Seminar list for this week: September 11-15

Monday, September 11, 2023

12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Interest Group Seminar:  Dysregulation of Heterochromatin in Human Cancers; Speaker:  Peter Lewis, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  2798 WIMR West Wedge

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98552755473?pwd=OVVvazJ2Z3VLMzlUN1krdm1RTXBvZz09&from=addon

 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Understanding human genetic variation with precision genome editing tools; Speaker:  Alexis Komor, University of California, San Diego.

Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences

Join via stream: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq

 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Investigating the role of ATRX in restricting human cytomegalovirus lytic infections; Speaker:  Ryan Walter (Advisor:  Rob Kalejta, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

 10:00 AM       Morgridge Metabolism Colloquium:  Mesenchymal stromal cells in the regulation of physiological and pathophysiological adipose tissue remodeling; Speaker:  Dr. Rana K. Gupta, Prof. in Medicine and Cell Biology, Duke University.

Join in person: H.F. DeLuca Forum Rm 1255, Discovery Building

 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Mechanisms of Replication-Coupled DNA Repair; Speaker:  Dr. Kavi Mehta, Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  1335 HSLC

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92891363864 (Passcode: 629651)

 12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar:  Is Activation of MAPKK3 (MKK3) Sufficient to Increase Muscle Mass?; Speaker:  Dr. Troy Hornberger, SVM, Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  School of Veterinary Medicine, Rm 2255

 3:00 PM          Neuroscience Seminar:  Defining the Molecular Principles of Ultrafast Computations in Auditory Information Processing; Speaker:  Dr. Samuel M. Young, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

 3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Genetic mechanisms controlling renal vitamin D metabolism; Speaker:  Dr. Mark Meyer, Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09

 4:00 PM          RNA Collaborative Seminar:  hnRNPs, RNA biosynthesis, and disease: Insights from a fusion-driven cancer; Speaker:  Natasha Caplen, PhD, National Cancer Institute. Consequences of circular RNA escape during herpesvirus host shut off; Speaker:  Sarah Dremel, PhD, National Cancer Institute.

Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ryHxKYdoQ0WsU6u_XBks6w

 

Thursday, September 14, 2023

 9:00 AM         Pathology Seminar:  A Long Walk to Improved Outcomes: Precision Oncology Modeling for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer; Speaker:  Jeremy Kratz, MD, Dept. of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  1335 HSLC

 12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Bridging AAV biology and RNA worlds; Speaker:  Prof. Aravind Asokan, Dept. of Surgery, Duke University.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Building

 12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Rethinking the models and data we use to make evolutionary inferences; Speaker:  Megan Smith, Asst. Prof., Mississippi State University.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91806319929

4:30 PM          Integrative Biology Lecture:  The mind of a bee; Speaker:  Dr. Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London.

Join in person:  UW Biotech Center Auditorium, Rm 1111

 

Friday, September 15, 2023

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