Seminar list for this week: December 2-6

Monday, December 2, 2024

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Single-cell analysis of systemic immune response to sequential radiation and immune checkpoint blockade in metastatic colorectal cancers; Speaker:  Joshua Brand (Advisor: Huy Dinh, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Loss of RACK1 regulation by FMRP contributes to electrophysiological and mitochondrial deficits in human Fragile X Syndrome neurons; Speaker:  Carissa Sirois, PhD (Xinyu Zhao Lab), Dept. of Neuroscience, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  UW Biotechnology Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460 (Passcode: 970506)

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  TBD; Speaker:  TBD.

Join in person:  G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93531859928?pwd=Fi5HIoh2UP1giTDiAE2VqLZt3dFGuh.1  (Passcode: 466863)

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Prioritizing genetic variants with protein interaction network analysis; Speaker:  Tony Gitter, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96369895715  (Passcode: 872480)

3:00 PM          RNA Collaborative Seminar:  Proximity Labeling Identifies Putative Germ Granule and Small RNA Factors in C. elegans; Speaker:  Julie Claycomb, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto; From RNA Structure to Function; Speaker:  Hosna Jabbari, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta.

Join via Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Mmd0e2WTeWYuwOXWKxxmQ

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Genetics of Coevolution between Threespine Stickleback Fish and a Crestode Parasite; Speaker:  Jesse Weber, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Integrative Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, December 5, 2024

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  Molecular and biomarker testing in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment; Speaker:  Yun Wu, MD, PhD, Dept. of Anatomical Pathology, Div. of Pathology-Lab, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94222200747?pwd=ct8rt1jQeNzcH9iADdewdzNL9gCEPy.1

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar: Assembly of respiratory syncytial virus matrix protein lattice and its coordination with fusion glycoprotein trimers; Speaker:  Bryan Sibert, PhD, Cryo-EM Research Center & Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Evolution and biodiversity in how animals deal with toxicants; Speaker:  William Karasov, Emeritus Prof., Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1360 Genetics/Biotech

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

1:30 PM          Genomics Seminar:  Pangenomes and other tools in canine and equine: the next evolution of comparative genomics; Speaker:  Brian Davis, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Biomedical Genetics, Texas A&M University.

Join in person:  Biotechnology Center Auditorium

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91997162129

Friday, December 6, 2024

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Designing Paper-based Molecular Diagnostics for Extreme Points of Care; Speaker:  Jacqueline Linnes, PhD, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98235094688?pwd=VkRQVHFsbkhDRFlEUjh5VVJEWWVMZz09  

(Password: grandround)

11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  TBD; Speaker:  Leanne Redman, MS, PhD, Prof. of Clinical Science, Louisiana State University.

Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences