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2021 Seminars

JAN 6, 2021 – PETER WALTER (HHMI-UCSF)

      Targeting the cell’s stress pathways for therapeutic benefit

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JAN 13, 2021 – HUDA ZOGHBI (BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE)

      Genetic and Biochemical Studies to Gain Insight into Neurodegenerative Disorders 

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JAN 20, 2021 –

RITWICK SAWARKAR (MRC CAMBRIDGE)

      Stress-Induced Transcriptional Attenuation (SITA)

SHARON HUNG (HARVARD UNIVERSITY)

      Reciprocal regulation between Ubp6 and the proteasome 

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JAN 27, 2021 – BERND BUKAU (ZMBH/DKFZ)

      How newly synthesized proteins reach the native state in the cytosol

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FEB 3, 2021 – DAVID AGARD (UCSF)

       To fold or not to fold: the mechanism of chaperone-mediated client activation revealed in atomic detail

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FEB 10, 2021 – JOHN HARDY (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LONDON)

      Genetic analysis of late onset neurodegeneration implicates a failure of damage response

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FEB 17, 2021 – JOHANNES BUCHNER (TECHNICAL INSTITUTE MUNICH)

      How the Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperone machineries cooperate

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FEB. 24, 2021 – NICOLAS LEHRBACH (FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER)

      Regulation of the proteasome by SKN-1A/Nrf1

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MAR 3, 2021 – ALISON GOATE (ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI)

      What human genetics tells us about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease

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MAR 10, 2021 – ROHIT PAPPU (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY – ST. LOUIS)

      Phase transitions driven by unfolded proteins

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MAR 17, 2021 – KEITH BLACKWELL (HARVARD UNIVERSITY)

      Coordinating lipid and protein homeostasis to promote longevity

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MAR 24, 2021 – ROLAND RIEK (ETH ZURICH)

      Structure activity relationship of protein aggregates

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MAR 31, 2021 – SUSAN SHAO (HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL)

      Mechanisms of membrane protein sorting

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APR 7, 2021– SUSAN ACKERMAN (UC-SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SCHOOL)

      Translation elongation defects and neurodegeneration

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APR 14, 2021 – ALWIN KÖHLER (MAX PERUTZ LABS VIENNA-AUSTRIA)

      The role of phase separation in nuclear ubiquitin signaling

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APR 21, 2021– RACHEL KLEVIT (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE)

      Quasi-order organizes small heat shock proteins for action

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APR 28, 2021 – LILA GIERASCH (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS- AMHERST)

      How Hsp70s recognize their substrates

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MAY 5, 2021 – TODD GOLDE (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA)

      New twists on old hypothesis – a “multiomic” informed view of AD and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies

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MAY 12, 2021 –  BRENDA SCHULMAN (MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE- MARTINSREID)

      Regulation by the ubiquitin system

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MAY 19, 2021–  DON CLEVELAND (UCSD HEALTH)

      Chaperone-regulated phase separation and aggregation of TDP-4

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MAY 26, 2021 – THORSTEN HOPPE (UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE)

        Stressed Out: Proteostasis Regulation Mediated by RNA Silencing

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JUNE 2, 2021 – ANDREW DILLIN  (BERKELEY)

         Coordinating the molecular mechanisms of aging for metazoa

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JUN 9, 2021 – CYNTHIA KENYON (CALICO LABS)

        Regulation of proteostasis in the immortal C. elegans germ lineage

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JUN 16, 2021 – DANIEL GOTTSCHLING (CALICO LABS)

        Untangling the web of lysosomal homeostasis

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JUN 23, 2021 – DAVID HOLTZMAN (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE)

        Effect of APOE in models with amyloid or tauopathy

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JUN 30, 2021 – NORBERT PERRIMON (HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL)

        Interorgan communication and the control of homeostasis in Drosophila

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JULY 7, 2021 – MANAJIT HAYER-HARTL (MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE – MARTINSRIED)

        Multi-protein condensate formation in carboxysome assembly

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JULY 14, 2021 – DAVID GLASS (REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS)

       Molecular mechanisms mediating aging-related disorders

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JULY 21, 2021

PRIYANKA NARAYAN (NIH – NIDDK)

      Understanding cellular mechanisms of risk in neurodegenerative disease

JOHN LABBADIA (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)

      The benefits of a difficult start in life: identifying pathways that override the commitment to proteostasis collapse in C. elegans

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JULY 28, 2021 – AARON GITLER (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)

     Expanding mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for ALS

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AUG 4, 2021

REBECCA TAYLOR (MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY)

      Mechanisms of organismal stress resistance in C. elegans

JESSICA YOUNG (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)

      Sorting it out: Understanding AD genetic risk and endocytic network trafficking using human neuronal models

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AUG 11, 2021 – DARCIE MOORE (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON)

       Aggresomes: a non-universal program for maintaining proteostasis

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AUG 18, 2021 – NOBORU MIZUSHIMA (UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO)

      Organelle degradation by autophagy-dependent and independent pathways

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AUG 25, 2021 – BYRON CAUGHEY (ROCKY MOUNTAIN LABORATORY)

      Prion structures, strains, transmission barriers, and membrane interactions: can prions hide from proteostasis?

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SEPT 1, 2021

JEREMY LINSLEY (UCSF – GLADSTONE INSTITUTE)

      Deep Fish

EMILY SONTAG (MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY)

      Sorting out the JUNQ: the Spatial Nature of Protein Quality Control

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SEPT 8, 2021 – MATTHIAS MAYER (UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG)

      Molecular mechanism of Hsp70 Chaperones: Interactions with cochaperones and substrates

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SEPT 15, 2021 – DARYL BOSCO (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL CENTER)

     Mechanisms of protein dysfunction in ALS

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SEPT 22, 2021 – TOSHI INADA (TOHOKU UNIVERSITY)

      Translation quality control and ribosome ubiquitination

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SEPT 29, 2021 – ANNE SIMONSEN (UNIVERISTY OF OSLO)

      Regulation of selective autophagy by lipid-binding proteins

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OCT 6, 2021 – THOMAS LANGER (MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE – COLOGNE)

      Reprogramming mitochondria by proteolysis

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OCT 13, 2021 – D. ALLAN DRUMMOND (THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

     Stress-triggered mRNA condensation

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OCT 20, 2021 – HELEN SAIBIL (BIRKBECK – UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)

      Protein aggregation and disaggregation in vivo and in vitro

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OCT 27, 2021 – JEFFREY BRODSKY (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH)

      The many fates of misfolded proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

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NOV 3, 2021 – CHRISTINA SIGURDSON (UC SAN DIEGO)

      Manipulating prion protein clearance pathways to slow neurodegeneration

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NOV 10, 2021 – YIHONG YE (NIH – NIDDK)

      Protein misfolding in and out of the cell

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NOV 17, 2021 – ONN BRANDMAN (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)

      Systems insights of PQC from yeast

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DEC 1, 2021 – RANDAL KAUFMAN (SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE)

     Clotting factor VIII: From cloning to molecular therapy and beyond to liver disease

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DEC 8, 2021 – LEA SISTONEN (UNIVERSITY OF TURKU)

      Heat Shock Factors Regulate Unique and Common Targets, Both Genes and Enhancers, in Response to Heat Shock and Oxidative Stress 

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DEC 15, 2021 – JAMES CHEN (UT SOUTHWESTERN)

      Ubiquitin Signaling in Innate Immunity

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