Seminar list for this week: October 27-31

Monday, October 27, 2025

2:00 PM          Frontiers in Proteomics Seminar:  15 years of extracellular matrix proteomics research: Accomplishments and new challenges; Speaker: Alexandra Naba, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois-Chicago.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Still unscrambling the puzzle of biological machines: The replisome continues to surprise; Speaker: James Berger, PhD, Prof. of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 

 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Modeling ER+ metastatic breast cancer in rats; Speaker: Carstyn Joiner (Xu Lab).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Isoform-level transcriptional program of smooth muscle cells in coronary artery disease; Speaker: Shraddha Suryavanshi (Lo Sardo Lab), Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  Orchard View Room in WID

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1  (Passcode: 970506)

3:00 PM          Wisconsin Biosecurity Initiative Seminar:  TBA; Speaker: Gigi Gronvall, PhD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93977078307?pwd=WaQ3UlteKdCVQEPelpJqkogTtlzlRL.1

(Meeting ID: 939 7707 8307    Passcode: 750431)

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBA; Speaker: Ali Mohebi, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Psychology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar:  Investigating ganglion macrophages in dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) in an induced cystitis mouse model; Speaker: Sara Stuedemann, SVM-Pathobiological Sciences, 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:  TBA; Speaker: Liz Nouel (Werling Lab), Dept. of Genetics, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, October 30, 2025

 12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Lipid Interactions During Viral Infection; Speaker: Thomas Kizzar (Simcox Lab), Dept. of Biochemistry, UW-Madison; Roles for Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase in Influenza A Virus Replication and Host Inflammation; Speaker: Uzziah Urquiza (Fan Lab), Morgridge Institute for Research & Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Universal GTPases reveal the early evolution of translation; Speaker: Evrim Fer, PhD candidate, Dept. of Bacteriology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  212 Animal Sciences

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691  

Friday, October 31, 2025

8:00 AM          Medicine Grand Rounds:  Optimizing Melanoma Management with Emerging Biomarkers; Speaker: Vincent Ma, MD, Div. of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92267337694?pwd=ke3QaE5E9RuWpyeL8rTGA80xsDLlbJ.1

 (Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Regulation of Type I Interferon Receptor Signaling; Speaker: Jan Rehwinkel, PhD, Prof. of Innate Immunology, University of Oxford.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building