Professor of Structural Biology
Chair, Department of Structural Biology
Director, Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (SMRL)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5126

Telephone (650) 498-4397
Fax (650) 723-8464
E-mail: puglisi@stanford.edu
http://puglisi.stanford.edu
http://smrl.stanford.edu
Academic History
1980-1984
B.A., Chemistry; Honors; The Johns Hopkins University
1981-1984
Summer Research Scientist
Airco Central Research Laboratory, Murray Hill, N.J.
1983-1984
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Organic Synthesis
The Johns Hopkins University, Advisor: Professor Alex Nickon.
1984-1989
Ph.D., Biophysical Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley
1984-1989
Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Professor Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
1989-1991
Postdoctoral Fellow; EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
I.B.M.C du CNRS, Strasbourg, France. Advisor: Richard Giegé
1991-1993
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Advisor: James R. Williamson.
1993-1997
Affiliated Faculty, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Graduate Program, Department of Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz.
1993-1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
1997-1997
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
1997-2004
Associate Professor, Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
1997-present
Director, Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (SMRL)
1998-2004
Associate Chair, Department of Structural Biology
2004-present
Chair, Department of Structural Biology
2004-present
Professor, Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Teaching Experience
U.C. Berkeley
Summer 1989, "Introductory Chemistry"
U.C. Santa Cruz
Winter 1994, 1996, Fall 1994, "Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function"
U.C. Santa Cruz
Spring 1994, 1995, 1996, "Physical Chemistry Principles"
U.C. Santa Cruz
Fall, 1995, 1996, "Introductory Chemistry"
Stanford University
Fall, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, Histology (three lectures per quarter); Fall 1998, 1999, "Structural Principles of Proteins and Nucleic Acids"; Fall 2000, 2001, Structural Biology/Biochemistry 241, "Biological Macromolecules"; Winter 2001, Structural Biology 242, "Methods in Molecular Biophysics"
Professional Societies and Awards
1984-1985
Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, Bruce Mahan Memorial Teaching Award
1987
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
1988
Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, Bruce Mahan Memorial Teaching Award
1989
Sigma Xi Honor Society
1989
Thesis nominated for J.T. Baker Award in Chemistry
1993
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
1994
David and Lucille Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
1997
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Current Collaborative Research
Steve Chu
Single molecucule analysis of protein synthesis by the ribosome
Roger Kornberg
Attempting to study the ribosome using electron microscopy
Peter Sarnow
Joint Stanford support to study the structure and function of the Hepatitis C internal
Publications
81
"Peptide bond formation destabilizes Shine-Dalgarno interaction on the ribosome," Uemura S, Dorywalska M, Lee TH, Kim HD, Puglisi JD, Chu S
Nature, 2007, 446(7134), 454-7
80
"Molecular framework for the activation of RNA-dependent protein kinase," McKenna SA, Lindhout DA, Kim I, Liu CW, Gelev VM, Wagner G, Puglisi JD
J. Biol. Chem., 2007 Feb 6, [Epub ahead of print],
79
"Rapid purification of RNAs using fast performance liquid chromatography (FPLC)," Kim I, McKenna SA, Viani Puglisi E, Puglisi JD
RNA, 2007, 13(2), 289-94
78
"Uncoupling of RNA Binding and PKR Kinase Activation," Sean A. McKenna, Insil Kim, Corey W. Liu and Joseph D. Puglisi
J. Mol. Biol., 2006, 358, 1270-1285
77
"Specific Recognition of HIV TAR RNA by the dsRNA Binding Domains (dsRBD1-dsRBD2) of PKR," Kim I, Liu CW, and Puglisi JD
J. Mol. Biol., 2006, 358, 430-442
76
"Quantitative polysome analysis identifies limitations in bacterial cell-free protein synthesis," Kelly A. Underwood, James R. Swartz, Joseph D. Puglisi
Biotechnology & Engineering, 2005, 91, No. 4, 425-35
75
"Structure Determination of Large Biological RNAs," Lukavsky PJ, Puglisi JD
Methods Enzymol., 2005, 394, 399-416
74
"Site-specific labeling of the ribosome for single-molecule spectroscopy," Dorywalska M, Blanchard SC, Gonzalez RL, Kim HD, Chu S, Puglisi JD
Nucleic Acids Res., 2005, 33(1), 182-9
73
"The Pathway of HCV IRES-Mediated Translation Initiation," Geoff A. Otto and Joseph D. Puglisi
Cell, 2004, 119, 369-380
72
"tRNA selection and kinetic proofreading in translation," Blanchard SC, Gonzalez RL, Kim HD, Chu S, Puglisi JD
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2004, 11(10), 1008-14
71
"tRNA dynamics on the ribosome during translation," Blanchard SC, Kim HD, Gonzalez RL Jr, Puglisi JD, Chu S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2004, 101, 12893-12898
70
"Large-scale preparation and purification of polyacrylamide-free RNA oligonucleotides," Lukavsky PJ, Puglisi JD
RNA, 2004, 10(5), 889-893
69
"Design of a cyclic peptide that targets a viral RNA," Runyon ST, Puglisi JD
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(51), 15704-5
68
"Thermodynamic stability and structural features of the J4/5 loop in a Pneumocystis carinii group I intron," Schroeder SJ, Fountain MA, Kennedy SD, Lukavsky PJ, Puglisi JD, Krugh TR, Turner, DH
Biochemistry, 2003, 42(48), 14184-96
67
"Structure of HCV IRES domain II determined by NMR," Peter J Lukavsky, Insil Kim, Geoff A Otto & Joseph D. Puglisi
Nature Structural Biol., 2003, Advance Online Publication
66
"Solution structure and backbone dynamics of the holo form of the frenolicin acyl carrier protein.," Li Q, Khosla C, Puglisi JD, Liu CW.
Biochemistry, 2003, 42(16), 4648-57
65
"Comparison of x-ray Crystal Structure of the 30s Subunit-Antibiotic Complex with NMR Structure of Decoding Site Oligonucleotide-Paromomycin Complex," Lynch, S.R., Gonzalez, R.L., and Puglisi, J.D.
Structure, 2003, 11, 43-53
64
"NMR Study of 100 kDa HCV IRES RNA Using Segmental Isotope Labeling," ˇ Kim, I., Lukavsky, P.J., and Puglisi, J.D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9338-39
63
"Ribosomal proteins mediate the hepatitis C virus IRES-HeLa 40S interaction.," ˇ Otto, G.A., Lukavsky, P.J., Lancaster, A.M., Sarnow, P. and Puglisi, J.D.
RNA, 2002, 8, 913-923
62
"Sequence-Specific Recognition of the Major Groove of RNA by Deoxystreptamine.," Yoshizawa, S., Fourmy, D., Eason, R.G., and Puglisi, J.D.
Biochemistry, 2002, 41, 6263-70
61
"RNAPack - An integrated NMR approach to RNA structure determination.," Lukavsky, P. J. and Puglisi, J. D.
Methods, 2001, 25, 316-332
60
"Aminoglycoside Resistance with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Populations of Antibiotic-Resistant Ribosomes.," Recht, M. I. and Puglisi, J. D
AAC, 2001, 45, 2414-19
59
"Solution structure of the A loop of 23S ribosomal RNA," Blanchard, S.C., and Puglisi, J.D.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2001, 98(7), 3720-21
58
"Structural origins of aminoglycoside specificity for prokaryotic ribosomes.," Lynch, S.R., and Puglisi, J.D.
J. Mol. Biol. , 2001, 306, 1037-58
57
"Structure of a Eukaryotic Decoding Region A-site RNA ," Lynch, S.R., and Puglisi, J.D.
J. Mol. Biol. , 2001, 306, 1023-1035
56
"Structures of two RNA domains essential for hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site function," Lukavsky, P.J., Otto, G.A., A.M. Lancaster, A.M., Sarnow, P. and Puglisi, J.D.
Nature Structural Biol.,, 2000, 7, 1105-1110
55
"Approaching translation at atomic resolution," Puglisi, J. D., Blanchard, S. C., & Green
Nature, 2000, 7, 855-861
54
"Application of Residual Dipolar Coupling Measurements to Identify Conformational Changes in RNA Induced by Antibiotics," Lynch, S. and Puglisi, J.D.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 7853-7854
53
"Interaction of Translation Initiation Factor IF1 with the E. coli ribosomal A site," Dahlquist, K. and Puglisi, J. D.
J. Mol. Biol., 2000, 299, 1-15
52
"mRNA processing: The 3'-end justifies the means," Puglisi, J.D.
Nature Struct. Biol., 2000, 4, 263-264
51
"Aminoglycoside Antibiotics and Decoding," Puglisi, J. D., Blanchard, S. C., Dahlquist, K. D., Eason, R. G., Fourmy, D., Lynch, S., Recht, M. I., & Yoshizawa, S.
Ribosomes99, 1999, Chapter 34, 419-429
50
"The ribosome revealed," Green, R. and Puglisi, J. D.
Nature Structural Biol., 1999, 6, 999-1004
49
"RNA helix recognition by ribosomal RNA," Yoshizawa, S., Fourmy, D., & Puglisi, J. D.
Science, 1999, 285, 1722-1725
48
"Basis for prokaryotic specificity of action of aminoglycoside antibiotics," Recht, M. I., Douthwaite, S., & Puglisi, J. D.
EMBO J., 1999, 18, 3133-3138
47
"Biochemical and NMR studies of aminoglycoside-RNA complexes," Lynch, S. R., Recht, M. I. & Puglisi, J. D.
Methods in Enzymology, 2000, 317, 240-61
46
"Effect of mutations in the A site of 16S rRNA on aminoglycoside antibiotic-ribosome interaction," Recht, M. I., Douthwaite, S., Dahlquist, K. D., & Puglisi, J. D.
J. Mol. Biol., 1999, 286, 33-43
45
"RNA interaction with small ligands and peptides," Puglisi, J. D. & Williamson, J. R.
RNA World II, 1999, T. Cech & R. Gesteland, eds., pp 403-425
44
"HIV-1 A-rich RNA loop mimics the tRNA anticodon structure," Puglisi, E. V. & Puglisi, J. D.
Nature Struct. Biol., 1998, 5, 1033-1036
43
"Structural origins of gentamicin antibiotic action," Yoshizawa, S., Fourmy, D. & Puglisi, J. D.
EMBO J., 1998, 17, 6437-6448
42
"NMR structure determination of an antibiotic-RNA complex," Yoshizawa, S. & Puglisi, J. D.
NATO ASI series., 1998, 301, 173-182
41
"rRNA chemical groups required for aminoglycoside binding," Blanchard, S. C., Fourmy, D., Eason, R. G., & Puglisi, J. D.
Biochemistry, 1998, 37, 7716-7724
40
"Binding of neomycin-class aminoglycoside antibiotics to the A-site of 16S rRNA," Fourmy, D., Recht, M. I., & Puglisi, J. D.
J. Mol. Biol., 1998, 277, 347-362
39
"Paromomycin binding induces a local conformational change in the A site of 16S rRNA," Fourmy, D., Yoshizawa, S. & Puglisi, J. D.
J. Mol. Biol., 1998, 277, 333-345
38
"Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of RNA," Puglisi, E. V. & Puglisi, J. D.
RNA Structure and Function, 1998, R. W. Simons & M. Grunberg-Manago, eds., pp. 117-146
37
"Structural basis for aminoglycoside antibiotic action," Puglisi, J. D.
Many Faces of RNA, 1997, pp. 97-111
36
"Structure of a conserved RNA component of the peptidyl transferase center," Puglisi, E. V., Noller, H. F., & Puglisi, J. D.
Nature Struct. Biol., 1997, 4, 775-778
35
"RNA structure," Puglisi, E. Viani & Puglisi, J. D.
Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation, 1997, D. Morris & J. Harford, eds., N.Y. Wiley & sons, pp. 1-22
34
"Structure of the A site of E. coli 16S rRNA complexed with an aminoglycoside antibiotic," Fourmy, D., Recht, M., Blanchard, S. D., & Puglisi, J. D.
Science, 1996, 274, 1367-1371
33
"RNA sequence determinants for aminoglycoside binding to an A-site rRNA model oligonucleotide," Recht, M., Fourmy, D., Blanchard, S., Dahlquist, K., & Puglisi, J. D.
J. Mol. Biol., 1996, 262, 421-436
32
"Solution structure of an RNA-peptide complex," Puglisi, J. D., Chen, L., Blanchard, S., & Frankel, A.
Science:1995, 270, 1200-1203,
31
"Welcome guests to the RNA World: Proteins that interact with RNA," Puglisi, J. D.
Book Review Chemistry & Biology, 1995, 2, 581
30
"Biochemical and NMR studies of RNA conformation," Puglisi, J. D. & Wyatt, J. R.
in Methods in Enzymology, 1995, 261, 323-350
29
"NMR Analysis of tRNA acceptor stem microhelices: Discriminator base changes affect tRNA conformation at the 3'-end," Puglisi, E. V., Puglisi, J. D., Williamson, J. R., & RajBhandary, U. L.
Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 1994, 91, 11467-11471
28
"Role of RNA Structure in Arginine Binding to TAR RNA," Puglisi, J. D., Chen, L. Frankel, A. D., & Williamson, J. R.
Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 1993, 90, 3680-3684
27
"Additive, Cooperative and Anticooperative Effects between Identity Nucleotides of a tRNA," Pütz, J., Puglisi, J. D., Florentz, C., & Giegé, R.
EMBO J., 1993, 12, 2949-2957
26
"Influence of tRNA Tertiary Structure and Stability on Aminoacylation by yeast Aspartyl-tRNA Synthetase," Puglisi, J. D., Pütz, J., Florentz, C., & Giegé, R.
Nucleic Acids Res., 1993, 21, 41-49
25
"tRNA Structure and Aminoacylation Efficiency," Giegé, R., Florentz, C., & Puglisi, J. D.,
Prog. Nucl. Acids Res. Molec. Biol., 1993, 45, 129-206
24
"Structure and Function of HIV TAR RNA," Puglisi, J. D., Tan, R., Frankel, A. D., Williamson, J. R.
in Structural Tools for the Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes Advances in Life Sciences, 1992, D. Lilley, H. Heumann, D. Suck, eds., pp. 269-285
23
"Preparation of Isotopically Labeled Ribonucleotides for Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopy of RNA," Batey, R. T., Inada, M., Kujawinski, E., Puglisi, J. D., & Williamson, J. R.
Nucleic Acids Res., 1992, 20, 4515-4523
22
"Conformation of the TAR RNA-Arginine Complex by NMR Spectroscopy," Puglisi, J. D., Tan, R., Calnan, B. J.,Frankel, A. D. & Williamson, J. R.
Science, 1992, 257, 76-80
21
"Effect of Conformational Features on the Aminoacylation of tRNAs and Consequences on the Permutation of tRNA Specificities," Perret, V., Florentz, C., Puglisi, J. D., & Giegé, R.
J. Mol. Biol., 1992, 226, 323-333
20
"Determinant Nucleotides of Yeast tRNA Asp Interact Directly with Aspartyl-tRNA Synthetase," Rudinger, J., Puglisi, J. D., Pütz, J., Schatz, D., Eckstein, F., Florentz, C. & Giegé, R.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1992, 89, 5882-5886
19
"Synthesis and Purification of Large Amounts of RNA Oligonucleotides," Wyatt, J. R., Chastain, M. & Puglisi, J. D.
BioTechniques, 1991, 11, 764-769
18
"Identity Elements for Specific Aminoacylation of Yeast tRNA Asp by Cognate Aspartyl-tRNA Synthetase," Pütz, J., Puglisi, J. D., Florentz, C. & Giegé, R.
Science, 1991, 252, 1696-1699
17
"RNA Pseudoknots," Puglisi, J. D., Wyatt, J. R. & Tinoco, I., Jr
Accts Chem. Res., 1991, 24, 152-158
16
"Conformation in Solution of tRNA Asp Transcripts Deprived of Modified Nucleotides," Perret, V., Garcia, A., Puglisi, J., Grosjean, H., Ebel, J.-P. & Giegé, R.
Biochimie, 1990, 72, 735-744
15
"Exploring the Aminoacylation Function of transfer RNA by Macromolecular Engineering Approaches. Involvement of conformational features in the charging process of yeast tRNA Asp," Giegé, R., Florentz, C., Garcia, A., Grosjean, H., Perret, V., Puglisi, J., Theobald-Dietrich, A., & Ebel, J.-P.
Biochimie, 1990, 72, 735-747
14
"Conformation of an RNA Pseudoknot," Puglisi, J. D., Wyatt, J. R. & Tinoco, I., Jr.
J. Mol. Biol., 1990, 214, 437-453
13
"RNA Pseudoknots: Stability and Loop Size Requirements," Wyatt, J. R., Puglisi, J. D. & Tinoco, I., Jr.
J. Mol. Biol., 1990, 214, 455-470
12
"Solution Conformation of an RNA Hairpin Loop," Puglisi, J. D., Wyatt, J. R. & Tinoco, I., Jr.
Biochemistry, 1990, 29, 4215-4226
11
"RNA Folding," Tinoco, I. Jr., Puglisi, J. D. & Wyatt, J. R.
Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 1990, 4, F. Eckstein & D. Lilley, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 205-226
10
"RNA Folding: Pseudoknots, Loops and Bulges," Wyatt, J. R., Puglisi, J. D. & Tinoco, I. Jr.
Bioessays, 1989, 11, 100-106
9
"Nucleic Acids from A to Z," Tinoco, I.,Jr., Aboul-ela, F., Hardin, C.C., Puglisi, J.D., Varani, G.,Walker, G.T., Wolk, S. & Wyatt, J. R.
Frontiers of Macromolecular Science, 1989, T. Saegusa, T. Higashimura & A. Abe, eds. pp. 519- 524, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford
8
"Absorbance Melting Curves of RNA," Puglisi, J. D. & Tinoco, I.,Jr.
Methods in Enzymology, RNA Processing 180, 1989, J. E. Dahlberg & J. N. Abelson, eds, Academic Press, New York,
7
"A Pseudoknotted RNA Oligonucleotide," Puglisi, J. D., Wyatt, J. R. & Tinoco, I.,Jr.
Nature, 1988, 331, 283-286
6
"Pseudoknotted RNA Oligonucleotides," Wyatt, J. R., Puglisi, J. D.& Tinoco, I., Jr.
Molecular Biology of RNA, (T. Cech, ed.) U.C.L.A Symposia Series, 1988, 94, 25-32, Alan. R. Liss, Inc., New York, N.Y
5
"RNA Structure from A to Z," Tinoco, I., Jr., Davis, P.W., Hardin, C.C., Puglisi, J.D.,Walker, G.T. & Wyatt, J.R.
Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol., 1988, 52, 135-146
4
"Raman Spectroscopic Study of Left-Handed Z-RNA," Trulson, M.O., Cruz, P., Puglisi, J.D., Tinoco, I., Jr. & Mathies, R.A.
Biochemistry, 1987, 26, 8624-8630
3
"Stabilization of Z-RNA by chemical bromination and its recognition by anti-Z-DNA antibodies," Hardin, C.C., Zarling, D.A., Puglisi, J.D., Trulson, M. O., Davis, P.D. & Tinoco, I.,Jr.
Biochemistry, 1987, 26, 5191-5199
2
"The Left-Handed Z-Form of Double-Stranded RNA," Cruz, P., Hall, K., Puglisi, J., Davis, P., Hardin, C., Trulson, M., Mathies, R., Tinoco, I.,Jr., Johnson, W.,Jr. & Neilson, T.1986
Biomolecular Stereodynamics, IV, 1986, Adenine Press, New York , pp 179-200
1
"Z-RNA: A Left-Handed Double Helix," Tinoco, I.,Jr., Cruz, P., Davis, P., Hall, K., Hardin, C.C., Mathies, R. A., Puglisi, J. D., Trulson, M. O., Johnson, W. C., & Neilson, T.
Structure and Dynamics of RNA, 1986, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 55-68
Invited Talks and Seminars
Apr 1990
EMBO Workshop: DNA-Protein Interactions. Autrans, France. "RNA Pseudoknots"
Apr 1996
Yale University, Dept of Molecular Biology and Biophysics. "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Apr 1997
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K., "Structural basis for aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Apr 1997
NATO Advanced Study Institute, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Erice, Italy. "RNA structure and Function"
Apr 1997
University of Brescia, Institute of Microbiology, Italy. "How Aminoglycoside Antibiotics Work"
Apr 1998
Third European Conference on Stable Isotope Assisted NMR of biological Macromolecules, Oxford UK
Apr 1999
The Johns Hopkins University, Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Apr 1999
Theoretical Course "RNA Structure and Function", Trieste, Italy
Apr 2000
Varian Users Conference, Keynote address "NMR of RNAs large and small", Stanford University
Apr 2001
Theoretical Course "RNA Structure and Function", Trieste, Italy
Aug 1998
International Conference of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems. Tokyo
Aug 1999
International Union of Crystallography, Glasgow, UK
Aug 2000
"Structures of RNAs large and small", Florence, Italy
Aug 2000
Workshop on Chemical Biology, Sandhamn, Sweden
Aug 2001
222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Dec 1991
Biomolecular Structure/Function Seminar. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "RNA conformational flexibility"
Feb 1991
Minisymposium on RNA Structure. University of Leiden, Netherlands
Feb 1994
Keystone Symposium, Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions, Tamarron, CO. "RNA Conformational Flexibility"
Feb 1996
University of California, Riverside, Dept of Chemistry, "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Feb 1997
Frontiers of NMR in Molecular Biology IV, Taos, NM, "How aminoglycoside antibiotics work"
Feb 1997
Scripps Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, "RNA as a drug target"
Feb 1997
Smith-Kline-Beecham Symposium, Cambridge, U. K., "RNA as a drug target"
Feb 1998
Biophysical Society National Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
Feb 1998
NMR in Biology Gordon Conference, Ventura, CA
Jan 1997
Stanford University, Department of Structural Biology "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Jan 1999
Ribo-Nucleic Acid Structure by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Paris, France
Jan 2000
"N.M.R.: a tool for biology IV." Paris, France
Jan 2001
"RNA and Translation", Keystone Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology, Montana
Jul 1997
Nucleic Acid-Protein Interaction Symposium. The Biochemical Society Nat'l Meeting, Dundee, UK. "Structural origin of ligand-RNA interaction in the ribosome"
Jul 1998
FEBS Silver Jubilee Meeting, Copenhagen, DK
Jul 2001
Royal Society of Chemistry, "15th Int'l Meeting on NMR Spectroscopy", Durham, UK.
Jun 1989
Gordon Conference-Nucleic Acids, New Hampton, N.H. "RNA Pseudoknots and Hairpins"
Jun 1995
Gordon Conference-Nucleic Acids, New Hampton NH "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Jun 1996
Gordon Conference-Biopolymers Newport, RI. "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Jun 1999
Gordon Conference, "Computational Methods in NMR spectroscopy". Il Ciocco, Italy
Jun 1999
Ribosome Meeting, 1999. Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun 2000
"RNA Structure Symposium", Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 2000
"Structure & Function of Ribosomal Nucleid Acids", Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse France
Jun 2000
14th Annual Meeting of the Groups Studying the Structure of AIDS-Related Systems & their Application to Targeted, Bethesda, MD
Jun 2001
Gordon Conference, "Virus & Cells", Tilton, NH
Jun 2001
NATO Advanced Study Institute, "5th Course: Protein Structure, Dynamics, Genomics and Function", Erice, Italy
Mar 1994
Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy. "Structure and function of HIV TAR RNA"
May 1992
Structural Tools for the Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes. Wilbad-Kreuth, Germany "Structure and Function of HIV TAR"
May 1994
Biophysics Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA. "RNA structure using NMR spectroscopy"
May 1995
International Translation Workshop, Victoria, BC "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
May 1996
Buffalo Medicinal Chemistry Conference "RNA as a drug target"
May 1997
ASPRONC Annual Meeting, RNA-protein systems, Tokyo, Japan. "Aminoglycoside-RNA interactions"
May 1997
First Meeting of Yokoyama Cytologic Project, Tokyo, Japan. "tRNA-ribosome interactions"
May 1998
NIH Meeting of Structural Biology of HIV, Washington, D.C.
May 1999
NATO Advanced Study Institute, "Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules", Erice, Italy
May 2000
"The structural basis for aminoglycoside antibiotic action", Georgia Tec Institute, Atlanta
Nov 1990
Department of Biochemistry, University of Dundee, UK. "RNA Pseudoknots and Hairpins"
Nov 1996
California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, "Structural basis of aminoglycoside antibiotic action"
Nov 1998
National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Chemical Physics
Oct 1989
Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France. "Structure and Stability of RNA Pseudoknots"
Oct 1992
Biomolecular Structure/Function Seminar. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Structure and Function of HIV TAR"
Oct 1993
Bay Area RNA Club, San Francisco, CA. "Structure of HIV TAR RNA"
Oct 1997
Stanford University, Dept. of Chemistry. "RNA as a drug target"
Oct 1997
Wayne State University, Dept of Chemistry. Student-Invited Lecturer
Oct 1999
Tsakuba NMR 1999. Tsakuba, Japan
Oct 2000
"How aminoglycoside antibiotics work", Eccles Institute of Human Genetics University of Utah
Sep 2000
"Structural Aspects of Protein Synthesis", Rensslaerville, New York
Sept 1996
University of California, Berkeley. Structural Biology Seminar, "RNA as a drug target"
Sept 1997
American Chemical Society Nat'l Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. "RNA-drug interaction"
Sept 1997
Structural Aspects of Protein Synthesis, Tallberg, Sweden. "Structure of rRNA domains"