cellular Regulation and Development at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD.

 

The title of Dr. Hinnebusch's presentation was: "Mechanism of Scanning and Start Codon Selection in Translation Initiation."  

The sixth John and Patricia Thompson Seminar was given on Nov 02, 2023 by Dr. Abby F. Dernburg, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, Senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, affiliate of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3).

 

The title of Dr. Dernburg's presentation was: "A mechanical signal mediates oocyte quality control in C. elegans."