Seminars this week: Oct 4-8, 2021

Monday, October 4

3:00 PM      Biochemistry Colloquium:  Lessons from the embryo:  how effectors are coordinated with mechanics during tissue self-assembly; Speaker:  Lance Davidson, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Attend in person:  Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building

Watch livestream:  http://128.104.155.144/ClassroomStreams/ebling_stream.html 

3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Mechanistic insights into Diptoindonesin G, a novel HSP90 inhibitor for cancer treatment; Speaker:  Kristine Donahue (Advisor:  Wei Xu).  Quantifying chromosomal instability using agent-based modeling and Bayesian inference; Speaker:  Andrew Lynch (Advisor:  Mark Burkard).

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Tuesday, October 5

12:00 PM    Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Understanding the self-renewal hub of a stem cell regulatory network; Speaker:  Dr. Judith Kimble, A.B., Ph.D., UW Henry Vilas Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Medical Genetics and Cell and Regenerative Biology.

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Attend in person:  DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery 

3:30 PM      Chemical Biology Seminar:  Dark matter of the human genome; Speaker:  Prof. Sarah Slavoff, Chemistry Dept., Yale University.

Room 2120 Grainger Hall 

Wednesday, October 6

8:00 AM      Oncology Grand Rounds:  CANCELLED

8:00 AM      RNA Collaborative Seminar:  Crosstalk between RNA editing and RNA splicing; Speaker:  Polly Chen, Associate Professor, Dept of Anatomy, National University of Singapore.  Widespread 3’UTR splicing promotes oncogene expression and tumorigenesis; Speaker:  Yvonne Tay, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore.

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10:30 AM    Cancer Biology Seminar:  CANCELLED

12:00 PM    Neuroscience Fall Seminar Series:  How ageless neurons suspend dendrite growth; Speaker:  Dr. Claire Richardson, Genetics, UW-Madison.

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Thursday, October 7

8:00 AM      Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds:  Treatment of lipids to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; Speaker:  James Stein, MD, Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UW-Madison.

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12:10 PM    Molecular Virology Seminar:  Small but mighty:  polyamines in viral and cellular processes; Speaker:  Prof. Bryan Mounce, Loyola University Medical School, Chicago.

Room 1211 – Biochemical Sciences Building, 440 Henry Mall.

1:30 PM      Genomics Seminar:  CANCELLED 

 

Friday, October 8

12:00 PM    Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  Exploring tissue architecture using spatial transcriptomics; Speaker:  Itai Yanai, PhD, Director and Professor, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, New York University.

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