Events

  • Date:
    23

    Monday

    June 2025

    Hour: 11:00 - 12:15,Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Event name: title tbd

    Prof. Danna Freedman, Chemistry, MIT

  • Date:
    31

    Monday

    March 2025

    Hour: 11:00 - 12:15,Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Event name: Decoding the molecular mechanism of histone modification

    Prof. Cynthia Wolberger, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University

    <p>Post-translational modifications of histones play a central role in regulating all cellular processes requiring access to DNA. Monoubiquitinated histone H2B-K120 is a hallmark of actively transcribed genes that plays multiple roles in activating transcription, while monoubiquitinated histone H2A-K119 is abundant in heterochromatin, which is transcriptionally silent. Our structural studies have revealed how histone H2B is specifically ubiquitinated and deubiquitinated, and ubiquitinated H2B stimulates histone methylation. We have also shown how ubiquitin can regulate access to the nucleosome acidic patch, a hotspot for interactions with other chromatin-modifying enzymes. I will also discuss recent studies of a histone kinase that has an unusual mode of binding nucleosomes.</p>

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  • Date:
    18

    Tuesday

    March 2025

    Hour: 14:00 - 15:00,Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Event name: Proteome-wide prediction of protein-protein interaction networks and protein compound interactions and their integration for biological discovery

    Prof. Barry Honig,

  • Date:
    04

    Tuesday

    March 2025

    Hour: 14:00 - 15:00,Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Event name: "Cut it Out" – Lytic Cell Death and Inflammation Mediated by the “NINJA” Protein – NINJ1

    Dr. Liron David,