Seminar list for this week: May 15-19

May 15, 2023

Monday, May 15, 2023 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Modeling high-risk blastemal and metastatic Wilms tumors by reprogramming WiT49 cells; Speaker: Gui Ma, PhD (Xu lab). The role of Mad1 in directing a-5 integrin trafficking; Speaker: Daniel Sam (Advisor: Beth Weaver, PhD). Join in person: 6571 WIMR Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:00 AM Absolute Q Digital PCR Showcase: technical talks discussing the advantages of using Digital PCR in the lab. (See announcement flyer for details and to register/RSVP) Join in person: Genetics/Biotech Auditorium Register for Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/b50t6j RSVP for lunch and/or dPCR Workshop on May 31, June 1: Lennie.bane@thermofisher.com Wednesday, May 17, 2023 8:00 AM Oncology Grand Rounds: Unveiling the non-transcriptional roles of CBFB in breast cancer tumorigenesis and treatment; Speaker: Jing Huang, PhD, Center for Cancer Research, NCI. Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93152384472?pwd=MmlCaDNoMnVhL2VYZy93djVHRHUrZz09 11:00 AM Cancer Biology Seminar: Interferon, caspases, and TLRs: how KSHV exploits the host’s own defenses to evade detection; Speaker: Marta Gaglia, PhD, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology, UW-Madison. Join in person: 1335 HSLC Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97329437283 4:15 PM Microbial Mechanisms Forum: Kiss and spit metabolomics highlights the role of host purine metabolism during pathogen infection; Speaker: Gina Gallego (Knoll lab). Join in person: 6201 Microbial Sciences Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/5830414929 Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:00 AM The V. Craig Jordan Distinguished Lecture in Translational Cancer Research: Ushering in an era of genomics-guided precision pediatric cancer medicine; Speaker: Elaine Mardis, PhD, Co-Executive Director, Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Join in person: 1325 HSLC Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98876835198?pwd=c2tRekhDMSszeU9oMGpxUTlIWU9aZz09 Friday, May 19, 2023 N/A