Seminar list for this week: January 26-30

Monday, January 26, 2025

12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Seminar:  Polygenic Risk Scores in the Clinic: Are We There Yet?; Speaker: Iftikhar J. Kullo, MD, Prof. of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Join in person:  2798 WIMR West Wedge

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94806573353?pwd=p2JDBPbelaAIDgQw6LvIZbv6TTOA8p.1

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Is the Protein Folding Problem Really Solved? Probing Hidden Conformations on the Energy Landscape; Speaker: Susan Marqusee, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  The Role of Obesity in Metastatic Dissemination of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer; Speaker: Larkin Clem, Advisor: Pam Kreeger, PhD.

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, January 27, 2025

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Mitochondrial Contributions to Hematopoietic Homeostasis and the Pathogenesis of Hematological Disorders; Speaker: Keisuke Ito, MD, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Cell Biology, Medicine, and Medical Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Join in person:  Orchard View Room in WID

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1  (Meeting ID: 918 1416 2149    Passcode: 970506)

Wednesday, January 28, 2025

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  From Complexity to Therapy: Targeting Tumor-Promoting Lipid Macrophages with CAR-Monocytes in Breast Cancer; Speaker: Jennifer Guerriero, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar:  An Udderly Potent Response: Enhancing H5N1 Vaccines in Cattle Using Novel Adjuvants; Speaker: Clara Cole, SVM – Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  2255S 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; Grace Lee, .

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  Molecular Ballet: Decoding Biochemical Signaling Dynamics in the Brain; Speaker: Yao Chen, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Virion Entry Pathway Determines HCMV Infection Outcome; Speaker: Esther Wisdom (Kalejta Lab), Institute for Molecular Virology, Dept. of Oncology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

Friday, January 30, 2025

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine: Lessons Learned, Clinical Directions, and Challenges Ahead; Speaker: Amish Raval, MD, Div. of Cardiovascular Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Join in person:  UH G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96632632635?pwd=aUk4aHpqOXJzcitTcG1Ybk9rUlpxQT09

 (Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  The Lung: Where Allergic Inflammation and Infectious Agents Meet; Speaker: Amali Samarasinghe, PhD, MS, Assoc. Prof., Div. of Allergy and Immunology, Dept. of Medicine, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building