Smerdon/Reeves Lecture

Come hear exciting developments in the areas of DNA repair, chromatin, and biomedical research
Join us on March 3, 2022
BLS 402 or Zoom ID: 997 1349 5507 Passcode: 188545
9:00 am
Dr. Geneviève Almouzni
Head of the Chromatin Dynamics team
Research center at the Institut Curie
An inspiration to link histone variant dynamics and genome stability.

10:10 am
- BRITTANY VANDENBERG, PhD candidate, Roberts Lab
The role of DNA polymerases in causing atypical UV mutation signatures
10:25 am
- MARCOS PEREZ, PhD, Watts Lab
Dietary lipids induce ferroptosis in C. elegans and human cancer cells
10:40 am
- QUAN PHAN, PhD candidate, Driskell Lab
The epigenetic regulation of broblast heterogeneity during murine embryonic development
11:00 am Break
11:10 am
- CHASITY TAMMELL, PhD candidate, Goodman Lab
Coupled small molecules target RNA interference and JAK/STAT signaling to reduce Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti
11:25 am
- SMITHA SIVAPRAGASAM, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wyrick Lab
CTCF binding modulates UV damage formation to promote mutation hot spots in melanoma
11:40 am
- PENG MAO, Assist Prof, University of New Mexico
BER in chromatin: genome-wide mapping of DNA alkylation and repair
12:10 pm
Dr. Jeffrey Hayes
Principal Investigator, University of Rochester, Medical Center
Chomatin modulators impact H1 CTD structure

2019 Lectures
MICHAEL SMERDON
Regents Prof, WSU Pullman
Odyssey of a Biophysicist: Exploring DNA Repair in Chromatin
PENG MAO
Res Assoc Prof, WSU Pullman
Genome-wide Analysis of Base Excision Repair
KYLE MILLER
Assoc Prof, Univ of TX-Austin
Genome Integrity and DNA Damage Up Proteins
JIYUE ZHU
Professor, WSU Spokane
Humanizing Telomerase Regulation in Mice
ALEXANDER BROWN
PD & Adj Prof, WSU Vancouver
Chromatin Drives Mutation Signatures in Melanoma
2019 Keynote Lecturers
YESENIA RODRIGUEZ (representing Dr. Samuel H. Wilson)
IRTA Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Regulation of AP Endonuclease 1 Activity by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Features of the Nucleosome Core
DR. SAMUEL H. WILSON
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(unable to attend due to illness)
2017 Keynote Lecturer
DR. AZIZ SANCAR
2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Whole Genome Mapping of DNA Damage and Repair
2015 Keynote Lecturer
DR. PHILIP C. HANAWALT
Stanford University
DNA Repair Doctors Without (Chromatin) Borders