Seminar list for this week: February 9-13

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)