Seminar list for this week: February 20-24

Monday, February 20, 2023

12:00 PM        Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine Seminar:  Multi-dimensional interactions modulate pancreatic tumor microenvironment; Speaker:  Subhajyoti De, Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology, Rutgers University.

Join in person:  2798 WIMR West Wedge

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96732897260?pwd=ODdKV05LYlNmVHV5T0NOdHZsa05sQT09

3:00 PM          The David Green Lecture in Enzyme Chemistry:  Deep mutagenesis studies of a DNA polymerase clamp loader; Speaker:  John Kuriyan, Vanderbilt.

Join in person:  Room 1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg.

Streaming here:  https://go.wisc.edu/greenlec2023

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Development of a CARM1-specific PRoteolysis TArgeting chimera for structural function studies; Speaker:  Megan Bacabac (Advisor:  Wei Xu, PhD).  Evaluating clonal heterogeneity in colorectal cancer using patient-derived cancer organoids; Speaker:  Shirsa Udgata (Advisor:  Dustin Deming, MD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

 10:00 AM       Faculty Candidate Seminar:  Tools for high-throughput functional genetics in whole animals; Speaker:  Saba Parvez, Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Univ of Utah.

Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg.

12:00 PM        UWCCC Cancer Trainee Network Seminar:  Bone marrow on a chip:  a microphysiological system for the study of prostate cancer metastasis; Speaker:  Cristina Sanchez de Diego, PhD, Research Associate, MMB lab.  Single cell and spatial analysis of myeloid cells in head and neck cancer; Speaker:  Anthena Golfinos-Owens, BS, PhD Candidate.

Join in person:  1229 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/96427057457

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Generation of anti-GD2 CAR macrophages from human pluripotent stem cells for cancer immunotherapies; Speaker:  Jue Zhang, Associate Scientist, Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

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

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  N/A

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  N/A

12:00 PM        CBS Grad Program Student Seminar (Path-Bio 930):  Dirty little secrets:  elucidating roles of feces and soil in the chronic wasting disease system; Speaker:  Heath Inzalaco (Turner lab, CALS – Forest and Wildlife Ecology).

Join in person:  2255 SVM

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  N/A

 3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBA; Speaker:  Julia Cordero, University of Glasgow.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech

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

 

Thursday, February 23, 2023

 9:00 AM         Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Seminar:  Post-treatment control of SIV replication in Mauritian cynomolgus macaques; Speaker:  Oliva Harwood, CMP Grad Student (O’Connor lab).

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

11:00 AM       Cancer MoonshotSM Seminar:  Advancing cancer outcomes through implementation science and participant engagement; Speakers:  Bethany Davis, PhD, Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Rebecca Smith, Dartmouth College.

Register here:  https://events.cancer.gov/cm/seminarseries/registration

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  N/A

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Evo-Devo of the chelicerate body plan and sensory systems; Speaker:  Guilherme Gainett, UW-Madison Integrative Biology.

Join in person:  1360 Genetics/Biotech

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

 

Friday, February 24, 2023

 12:00 PM        John D. Wiley Seminar:  Can we improve outcomes for transition-aged autistic youth by supporting families?  Findings from a multi-site randomized-controlled trial; Speaker:  Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.

Join in person:  John D. Wiley Conference Center