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Brownbag #58 (08/02, Thur, 3:30pm, YH3047) 2 years 16 weeks ago Peter Prinsen

Dear all,

This Thursday we will have the next journal club meeting. The paper we will discuss is: "The structural and functional role of RNA in icosahedral virus assembly" by Anett...

Brownbag #58 (07/19, Thur, 3:30pm, YH3047) 2 years 19 weeks ago Peter Prinsen

Dear all,

Next Thursday we (or actually you, since I will be on vacation) will have the next journal club meeting. Chuck suggested three papers from Andreas Hermann, who is just starting an ...

Brownbag #57 (06/14, Thur, 3:30pm, YH3047) 2 years 23 weeks ago Peter Prinsen

Hello folks,

This Thursday we discuss a paper on Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 entry into host cells.

This is the link to the pdf-file on the publisher's website:

Brownbag #54 (05/24, Thur, 2pm, YH3047) 2 years 26 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Hello folks,

Tomorrow, we revisit a paper (that we discussed earlier on Dec 8th 2005)
due to its immediate relevance to two projects in the lab.

The paper titled "Compact a...

Brownbag #53 (Thurs, 5/17, 2pm, YH 3047) 2 years 27 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

This thursday we focus on the Herpes virus, about which we have learnt quite a few surprising things at the last two group meetings. Bill has suggested that we focus mainly...

Brownbag #52 (Thurs, 04/26, YH3047, 3:30p) 2 years 30 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

Journal club is back after a brief hiatus. This time, we will discuss a condensed-matter preprint that may have broad relevance to many experiments in our lab and basic tech...

Brownbag #50 (Thurs, 2/22, YH3047, 3:30p) 2 years 39 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Yes folks, the Virus Journal Club turns 50 this week!!! To celebrate this golden jubilee, I will bring in a respectable collection of savory Indian snacks.

Food for thought will be provided ...

Brownbag #49 (Thurs, 02/15, YH3047, 3:30p) 2 years 40 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

This week's journal club selection comes from Aron, whom I quote below:

"From the osmotic pressure experiments done by Rau and Parsegian, we know how the free en...

Brownbag #48 (Thurs, 02/08/07; 3:30 pm; YH 3047) 2 years 41 weeks ago Odisse Azizgolshani

Dear all,

The journal club discussion this week is inspired by my recent science retreat and listening to some interesting talks. The paper we are discussing is titled: RNA Catalysis in Mode...

Brownbag #47 (Thurs, 1/25, 3:30p, YH3047) 2 years 43 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Hello virus enthusiasts,

After a two month hiatus for the winter holidays, the Virus Journal Club returns from suspended animation this week. The paper of interest delves into the effect of ...

Brownbag #46 (Thurs, 11/9, 3:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 2 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

This week we will discuss the following article titled "Electrostatic origin of the genome packing in viruses", which appears in the Nov 7th "Early Edition" on the PNAS web...

Brownbag #45 (Thurs, 11/2, 3:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 4 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues, As Bill and Chuck are both away tomorrow (10/26), there will be no journal club. We meet next on the thursday after i.e. Nov 2nd, to discuss a paper of direct relevance to our RNA...

Brownbag #44 (Thurs, 10/19, 3:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 5 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

A suggestion from Ian, this week's journal reading is another classic.
It's the 1943 article by  Luria and Delbruck titled "Mutations of
Bacteria from Virus...

Brownbag #43 (Thurs, 10/12, 3:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 6 weeks ago Virus Group Site Admin

Hello colleagues, Inspired by a class in Stat. Mech that a good fraction of the group is attending, this week's reading material addresses the profound subject matters of time and irreversibility...

Brownbag #41 (Thurs, 9/14, 1:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 10 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear colleagues,

Tomorrow's journal club will discuss a topic that has implications for
many a project in the lab.

The article is titled "Hydrodynamic properties of RNA: effect ...

Brownbag #40 (Thurs, 9/7, 1:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 11 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear Colleagues,

Tomorrow, we will discuss a few pages of an impending text on biological
physics co-authored by our collaborator Rob Phillips at Caltech
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Brownbag #39 (Thursday, 8/31, 1:30pm, YH3047) 3 years 12 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Dear virus enthusiasts,

Tomorrow's journal club will discuss a classic paper --- one of the
first to introduce Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy as a technique
for measuring ...

Brownbag #38 (Thur, 08/24, 1:30pm, YH3057) 3 years 13 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Hello all,

Tomorrow's journal club is a discussion of the article titled "The Topology and Combinatorics of Soccer Balls" from a popular science journal called the American Scienti...

Brownbag #37 (Thurs, 8/17, 1:30pm, YH 3057) 3 years 14 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Hello all,Following Bill's recommendation at group meeting a few minutes ago, we will discuss a more theoretical paper on RNA secondary structure entitled "Mechanical unfolding of RNA hairpins", th...

Brownbag #36 (8/10, Thursday, 3:30p, YH3057) 3 years 15 weeks ago Ajaykumar Gopal

Hello all, This Thursday we will be meeting later than usual (around 3 or 3:30 wasmentioned, but I forget which; I'll send out a confirming email when I getthe correct info.).The subject of the dis...