Seminar list for this week: December 9-13

Monday, December 9, 2024 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Spectroscopic Studies of RNA Structure, Dynamics and Photophysics; Speaker:  Julia Widom, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon. Join in person: 1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join online:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Elucidating the role of cellular senescence in colorectal cancer development via spatial analysis; Speaker:  Maggie Stangis, (Advisor: Rich Halberg, PhD); Spatial transcriptomics analysis of the tumor microenvironment in response to immune checkpoint blockade; Speaker:  Parth Khatri (Advisor: Huy Dinh, PhD). Join in person:  6571 WIMR II 4:00 PM          Department of Neuroscience, Cranefield Lecture:  The Functional Logic of a Cognitive Brain System; Speaker:  Gaby Maimon, PhD, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Rockefeller University. Join in person:  1335 HSLC Tuesday, December 10, 2024 10:00 AM       Morgridge Metabolism Colloquium:  Metabolic patterning of immune responses; Speaker:  Will Bailis, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Join in person:  H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building 12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Unique metabolic demands of the germline stem cell lineage: glycolysis is required for stem cell maintenance and egg chamber growth, but not mitotic proliferation, meiotic entry, nor oocyte specification; Speaker:  Emily Wessel, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW–Madison. Join in person:  Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96958883460 (Passcode: 970506) Wednesday, December 11, 2024 8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Incarcerated patients: challenges for cancer care and beyond; Speaker:  Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP, FHM, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Hospital Medicine, UW–Madison. Join in person:  G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93531859928?pwd=Fi5HIoh2UP1giTDiAE2VqLZt3dFGuh.1  (Passcode: 466863) 11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Dynamic metabolic remodeling associated with macrophage response; Speaker:  Jing Fan, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW–Madison. Join in person:  1345 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96369895715  (Passcode: 872480) Thursday, December 12, 2024 11:00 AM       Nutritional Sciences Seminar:  The role of Dairy Food Intake for Improving Health among Black Americans Across the Life Continuum; Speaker:  Kuda Lamin-Bangura, MPH, MS, National Dairy Council. Join in person:  290 Nutritional Sciences 12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium:  The cytokine milieu as a barrier to CAR T-cell activity against AML; Speaker:  Becky Richards, MD, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Join in person:  5001A WIMR  2:30 PM          Comparative Biomedical Sciences Student Seminar:  Dissertation Defense: Gene regulation in Schwann cells after nerve injury; Speaker:  Daniel Okhuevbie (Advisor: Dr. John Svaren), SVM – Comparative Biosciences, UW–Madison. Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91475285886?pwd=tq5a9gIbmv5lIoDwpSuBe5aUbyw9wj.1 (Meeting ID: 914 7528 5886, Passcode: 188104) Friday, December 13, 2024 8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  The Role of the Microbiome in Critical Illness; Speaker:  Robert Dickson, MD, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan. Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94778485045?pwd=ZjhmRVQ1enFDQU5jM2VZa1dOOG54Zz09 (Password: grandround) Join in person:  UH G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94395279721?pwd=NS9LNlBsVDFBMlhMS0lGajRrcC85dz09