Seminar list for this week: February 16-20

Monday, February 16, 2025

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Deep Mutational Pharmacology Reveals the Molecular Basis of Opioid Receptor Activity; Speaker: Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Bioengineering, School of Pharmacy, University of California-San Francisco.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar: IPMK Regulates Cytosolic ACLY–PIP3 Complex Formation to modulate ACLY Activation; Speaker: Colin Sterling (Advisor: Vince Cryns, MD); Identification of LANCL2 and BLES03 as novel HIV-1 host cell-derived regulatory factors; Speaker: Lauren Kelly (Advisor: Nate Sherer, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, February 17, 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 Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building

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

1:00 PM          Cancer Biology Dissertation Defense:  HIV-1’s Manipulation of Host Cell Cycle Control and Cell Fate; Speaker: Madison Bandini, Advisor: Nate Sherer, PhD.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94248274456

Wednesday, February 18, 2025

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Bone Metastatic Niches; Speaker: Xiang (Shawn) Zhang, PhD, Prof. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBD; Nick Burgraff, PhD, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBD; Aurelie Rakotondrafara, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Plant Pathology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, February 19, 2025

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung: diagnostic conundrums and updates; Speaker: Yin (Rex) Hung, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Pathology, Harvard Medical School.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94806170454?pwd=0Pa2ZiE95PZcffLx7aJK7sNKJcZc6F.1

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium:  Cell fate decisions in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis; Speaker: Marjorie Brand, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Cell & Regenerative Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  5001A WIMR

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Influenza Virus Evolution Across Scales; Speaker: Thomas Friedrich, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

5:30 PM          RNA Maxi Group:  Specificity and regulation in Mrna poly(A) tail biogenesis; Speaker: Lori Passmore, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.

Join in person:  2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building

Friday, February 20, 2025

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance; Speaker: Yowelunh McLester-Davis, PhD, Native American Center for Health Professions, 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

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12:05 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Commensal Manipulation of Host Immunity; Speaker: Noah Palm, PhD, Prof. of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building