Seminar list for this week: April 29-May 3

Monday, April 29, 2024

1:30 PM          Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, Research Director Candidate Seminar:         Wei Xu, PhD, Prof. of Oncology, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Join in person:  HSLC 1306

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Chromosome inheritance during cell division; Speaker:  Sue Biggins, PhD, Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Identifying the Influence of M2-like Macrophages on CD8+ T Cell Dynamics and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response in a Patient Specific Microphysiological TME Model of Primary ccRCC; Speaker:  Yuanshan Li (Advisor: David Beebe, PhD); Investigating the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) pathogenesis; Speaker:  Quincy Rosemarie, PhD (Johannsen Lab).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Modeling brain development in Down syndrome with human stem cells; Speaker:  Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Cell and Regenerative Biology, UW-Madison.

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, May 1, 2024

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Factor XI Inhibition and the Potential Role for Venous Thromboembolism Management in Cancer Patients; Speaker:  Michael Pfeffer, MBBS, Hematology/Oncology, Mass General Cancer Center.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

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

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Multidimensional bacterial profiles to uncover pathways to resistance and host-immune interactions; Speaker:  Tim van Opijnen, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, May 2, 2024

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  An automated red cell morphology differential – the RBC-differential – as a new tool for transfusion medicine & hematology; Speaker:  Jonathan Stefely, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  My Fullbright Year in South Africa: Science and Its Complications; Speaker:  Anne Pringle, PhD., Prof. Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1360 Genetics/Biotech

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

1:30 PM          Genomics Seminar:  Decoding the Evolutionary Histories and Functions of Human Accelerated Regions; Speaker:  Katie Pollard, PhD, Prof. Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UC Riverside.

Join in person:  1111 Biotechnology Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93659381189?pwd=YlJ6WjltbXoxM1JaU2lGbGg4NUw2dz09

Friday, May 3, 2024

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Endocannabinoids as conduits of host-bacterial interactions; Speaker:  Melissa Ellermann, PhD, Asst. Prof. Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina.

Join in person:  1420 Microbial Sciences