Schedule (Spring 2006):

• 28 April 2006: No meeting -- last day of classes
• 21 April 2006: Prof. Heather Youngs
  "Molecular Chaperones in the Cytosol: from Nascent Chain to Folded Protein." Hartl and Hayer-Hartl, Science 295, 1852-1858 (2002). pdf file
  supplemental: Science 284, 822-825 (1999).
• 14 April 2006: Liang Han
  "Stability and the Evolvability of Function in a Model Protein." Bloom, Wilke, Arnold and Adami, Biophys J. 86, 2758-2764 (2004). pdf file
  supplemental: PNAS 99, 809-814, 2002.
• 7 April 2006: Dr. Walter Nadler
  "Extended Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Carbon Monoxide Migration in Sperm Whale Myoglobin." Bossa, et al., Biophys. J. 86, 3855-3862 (2004). pdf file
  supplemental: PNAS 100, 8615-8617, 2003.
• 31 March 2006: Dr. Ralph Scheicher
  "Orientation discrimination of single-stranded DNA inside the alpha-hemolysin membrane channel." Mathé, Aksimentiev, Nelson, Schulten, and Meller, PNAS 102, 12377-12382 (2005). pdf file
• 24 March 2006: Yanjie Wei
  "Confinement effects on the thermodynamics of protein folding: Monte Carlo Simulations." Rathore, Knotts, and de Pablo, Biophys J. 90, 1767-1774 (2006). pdf file
• 17 March 2006: Parimal Kar
  "Derivation and Testing of Explicit Equations of Motion for Polymers Described by Internal Coordinates." Mazur, Dorofeev, and Abagyan, J. Comp. Phys. 92, 261-272 (1991). pdf file
• 10 March 2006: No meeting -- Spring Break
• 3 March 2006: (Spring Break?)
• 24 February 2006: Prof. Caroline Taylor
  "Liquid-like water confined in stackes of biological membranes at 200K and its relation to protein dynamics." Weik, Lehnert, and Zaccai, Biophys J. 89, 3693-3646 (2005). pdf file
• 17 February 2006: Dr. Siegfried Hoefinger
  "Molecular dynamics studies of the archaeal translocon", Gumbart and Schulten, Biophys. J. BioFAST (2006) doi:10.1529/biophysj.105.075291. pdf file
• 7 February 2006: Dr. Walter Nadler
  "The Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems." Bustamante, Liphardt, and Ritort. Physics Today, 58, 43-49 (July 2005). pdf file