Seminar list for this week: November 27-December 1

Monday, November 27, 2023

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Metabolic phenotypes in human disease; Speaker: Ralph DeBerardinis, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences

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

 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Co-alterations in PIK3CA & ARID1A lead to enhanced sensitivity to PI3K inhibition; Speaker:  Shirsa Udgata (Advisor: Dustin Deming, MD); Targeting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Oncoproteins Using HIV Protease Inhibitors; Speaker:  Kerry Smith (Advisor: Nate Sherer, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Organogenesis and regeneration in the islets of Langerhans; Speaker:  Barak Blum, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Cell & Regenerative Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  Discovery Center, WID

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

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  N/A

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  A numbers game: how aneuploidy affects cell behavior and stress adaptation; Speaker:  Rong Li, PhD, Prof. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

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

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  Structural Pharmacology & State Transitions of the Muscle-type Nicotinic Receptor; Speaker:  Ryan Hibbs, PhD, Dept. Neurobiology, University of California – San Diego.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Student Seminar:  Roles of Integrin α4 and integrin α9 in the development of elevated Intra-ocular pressure and trabecular meshwork damage; Speaker:  Tania Sharmin (Advisor: Dr. Colleen McDowell), SMPH, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

Join in person:  2255 School of Veterinary Medicine

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBA; Speaker:  Jianjun Sun, University of Connecticut.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotech

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

Thursday, November 30, 2023

11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  Neuro-pigments to Neuro-cognition: Carotenoids and Cognitive Function; Speaker:  Naiman Khan, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.

Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: N/A

 12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Exploring virus mobility and transport through the chromatin labyrinth; Speaker:  Salla Mattola, PhD, Dept. Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä;

Finland.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Evolution and emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants; Speaker:  Thomas Friedrich, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1111 Biochemistry

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

Friday, December 1, 2023

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Memory T cell induced innate inflammation: Mechanisms and Consequences; Speaker:  Dr. Chandrashekhar Pasare, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBA; Speaker:  Felix Elwert, Dept. Sociology, Dept. Biostatistics and Medical Informatics.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91444087740    

 12:00 PM        John D. Wiley Seminar:  Contextual Aspects of Autism in Adolescence and Adulthood; Speaker:  Gael Orsmond, PhD, Boston University.

Join in person:  John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216