Seminar list for this week: May 6-10

Monday, May 6, 2024

10:00 AM       Dissertation Defense:  Preclinical Models to Investigate the Role of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus T Antigens in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Development; Speaker:  Amanda Loke (Advisor: Paul Lambert, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92373437667?pwd=RGFuYWhCbGpOWXhiUlBlQ2lwUURlQT09

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  A tale of many algae: From new biochemistry to synthetic biology; Speaker:  Sabeeha Merchant, PhD, Prof. Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley.

Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  N/A

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

10:00 AM       Dissertation Defense:  Celebrating Diversity: Heterogeneous molecular characteristics lead to disparate colon tumor growth and therapeutic response; Speaker:  Santina Snow (Advisor: Rich Halberg, PhD).

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95105638941?pwd=Zm1Uc3BrOW9pTWY2OFhhZWxBT25iUT09&from=addon

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Transforming Organizational Paradigms for Inclusive and Diverse Clinical Trial Research; Speaker:  Electra Paskett, PhD, Prof. Internal Medicine, Ohio State University.

Join in person:  1306 HSLC

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

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Deciphering the nuclear entry mechanisms of DNA viruses; Speaker:  Chelsey Spriggs, PhD, Asst. Prof. Cell & Developmental Biology and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

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

Thursday, May 9, 2024

2:30 PM          Dissertation Defense:  Extensive host shutoff and transcriptome remodeling during Epstein-Barr virus lytic replication; Speaker:  Alejandro Casco (Advisor: Eric Johannsen, MD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95010085031?pwd=alBja0pHd20xSUNPMzlrd3QwRUx3Zz09

Friday, May 10, 2024

12:00 PM        Dissertation Defense:  Therapeutic Implications of Molecular and Stromal Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer; Speaker:  Katie Johnson (Advisor: Dustin Deming, MD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99390947627?pwd=blpKcVRQNW1meTNIR1lFdjNrWHhNUT09

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  TBA; Speaker:  Cammie Lesser, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof., of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Join in person:  1420 Microbial Sciences