Seminar list for this week: October 30-November 3

Monday, October 30, 2023

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Colocalization of intrinsically disordered protein, alternative splicing events, and post-translational modifications: A toolkit for complex signaling and cellular differentiation; Speaker:  Keith Dunker, Indiana University School of Medicine.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences

Join via stream:  https://go.wisc.edu/bertics_lec_2023

 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Immunization with plasmid DNA versus messenger RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles leads to differences in immunological outcomes; Speaker:  Jena Moseman (Advisor: Doug McNeel, MD, PhD); Defining to pro-viral function of stem-loop binding protein (SLBP) during human cytomegalovirus infection; Speaker:  Kylee Morrison, PhD (Kalejta Lab).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Epigenetic Control of Cell Identity During the Transition of Somatic Cells to Induced Pluripotency; Speaker:  Stefan Pietrzak (Sridharan Lab), Graduate student, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  Discovery Center, WID

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460?pwd=bWVHbEdWdGxQdHMyOVkxTHV5UW9mdz09 (Passcode: 936743)

5:30 PM          RNA MaxiGroup:  Mechanisms of Type III CRISPR-Cas Immunity; Speaker:  Charlie Mo, Assist. Prof. Bacteriology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  2131 HF DeLuca Biochemistry

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  N/A

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity in Carcinoma Metastasis; Speaker:  Jing Yang, PhD, Prof. Pharmacology and Pediatrics, UC San Diego.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

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

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  Synaptic mechanisms in C. elegans; Speaker:  Jihong Bai, PhD., Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Student Seminar:  Tigers in the Tire: Consequence of Microhabitat use by Aedes Albopictus and their Inclusion in Predictive Efforts, Speaker: Katie Susong (Advisor: Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, Dr. Susan Paskewitz), SVM, Comparative Biomedical Sciences.

Join in person:  2255 School of Veterinary Medicine

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Exploring the complex and dynamic landscape of the eukaryotic genome; Speaker:  Lydia Heasley, University of Colorado Medical Campus.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech

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

Thursday, November 2, 2023

11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  A Microbial Metabolite Remodels the Gut-Liver Axis Following Bariatric Surgery; Speaker:  Snehal Chaudhari, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Latent EBV infection collaborates with Myc over-expression to cause Burkitt lymphoma; Speaker:  Shannon Kenney, Prof. Oncology and Medicine, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  7001A WIMR

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  Emerging Salivary Gland Tumors: Why We Need to Know; Speaker:  Andrey Prilutskiy, MD, Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1335 HSLC

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Single-molecule imaging of viral glycoprotein conformational dynamics and membrane interactions; Speaker:  James Munro, Prof. Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Medical School

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  The fossil record’s dynamic history of sensory evolution; Speaker:  Kelsey Jenkins, Early Career Awardee, Graduate student, Yale University.

Join in person:  1360 Genetics/Biotech

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

1:30 PM          Genomics Seminar:  General and background-specific phenotypes triggered by defined aneuploidies in Candida albicans; Speaker:  Matt Anderson, PhD., Assoc. Prof. Genetics, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1111 Biotechnology Center Auditorium

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93948038390

Friday, November 3, 2023

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  How Malaria Parasites Prepare for Unpredictable Moments of Transmission; Speaker:  Scott Lindner, PhD., Penn State University.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBA; Speaker:  Lu Mao, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94594077790

 12:00 PM        John D. Wiley Seminar:  Using Stem Cells to Model Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration; Speaker:  Allison Ebert, PhD, Assist. Prof., Medical College of Wisconsin.

Join in person:  John D. Wiley Conference Center, Waisman Center