Symposium Description
Transcriptional mechanisms and transcriptional control are at the heart of many biological processes. The goal of this symposium is to highlight a broad spectrum of recent advances in this rapidly developing area of research. The format of the meeting is designed to enhance scientific interactions so that students and postdoctoral fellows can hear research talks by leaders in the transcription field and then meet informally with these scientists at the poster session and during breaks.

     Symposium Organizers
     Genetics Program Office 353-9845
     Dr. David Arnosti 432-5504
     Dr. Zachary Burton 353-0859
     Dr. Steven Triezenberg 353-7120

Program
8:30 - 9:00 Registration, Poster Set Up
9:00 - 9:50 Seth Darst, Ph.D.
     Structural Studies of E. coli RNA Polymerase.
9:50 - 10:40 Zachary Burton, Ph.D.
     The RAP74 Subunit of Human Transcription Factor IIF Has a Similar Role in Isomerization of the Initiation and Elongation Complex.
10:40 - 11:00 Break
11::00 - 11:50 John Lis, Ph.D.
     Transcriptional Regulation of Stress Induced Genes
12:00- 2:00 Lunch & Poster Session
2:00 - 2:50 Caroline Kane, Ph.D.
     Transcript Elongation as a Cellular Rheostat.
2:50 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 4:00 Sharon Roth, Ph.D.
     Role for Histone Acetylation in Transcriptional Regulation, Life, and Death.
4:00 - 4:50 Lori Wallrath, Ph.D.
     Mechanisms of Gene Silencing at Drosophila Telomeres.
5:00 - 6:00 Appetizers and Social Time: Cash Bar Available
 

Speakers

	Dr. Zachary Burton      Biochemistry & Genetics      Michigan State University      http://www.bch.msu.edu/faculty/burton.htm      burton@pilot.msu.edu
	Dr. Seth Darst      Rockefeller University      http://www.rockefeller.edu/labheads/darst/index.html      darst@rockvax.rockefel ler.edu
	Dr. Caroline Kane      Molecular and Cell Biology      University of California at Berkeley      http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/BMB/kanec.html      kanecm@uclink4.berkeley.edu
	Dr. John Lis      Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology      Cornell University      http://www.bio.cornell.edu/biochem/lis/lis.html      jt110@upostoffice2.mail.cornell.edu
	Dr. Sharon Roth      Biochemistry & Molecular Biology      University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center      http://www.mdanderson.org/~genedev/Bone/rothlab.htm      syr@umdacc.tmc.edu
	Dr. Lori Wallrath      Biochemistry      University of Iowa      http://www.biochem.uiowa.edu/faculty/wallrath      lori-wallrath@uiowa.edu

Top

Genetics Home Page

Admissions Page

Mail webmaster