Seminar list for this week: February 6-10

Monday, February 6, 2023 

10:00 AM       Faculty Candidate Seminar:  Dynamics and disruption of human translation initiation; Speaker:  Chris Lapointe, Dept of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg. 

 

12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Interest Group:  Targeting JAK-STAT signaling in B cell lymphoma; Speaker:  Dr. Lixin Rui, PhD.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92883594719?pwd=OGJxRE1ZUEh0K2d0UVdZelJvR2JEQT09 

 

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Beyond PTMs:  exploring the secret life of proteins via direct analysis of 3D conformational changes in cell extracts using mass spectrometry; Speaker:  Michael R. Sussman, Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair Professor.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences. 

 

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Single-cell delineation of strain-specific HIV-1 gene activities using multicolor biosensors and live cell imaging; Speaker:  Jorge Guerrero (Kalejta lab).  Title:  TBD; Speaker:  Zach Kauffman (Lang lab).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR 

 

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

 

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Cellular and molecular tools to interrogate arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy pathology; Speaker:  Dr. Jared Churko, PhD, University of Arizona.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460?pwd=bWVHbEdWdGxQdHMyOVkxTHV5UW9mdz09 

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Town Hall – learn more about the state of UW Carbone and oncology service line updates – NCI renewal, fiscal outlook and new directions; specialty care redesign, and Eastpark Medical Center; Q&A; Speakers:  Dr. Howard Bailey, UWCCC Director and Dr. Lee Wilke, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Cancer Services.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/92233857483?pwd=SFFOa1hBZG1QaThPRnJ3cXduUU4zQT09 

 

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Epstein-Barr Virus molecular pathogenesis in the nasopharynx and liquid biopsy for the risk assessment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Speaker:  Kathy Ho Yen Shair, PhD, Asst Prof, Dept of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics,  Univ of Pittsburgh.

Join in person:  1335 HSLC 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97329437283 

 

12:00 PM        CBS Grad Program Student Seminar (Path-Bio 930):  Nanoadjuvant system for mRNA vaccines against mycobacteria; Speaker:  Bubacarr J.B Touray (Talaat lab, SVM – Pathobiological Sciences).

Join in person:  2255 SVM 

 

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  Cones and cone pathways remain functional in advanced retinal degeneration; Speaker:  A.P. Sampath, PhD, UCLA.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR. 

 

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBA; Speaker:  Satchin Panda, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93703991509?pwd=YStCMnpzRHFXOTVuN0t6V2REYWhtZz09 

 

7:00 PM          Darwin Day 2023:  Finding other ancient minds across the human evolutionary tree; Speaker:  John Hawks, Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics Biotech Center. 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92427136645 

For more information:  https://evolution.wisc.edu/darwin-day/ 

 

Thursday, February 9, 2023

 9:00 AM         Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Seminar:  Gut microbiome and intestinal permeability in Alzheimer’s disease; Speaker:  Margo Heston, CMP grad student (Bendlin lab).

Join in person:  1345 HSLC 

 

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  (Re)defining the roles of viruses in microbiomes; Speaker:  Prof. Karthik Anantharaman, Bacteriology.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium 

 

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar (Darwin Day):  More energy, more neurons, more time:  human evolution as a story of self-reinforcing opportunities; Speaker:  Suzanna Herculano-Houzel, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University; Associate Director for Communications, Vanderbilt Brain Institute.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech 

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrce2vrDwtHNBMv0FxIcmw56npNOhu831_ 

For more information:  https://evolution.wisc.edu/darwin-day/ 

 

3:30 PM          Biology Colloquium:  Harnessing plant metabolism for new catalysts, medicines, and materials; Speaker:  Jing-Ke Weng, MIT.

Join in person:  168 Noland Hall 

 

Friday, February 10, 2023

 12:00 PM        Wiley Seminar:  Nucleotide repeat expansion disorders:  molecular mechanisms and paths to therapy; Speaker:  Peter Todd, MD, PhD, Bucky and Patti Harris Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Dept of Neurology, Univ of Michigan Medical School.

Join in person:  Wiley Conference Center