M&IM Departmental Seminar Series: Grant Jensen
5/6/2008
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Contact:
Location:
Medical Research Building III (Biological Sciences/Medical Research Building III) 1220
Category:
Open to the Public
Grant Jensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
"New insights into bacterial and viral ultrastructure from electron cryotomography"
Electron cryotomography (ECT) is an emerging technology that is opening new windows into the ultrastructure of protein complexes, viruses, and cells. New insights into the bacterial cytoskeleton, peptidoglycan, chemoreceptor array, and motility machines will be presented. Structures of mature and immature HIV-1 will also be described which clarify the two structural triggers that drive maturation. Recent technological advances and future prospects may also be discussed.
Host: Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Students Association
Sponsored by: Cellular and Molecular Microbiology Training Program
Assistant Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
"New insights into bacterial and viral ultrastructure from electron cryotomography"
Electron cryotomography (ECT) is an emerging technology that is opening new windows into the ultrastructure of protein complexes, viruses, and cells. New insights into the bacterial cytoskeleton, peptidoglycan, chemoreceptor array, and motility machines will be presented. Structures of mature and immature HIV-1 will also be described which clarify the two structural triggers that drive maturation. Recent technological advances and future prospects may also be discussed.
Host: Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Students Association
Sponsored by: Cellular and Molecular Microbiology Training Program