Seminar list for this week: Nov 9-13

 Monday, November 9, 2026

3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Design Principles for Metalloprotein Chemistry; Speaker: Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, University of Michigan

Join in person: 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building

3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Inositol Polyphosphate Multikinase Supports Lipogenesis Through PIP3-Linked ATP Citrate Lyase; Speaker: Colin Sterling, Cryns Lab

Join in person: 6571 WIMR II

3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Chromosomal instability as an exploitable vulnerability to 177Lu-PSMA-617; Speaker: Yeseo Choi, Bradfield Lab

Join in person: 6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

10:00 AM Cancer Biology Dissertation Defense: Determining the Effect of Dose Heterogeneity from Radiopharmaceutical Therapy on the Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment; Speaker: Maya Takashima; Advisor: Zachary Morris

Join in person: 1335 HSLC

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95701674106

11:00 AM Blood Cancer Colloquium: RSK1 is an Exploitable Dependency in Myeloid Malignancies; Speaker: Stephen Oh, MD, PhD

Join in person: WIMR 7001A

11:00 AM Blood Cancer Colloquium: PITPβ Drives JAK2V617F-mediated Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Thrombosis by Promoting AKT Hyperactivation; Speaker: Wei Tong, PhD

Join in person: WIMR 7001A

12:00 PM Stem Cell Seminar Series: A Tunable Synthetic Osteoid to Support 3D Osteocyte-like Cell Culture; Speaker: Monica Ohnsorg, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Join in person: Orchard View Room

2:00 PM Special Seminar in Biochemistry (Tenure Seminar): New enzyme chemistry to decipher post-translational modification function; Speaker: Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Biochemistry

Join in person: 1211

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

8:00 AM UWCCC Oncology Grand Rounds: Optimizing Cancer Care in a Resource-Constrained Environment; Speaker: Dr. Muhammed Aasim Yusuf

Join in person: 1220-1222 HSLC

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CWDkDHZ7TaWtcckSdMc7Hg

12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences: Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Secretory Remodeling in Parasitic Nematodes; Speaker: Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez

Join in person: Room 2255S SVM – 2015 Linden Dr.

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96690535664?pwd=pgiagjt469VazVEy90dq8bX8JSaRai.1

Meeting ID: 966 9053 5664

Passcode: 748072

3:30 PM Genetics Colloquium: Using Grass Diversity to Dissect Mechanisms of Morphological Evolution; Speaker: Madelaine Bartlett – University of Cambridge

Join in person: 1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

Thursday, November 12, 2026

9:00 AM The Gene Regulation Seminar Series: Meet the gene regulation community on campus, Flexible format 25 minute or 50 minute presentations, Satisfies training program annual presentation requirements, Cash prize and certificate for best presentation chosen by audience vote, Coffee and pastries co-sponsored by Cell and Molecular Biology training program.

Join in person: Orchard View Room, Discovery Building 3rd floor

9:00 AM Pathology Seminar Zu Rhein Lecture: The Dystroglycanopathies: a wide spectrum of neuromuscular and CNS pathology: Steven Moore, MD

Join in person: 1325 HSLC

12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: H5N1 in Dairy Cattle: Understanding the Potential Risks to Humans; Speaker: Amie Eisfeld, Kawaoka Lab, Pathobiological Sciences Department, UW Madison

Join in person: Room 1211, Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

3:00 PM Madison AI for Proteins Seminar Series: A Hydrogen Atom for Computational Enzyme Design; Speaker: Gabriel Rocklin

Join in person: Khorana Auditorium (Room 175), DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories

3:30 PM Biostatistics and Medical Informatics/ DeMets Lecture 1: With Reference to What?; Speaker: Thomas A. Louis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Join in person: 1306 HSLC

Friday, November 13, 2026

8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: Investing in People: How to Build a Culture Where Faculty Thrive; Speakers: Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD, MSc, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Join in person: UH G5/119

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95138973942?pwd=5l2O1P3sBs4Hg650FKhQCKs9gRAAZ1.1

Password: grandround

12:00 PM Biostatistics and Medical Informatics/ DeMets Lecture 2: Improved Small Domain Estimation via Compromise Regression Weights; Speaker: Thomas A. Louis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Join in person: Morgridge Hall Seminar Room (7560 Morgridge Hall)

12:00 PM Pathology Thesis Defense: Modulation of macrophage phenotype by the pulmonary matrix microenvironment; Speaker: Ivy McDermott, Sandbo Lab

Join in person: 1345 HSLC

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94643699387?pwd=UDltXoQuRHksjoreQIYOnwrQbj1KG9.1

12:05 PM Medical Microbiology & Immunology: Gut Microbial Metabolites and Immunity; Speaker: Dr. Wendy Garrett, Harvard University

Join in person: 1520 MSB

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112

2:00 PM Special Seminar in Biochemistry: Neurobiology of Collective Behavior in Schooling Fish; Speaker: Matthew Lovett-Barron, University of California San Diego

Join in person: 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building

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