Seminar list for this week: February 13-17

Monday, February 13, 2023

10:00 AM    Faculty Candidate Seminar:  Time-resolved cryo-EM visualizes snapshots of dynein’s activation pathway; Speaker:  Aga Kendrick, UC-San Diego.

Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg.

3:30 PM     McArdle Trainee Seminar:  ATRX promotes the initial chromatinization of human cytomegalovirus genomes to restrict viral transcription and productive replication; Speaker:  Ryan Walter (Advisor:  Rob Kalejta, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

12:00 PM    Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Uncovering biology via omics:  RNA, DNA, and the bibliome; Speaker:  Dr. Ron Stewart, PhD, Associate Director, Bioinformatics.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

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

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

8:00 AM     Oncology Grand Rounds:  SABCS Recap; Speakers:  Malinda West, MD; Lee Wilke, MD, FACS; Bethany Anderson, MD; and Deb Tobin, Patient Advocate.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

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

9:00 AM     RNA Collaborative Seminar:  Hosted by:  European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

Tropomyosin 1-I/C co-ordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport; Speaker:  Simone Heber, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ephrussi Group, RNA Localisation and Localised Translation in Development, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

The structural basis of intron branch site recognition by the human spliceosome; Speaker:  Jonas Tholen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Galej Group, Structure and Function of RNA-Protein Complexes, EMBL Grenoble, France.

Moderator:  Wojtek Galej, PhD, Group Leader, Structure and Function of RNA-Protein Complexes, EMBL Grenoble, France

Zoom Webinar Registration:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DSbJP8OLRK2yekv6Mlougg

11:00 AM    Cancer Biology Seminar:  DNA breaking bad:  new targets and opportunities; Speaker:  Gaorav P. Gupta, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology, North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.

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):  Aspergillus fumigatus transcription factor protects against neutrophils and antifungals during infection; Speaker:  Taylor Schoen (Huttenlocher and Keller labs, MMI).

Join in person:  2255 SVM

12:00 PM    Neuroscience Seminar:  mRNA control in pain; Speaker:  Zachary Campbell, PhD, UW-Anesthesiology.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR.

3:30 PM     Genetics Colloquium:  Title:  TBA; Speaker:  Scott Roy, San Francisco State University.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech

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

4:15 PM     Microbial Mechanisms Forum Seminar:  Sequence insertion 3 in E. coli RNA polymerase regulates transcriptional pausing and elongation; Speaker:  Yu Bao (Landick lab).

Join in person:  6201 MSB

 

Thursday, February 16, 2023

9:00 AM     Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Seminar:  N/A

12:10 PM    Molecular Virology Seminar:  K17 and estrogen support viral persistence and modulate the immune environment during cervicovaginal murine papillomavirus infection; Speaker:  Dr. Wei Wang (Lambert lab, Oncology).

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM    Evolution Seminar:  Speciation and hybridization:  insights from lizards and monkeyflowers; Speaker:  Caroline Dong, Postdoc, Tulane University.

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:  N/A

 

Friday, February 17, 2023

12:00 PM    Wiley Seminar:  N/A