Seminar list for this week: April 8-12

Monday, April 8, 2024

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  A radical solution for C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond formation during the biosynthesis of macrocyclic membrane lipids; Speaker:  Squire Booker, PhD, Prof. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences

Join virtually:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq

 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  HuSH EBV: An unexpected inhibitory complex of EBV in Burkitt Lymphoma; Speaker:  Madilyn Ellis (Advisor: Bill Sugden, PhD); Investigating the molecular mechanism of mitotic arrest caused by HIV-1 protein Vif; Speaker:  Dhaval Ghone (Advisor: Aussie Suzuki, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Physiological DNA Damage in the Breast and Uterus; Speaker:  Lindsay Hinck, PhD, Prof., Co-Director: Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC), University of California, Santa Cruz.

Join in person:  Discovery Center at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID)

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

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Development of Circulating Biomarkers in Head and Neck Cancer; Speaker:  Paul Swiecicki, MD, Clinical Assoc. Prof. Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/94681614650?pwd=MFBVNHRGWTB6OFRVWnQzemN6ZGJsZz09  (Passcode: Grand)

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Revisiting immunobiology of early cancer through patients with plasma cell disorders; Speaker:  Madhav Dhodakpar, MD, Prof. Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92891363864

 12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBA; Speaker:  Dwight Bergles, PhD, Prof. of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

 3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  The origins and endpoints of beneficial cell-in-cell relationships; Speaker:  John McCutcheon, Arizona State University.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, April 11, 2024

9:00 AM         Pathology Seminar:  Integrated single cell and spatial analysis of the tumor microenvironment in squamous cell carcinomas; Speaker:  Athena Golfinos, CMP Graduate Student, Dinh Lab, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99490374322?pwd=N050ZHFjUERoQzd6c1U3ZUdyWVBidz09

 11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  The Process of Hepatic Lipogenesis and its Role in Liver Disease; Speaker:  Elizabeth Parks, PhD, Prof. of Nutrition & Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri.

Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences

 12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  New tricks for an old dog: expanded function of influenza virus proteins; Speaker:  Andy Mehle, Assoc. Prof. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

 12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Starship elements drive genome evolution dynamics in a model eukaryotic microbe; Speaker:  Emile Gluck-Thaler, Assist. Prof. Plant Pathology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1360 Genetics/Biotech

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98648374748

 Friday, April 12, 2024

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  A Journey from Hydrogen Gas Production to Bacterial Longevity; Speaker:  Caroline Harwood, PhD, Prof. of Microbiology, University of Washington.

Join in person:  1420 Microbial Sciences

 12:00 PM        John D. Wiley Seminar:  Pharmacogenomics and Gene X Environment Interactions in a Dish; Speaker:  Jason Stein, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Genetics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

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