[Plantsci] FW: For Immediate Release: Cusanovich Commemorative Weekend - Symposium Speaker List"

[Donna-Rae Marquez]

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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce
THE MIKE CUSANOVICH COMMEMORATIVE WEEKEND 
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER LIST    

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The University of Arizona’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is
pleased to release the list of speakers that will be joining us for our
day-long symposium on Friday, March 2, 2012 at the DoubleTree by Hilton
Hotel Reid Park:

 


Garth Powis


University of Texas


“Mechanisms and inhibition of mutant KRAS in non-small cell lung cancer”


 

Maarten Heyn

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany


“Mike’s vision”


 

Kimberly Ogden

The University of Arizona


TBA


 

Jennifer Barton

The University of Arizona

“Lighting the way to early detection of cancer”

Frank Millett
University of Arkansas                   
“Design of photoactive ruthenium complexes to study biological electron
transfer”


John Kyndt

The University of Arizona

“Algae in the desert: an opportunity to grow fuel in our own backyard”

Jos Van Beeumen

University of Ghent, Belgium     
“Conformational dynamics of SoxYZ, the key enzyme complex in the bacterial
oxidation of sulfur compounds”

Melvin Okamura

University of California, San Diego

“Inter-protein electron transfer in photosynthetic bacteria”

 

Grant Mauk

University of British Columbia, Canada

“New insights into a heme enzyme with a dark side.”

Stuart K. Williams

University of Louisville

“Building a regenerative medicine enterprise in an academic environment”

Gordon Tollin

The University of Arizona

“Cusanovich and Tollin: Making scientific music together”

 

Hazel M. Holden

University of Wisconsin 

“Structural insights into novel deoxysugar biosynthesis in pathogenic
bacteria”

 


Neal Armstrong 


The University of Arizona

“Solar Energy at the Interface: Molecular-level challenges and opportunities
for emerging energy conversion technologies”

 

Mark Banister

Medipacs, Founder and CEO

TBA

 

Joaquin Ruiz

The University of Arizona

“ Tracing ancient trading routes with radiogenic isotopes”

 

The day of the symposium will also include a poster session, vendor booths,
and a silent auction.  A list of auction items (updated daily) can be found
on our website.  Thanks to our generous sponsors, your registration costs
($20 students/$75 everyone else) now include all of your meals for the day.
Why not take a minute to check things out on our website?  And while you are
there, take a peek at our other weekend event: the Mike Cusanovich
Commemorative Weekend Golf Tournament on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the
Randolph Golf Course.  You really don’t want to miss this great event!  All
weekend proceeds benefit the Mike Cusanovich CBC Scholarship Fund.  

 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!



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MIKE CUSANOVICH COMMEMORATIVE WEEKEND
March 2-3, 2012


 <http://www.cbc.arizona.edu/cusanovich_memorial>
www.cbc.arizona.edu/cusanovich_memorial



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