Seminar list for this week: September 9-13

Monday, September 9, 2024 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  RNA compartmentalization by liquid-liquid phase coexistence in simple model peptide systems; Speaker:  Christine Keating, PhD, Prof. of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join virtually:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  4:00 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Preclinical development of HBV/HDV-targeting small-molecule antivirals; Speaker:  Nuruddin Unchwaniwala, PhD, Senior Scientist, Assembly Biosciences, Inc. Join in person:  1335 HSLC Tuesday, September 10, 2024 10:00 AM       Metabolism Colloquium:  Post-translational regulation of mitochondrial metabolism; Speaker:  Natalie M. Niemi, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis. Join in person:  1255 HF DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building  12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  TBD; Speaker:  Paul Liu, PhD, Senior Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH. Join in person:  Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, DeLuca Forum Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460 (Passcode: 936743) 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Special Seminar:  Enter the lipidome: the molecular fight for energy homeostasis; Speaker:  Judith Simcox, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry, UW–Madison. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/biochem_js 5:30 PM          RNA Maxigroup Seminar:  The ribosome is the master arbiter of mRNA stability; implications for mRNA medicines; Speaker:  John Coller, PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Join in person:  2131HF Biochemistry Wednesday, September 11, 2024 11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Intrinsic and Microenvironmental Effects of EYA Phosphatases on Tumor Progression; Speaker:  Heide Ford, PhD, Prof. of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus. Join in person:  1345 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96369895715  (Passcode: 872480)  12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  Decoding Synaptic Transmission with Light; Speaker:  Mike Hoppa, PhD, Dept. of Biology, Dartmouth College. Join in person:  3571 WIMR II  12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Student Seminar:  Genomic expeditions in mosquito-transmitted nematodes to illuminate host-parasite interactions; Speaker:  Clair Henthorn (Advisor: Dr. Mostafa Zamanian), SVM, Pathobiological Sciences, UW–Madison. Join in person:  2255 School of Veterinary Medicine Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95023776889?pwd=fiJYWa0maykVmCXI7usbmWvbQzgvtn.1 (Meeting ID: 950 2377 6889, Passcode: 930)  3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  The genomic making of metabolic niche breadth in a eukaryotic subphylum; Speaker:  Chris Todd Hittinger, PhD, Prof. of Genetics, UW–Madison. Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09   Thursday, September 12, 2024 11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  Vitamin D and calcium reinforce bone health despite extreme vitamin A statuses; Speaker:  Cacious Phiri, MS, Nutritional Sciences, UW–Madison. Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences  12:00 PM        Pathology Seminar:  Presynaptic Inhibition Regulates Light Adaptation in the Retina; Speaker:  Jenna Nagy, PhD Candidate, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, UW–Madison. Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99490374322?pwd=N050ZHFjUERoQzd6c1U3ZUdyWVBidz09  12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  New pieces in a viral puzzle: identifying novel requirements for human cytomegalovirus infectivity; Speaker:  Kylee Morrison (Kalejta Lab), Postdoctoral fellow, UW–Madison. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences  12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Shaping the Shell: Dispersal, water retention, and gravity as selective pressures on Pacific Island land snail shell morphology; Speaker:  Teresa Osborn, Post-doctoral scholar, Dept. of Biology, Villanova University. Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98648374748  Friday, September 13, 2024 3:00 PM          Department of Medicine Grand Rounds:  Travels with the P53 Tumor Suppressor Network; Speaker:  Carol Prives, PhD, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. Join in person:  G5/119 Auditorium, Clinical Science Center, UW Health Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95215658612?pwd=M0YvTTJaSklNWkF4R2ZxYnowSGNkUT09  (Password: grandround)