PRESENTATION TOPICS
G25.1815
MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE
FALL 2001
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS:
[1] EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 MINUTES. PLEASE COME TO CLASS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IF EVERYONE IS THERE WE CAN START. WE WILL START WHEN EVERYONE IS THERE, OR 3:30, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
[2] PLAN TO SPEND NO MORE THAN 13 MINUTES ON YOUR TALK. THE REST OF THE TIME IS FOR DISCUSSION. I WILL CUT YOU OFF AFTER 13 MINUTES.
[3] YOU SHOULD USE OVERHEADS TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANT FIGURES AND POINTS IN THE PAPER. THESE SHOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION, NOT FROM THE REDUCED B&W XEROX IN THE LIBRARY. IF FIGURES ARE IN COLOR IN THE ORIGINAL, YOUR OVERHEADS SHOULD BE IN COLOR, AS WELL. START LOOKING FOR YOUR ARTICLES NOW. IF THEY ARE HARD TO FIND, TELL ME. IF YOU START MAKING YOUR OVERHEADS THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR TALK, YOU MAY HAVE ONLY GARBAGE TO SHOW. POINT ON THE SCREEN, NOT ON THE PROJECTOR.
[4] EVERYBODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY PAPER. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE 5 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION SCHEDULED. YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR DISCUSSION PARTICIPATION. EVERYBODY STARTS WITH A DISCUSSION GRADE OF 'C', A FAILING GRADE FOR A GRADUATE STUDENT. HOWEVER, IF YOU ASK A DUMB QUESTION, INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE NOT READ THE ARTICLE, YOU WILL GET A GRADE BELOW 'C'. GOOD QUESTIONS DO NOT REPEAT WHAT THE SPEAKER JUST SAID, BUT INVOLVE CLARIFICATION OF POINTS RAISED. IF I AM UNSATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF DISCUSSION, I WILL GIVE A FINAL EXAM ON THE CONTENT OF THE PAPERS. OTHERWISE I WON'T.
[5] PRACTICE YOUR TALK AT LEAST 30 TIMES!!!
(1) THURSDAY, DEC 06 -- Zhucheng Chen
DNA BENDING
(2) THURSDAY, DEC 06 -- Yoel Ohayon
Z-DNA BINDING PROTEIN
2. Schwartz, T., Behlke, J., Lowenhaupt, K., Heinemann. U. and Rich, A. Structure of the DLM-1-Z-DNA complex reveals a conserved family of Z-DNA binding proteins, Nature Struct. Biol. 8, 761-765 (2001).
(3) THURSDAY, DEC 06 -- Ge Ma
PHOTOSYSTEM I
3. Jordan, P., Fromme. P., Witt, H.T., Klukas, O., Saenger, W. & Krauss, N., Three-dimensional structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution. Nature 411, 909-917 (2001).
(4) THURSDAY, DEC 06 -- Lisa Israel
REPLICATION FORK REVERSAL
4. Singleton, M.R., Scaife, S. & Wigley, D.B., Structural analysis of DNA replication fork reversal by RecG, Cell 107, 79-89 (2001).
(5) TUESDAY, DEC 11 -- Qingyi Yang
RNA POLYMERASE II STRUCTURE
5. Cramer, P., Bushnell, D.A., & Kornberg, R.D., Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II at 2.8 Å resolution, Science 292, 1863-1876 (2001).
(6) TUESDAY, DEC 11 -- Tong Wang
RNA POLYMERASE II ELONGATION COMPLEX
6. Gnatt, A.L., Cramer, P., Fu, J., Bushnell, D.A., & Kornberg, R.D., Structural basis of transcription: An RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3 Å resolution, Science 292, 1876-1882 (2001).
(7) TUESDAY, DEC 11 -- Dandan Chen
PATH OF M-RNA THROUGH THE RIBOSOME
7. Yusupova, G.Z., Yusupov, M.M., Cate, J.H.D. & Noller, H.F., The path of messenger RNA through the ribosome, Cell 106, 233-241 (2001).
(8) TUESDAY, DEC 11 -- Hong Zhong
INTERACTION OF S1 AND M-RNA IN RIBOSOMAL 30S PARTICLE
8. Sengupta, J., Agrawal, R.K. & Frank, J., visualization of protein S1 within the 30S ribosomal subunit and its interaction with messenger RNA, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 98, 11991-11996 (2001).