Seminar list for this week: October 20-24

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)