Monday, October 20, 2025
3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Elucidating Photoinduced Processes and Ultrafast Dynamics of Natural Light Harvesting Complexes and Model Systems; Speaker: Jessica Anna, PhD, Prof. of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq
3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Distinguishing LMP2A from BCR Isotype Associated Effects in Epstein-Barr Virus Transformed Cells; Speaker: Mariah Riel (Advisor: Eric Johannsen, MD); Complement Receptor 1 and Notch 2 are surface mediators of infection by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) in human B cells; Speaker: Beniah Brumbaugh (Advisor: Bill Sugden, PhD).
Join in person: 6571 WIMR II
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
12:00 PM Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar: Fragile X Autosomal Homolog 1 (FXR1) is Required for the Development of Human Dorsal Forebrain Excitatory Neurons; Speaker: Natasha Mendez-Albelo (Zhao Lab), Dept. of Neuroscience, UW-Madison.
Join in person: Orchard View Room in WID
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1 (Passcode: 970506)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
11:00 AM Cancer Biology Seminar: Duel of the fates: Viral infection and the cellular DNA damage responses; Kinjal Majumder, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Oncology, Inst. For Molecular Virology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
12:00 PM Neuroscience Seminar: TBA; Speaker: Samuel Sober, PhD, Prof. of Neuroscience, Emory University.
Join in person: 3571 WIMR II
12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar: You are what you used to eat: Determining the role of early to mid- versus late-life protein intake on metabolic health, physical frailty, and longevity; Speaker: Shelly Sonsalla, SMPH-Dept. of Medicine, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 2255 SVM
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96127660613?pwd=RH9yoChuu3OwzNGav7TGzD3dAjQMAe.1
(Meeting ID: 961 2766 0613 Passcode: 181054)
3:30 PM Genetics Colloquium: Developmental regulation of pioneer-factor activity through preferential usage of distinct DNA-binding domains; Speaker: Eliana Torres Zelada, Research Fellow (Harrison Lab), Genetics, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09
Thursday, October 23, 2025
9:00 AM Pathology Seminar: The L Protein of Avihepadnaviruses influences Virion Morphogenesis” & “KIR-MHC I Interactions in SIV Infection of Rhesus Macaques; Speakers: Stephen Darodda & Kjell Sandstrom, Graduate students, Cellular & Molecular Pathology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1325 HSLC
12:00 PM Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Myeloid derived growth factor regulates the inflammatory fate of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neutrophils; Speaker: Frannie Smith, Graduate Student (Huttenlocher Lab), Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Pediatrics, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1229 HSLC
12:05 PM Analytical Chemistry Seminar: A truncated proteoform of H2AX supersedes the DNA damage response & epigenetics of aging; Speaker: Nicolas Young, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Join in person: 1315 Chemistry Building
12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: Recombination, Reassortment & Accessories: The Dynamic and ‘Funky’ Lifestyles of DNA Viruses; Speaker: Arvind Varsani, PhD, Prof., Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium
12:30 PM Evolution Seminar: Space, place, and pace: Three tales from the mouths of plants; Speaker: Chris Muir, PhD, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Botany, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 212 Animal Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691
Friday, October 24, 2025
8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: Science in Crisis: Clinical Research and the Global Response to Marburg Virus in Rwanda; Speaker: Ryan Westergaard, MD, PhD, MPH, Division of Infectious Disease, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98630739676?pwd=2j6hyG4pw9UPHuMhaxRVuRr0HOPpAB.1 (Password: grandround)