[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Assembly of Cytochrome C Oxidase: Proteins Involvedin Metallation of the Copper Centers

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE.  THANK YOU.  JENNIFER 
 
 

*****KILLAM LECTURE*****

 

TODAY MARCH 29, 2005

 

Speaker:  Dennis Winge, Ph.D.
Professor

University of Utah

 

Title:  Assembly of Cytochrome C Oxidase:  Proteins

Involved in Metallation of the Copper Centers

 

Time:  4:00 pm

 

Place:  de Grandpre Communication Centre

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Today's Killam speaker is Dennis Winge, a professor in Medicine and
Biochemistry at the University of Utah. His lab studies how metal ions
(copper, zinc, iron) are distributed in cells to sites of utilization,
and the mechanisms by which cells sense the intracellular concentration
of these ions and transduce these signals into regulation of gene
expression. One major focus of his lab concerns mechanisms by which
cells provide copper ions within the mitochondrion for assembly of
metalloproteins, which is the topic of his lecture today. Dysregulation
of cellular copper metabolism underlies several neurodegenerative
diseases. Dennis is an excellent biochemist/molecular biologist and a
great speaker. He is organizing the first Gordon conference on Metals in
Cell Biology this summer.  

 

Eric Shoubridge