Monday, February 9, 2025
2:00 PM Molecular Virology Special Seminar: The role of structural biology in infectious disease research in South Africa; Speaker: Thandeka Moyo-Gwete, PhD, Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand.
Join in person: Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Mitochondrial Phosphopantetheinylation: The Modification You Can’t Pronounce but Should Know; Sara Nowinski, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq
3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Mesothelioma: Functional Validation and the Limitations of RAD51 Foci–based Classification; Speaker: Sharanya Nath (Advisor: Jane Churpek, MD); Shared Mechanisms of Resistance to Zanubrutinib and Ibrutinib via EGR1 and DNMT3A in Mantle Cell Lymphoma; Speaker: Qinyu Ni (Advisor: Lixin Rui, PhD).
Join in person: 6571 WIMR II
Tuesday, February 10, 2025
12:00 PM Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar: Spatial resolution of extraendocrine Slit2/3 in compensatory islet expansion; Speaker: Matthew Wagner (Blum Lab), Graduate student, Dept. of Cell and Regenerative Biology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: Biotechnology Center Auditorium
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1 (Meeting ID: 918 1416 2149 Passcode: 970506)
Wednesday, February 11, 2025
11:00 AM Cancer Biology Seminar: Developmental origins and clonal evolution of colorectal precancers; Speaker: Ken Lau, PhD, Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology & Surgery, Vanderbilt School of Medicine.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
12:00 PM Neuroscience Seminar: Psychedelics, HPA Axis Activation, and Threat Response; Speaker: Cody Wenthur, Pharm D/PhD, Assoc. Prof., School of Pharmacy, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 3571 WIMR II
12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar: Defining the cellular and molecular features of a late-onset peripheral neuropathy in the Labrador Retriever; Speaker: Ryan Anderson, SVM – Department of Surgical Sciences, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 2255S SVM
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365434171?pwd=lgr5O1BXj7P0HOR15jNv7UZmvmYtZ9.1
(Meeting ID: 963 6543 4171 Passcode: 168065)
4:00 PM Cell and Regenerative Biology Seminar: TBA; Speaker: Makiko Iwafuchi, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
Thursday, February 12, 2025
9:00 AM Pathology Seminar: Macrophages co-cultured with human lung fibroblasts preferentially polarize towards alternatively activated macrophages; Speaker: Ivy McDermott, Graduate student, Dept. of Pathology, UW-Madison; Exploring microbial natural products as potential novel anthelmintics; Speaker: Katie Ryan, Graduate student, Dept. of Pathology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1325 HSLC
12:00 PM Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: TBA; Speaker: Christian Capitini, Prof., Dept. of Pediatrics, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 5001A WIMR
12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: The Role of Virally Encoded CTCF Insulators in Maintaining HSV-1 Latency and Reactivation; Speaker: Kayley Manuel (Neumann Lab), Dept. of Ophthalmology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium
Friday, February 13, 2025
8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: Optimal Blood Pressure Targets with Age: From SHEP to ESPRIT; Speaker: Mark Supiano, MD, Div. of Geriatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine.
Join in person: G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92631006067?pwd=KbfTP7D6IXHWwKgGFhEoGi743ycqi2.1
(Password: grandround)