University of Wisconsin–Madison

Seminar list for this week: October 17-21

Monday, October 17, 2022 3:00 PM          Harry Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry:  “Division of labor among the subunits of a DNA packaging viral ATPase and its mechanism of translocation;” Speaker:  Carlos Bustamante, UC-Berkeley. Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg.  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  “Intratumoral heterogeneity for DNA mismatch repair affects colon tumor response to therapy;” Speaker:  Santina Snow (Advisor:  Rich Halberg).  “Quantifying the rates of DNA loss and chromosomal instability necessary to sensitize cells to microtubule poisons;” Speaker:  Amber Zhou (Advisor:  Beth Weaver). Join in person:  6571 WIMR Tuesday, October 18, 2022 12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  “Human iPSC-derived committed cardiac progenitors repair in a porcine ischemic cardiomyopathy model;” Speaker:  Dr. Timothy J. Kamp, MD, PhD, Director of SCRMC. Join in person:  Biotechnology Center Auditorium (Room 1111), 425 Henry Mall. Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460?pwd=bWVHbEdWdGxQdHMyOVkxTHV5UW9mdz09  3:00 PM          Harry Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry:  “Co-translational protein folding one molecule at a time:  two stories;” Speaker:  Carlos Bustamante, UC-Berkeley. Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg. Wednesday, October 19, 2022 8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  “Modeling and simulation of cancer evolution in single cells;” Speaker:  Simon Tavaré, PhD, Professor, Biological Sciences and Statistics and Director, Irving institute for Cancer Dynamics, Columbia University. Join in person:  1306 HSLC Join via Zoom:   https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/92969244579?pwd=NzBCQXNDYU5oYlliajdZZ3A1M2Qzdz09  12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Seminar (Path-Bio 930):  “The impact of YY1 REPO domain/polycomb group function on hematopoietic stem cell development;” Speaker:  Ashley Kuehnl (Xuan Pan lab, SVM). Join in person:  2255 SVM Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96323508948?pwd=am9aU25OT1ZXQktTaWppaFFNRXVCZz09 12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  “Intercellular signaling by synaptic ectodomain shedding:  mechanisms and clinical implications;” Speaker:  Peter Penzes, PhD, Northwestern University. Join in person:  1345 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98248357487?pwd=Y0VVVStUajZScVZHTmFQUFQ5MUFHZz09 3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  “Re-imagining complement-based therapies for AMD – Lessons from pre-clinical models;” Speaker:  Cathy Bowes Rickman, George and Geneva Boguslavsky Distinguished Professor, Duke University. Join in person:  Gen/Biotech 1111 Join via Zoom:  https://www.genetics.wisc.edu/colloquium 4:00 PM          Statistics Seminar:  “Two faces of sketching:  from iterative linear solvers to randomized singular value decomposition;” Speaker:  Elizaveta Rebrova, Assistant Professor, Princeton University Operations Research Dept. Join in person:  133 SMI (Service Memorial Institute, 470 N. Charter St.) Thursday, October 20, 2022  8:00 AM         Pathology and Laboratory Medicine & Pediatrics Gilbert-Barness Lecture:  “Placental pathology in 2022:  where are we and where are we going?;” Speaker:  Linda Ernst, MD, MHS, Clinical Professor of Pathology,  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Join in person:  1335 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95434671577?pwd=NldTRnpFeGxZc1VDWlRzWWpQbDErQT09 12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  “Tale of two oncogenic viruses:  MCV and KSHV;” Speaker:  Bizunesh Abere, PhD, University of Pittsburgh. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences. 12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  “Joint mobility as a bridge between form and function;” Speaker:  Armita Manafzadeh, Postdoc, Yale University. Join in person:  Genetics/Biotech Auditorium (Room 1111) Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92427136645 1:30 PM          McArdle Dissertation Defense:  “How Epstein-Barr Virus reorganizes cellular chromatin during its lytic phase;” Speaker:  Quincy Rosemarie (Bill Sugden lab). Join in person:  6571 WIMR Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92852627362 3:30 PM          Biology Colloquium:  “Elemental economy in the green lineage;” Speaker:  Sabeeha Merchant, UC-Berkeley. Join in person:  B302 Birge Hall 4:00 PM          Probability Seminar:  “An introduction to counts-of-count data;” Speaker:  Simon Tavaré, PhD, Professor, Biological Sciences and Statistics and Director, Irving institute for Cancer Dynamics, Columbia University. Join in person:  911 Van Vleck Hall Friday, October 21, 2022  8:00 AM         UWCCC Cancer Trainee Network Seminar:  “Expanding access to CAR-T cell therapy:  overcoming obstacles in liquid and solid tumors;” Speaker:  Becky Richards, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and BMT. Join in person:  1244 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98468572917 12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  “Title:  TBA;” Speaker:  Huy Dinh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Oncology and Dept of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, UW-Madison. Join in person:  Genetics/Biotech Auditorium Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93537526468?pwd=dEpkUGxTMjRzRjZ0QmtMOUNvVTdYdz09 12:00 PM        MMI Seminar:  “The transcription factor ARID3a and autoimmunity;” Speaker:  Carol Webb, University of Oklahoma. Join in person:  1420 MSB 12:00 PM        Waisman Seminar:  “Caregiver implemented naturalistic language interventions:  dosage, generalization and child effects;” Speaker:  Ann Kaiser, PhD, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Join in person:  John D. Wiley Conference Center