Biophysical Chemistry Discussion Series

 

Biophysical Chemistry Discussion aims to promote interaction among researchers who are interested in applying concepts from the physical and chemical sciences to understanding biological systems.  The lunch meetings are open to everyone, with relaxed, informal setting to maximize questions and discussions by the audience.

 

Winter 2006 Program

 

Fridays 12:30 -1:30 at Pulp and Paper Building 113

 

 

Jan 27, 2006             David Juncker (Dept. Biomedical Engineering, McGill)

 

Feb 3, 2006               Nela Durisic (Wiseman/Grutter Group)

 

Feb 10, 2006             Bhushan Nagar (Dept. Biochemistry, McGill)

 

March 3, 2006           Maria Kilfoil (Dept. Physics, McGill)

 

March 17, 2006         Karine Auclair (Dept. Chemistry, McGill)

 

March 31, 2006         Stephane Laporte (Dept. Medicine, McGill)

 

April 28, 2006            Derek Gray (Dept. Chemistry, McGill)

 

Organized by Hung-Wen Li (hw.li@mcgill.ca)

 

 

Previous Program

 

May 20, 2005

Sophie Dumont

Biophysics Program, UC Berkeley

Direct Observation of Substeps Reveals the RNA Translocation Mechanism of HCV NS3 Helicase and its Coordination by ATP

 

June 15, 2005

Michael T. Woodside

Nat’l Inst. Nanotechnology, NRC and Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University

Sequence Dependant DNA Hairpin Unfolding Studied with Optical Tweezers

 

June 29, 2005

Hung-Wen Li

Chemistry Dept., McGill University

When RecBCD Helicases Meet Chi

  

July 13, 2005

Jason Young

Biochemistry Dept., McGill University

Regulation and Recruitment of Molecular Chaperones

 
July 27, 2005

Ben Herbert (Wiseman group)
Physics Dept.,
McGill University

Mechanisms of Cellular Adhesion and Migration

 

Sep. 20, 2005

David Cramb, University of Calgary

Blinking of Quantom Dots