Seminar list for this week: October 30-November 3

Monday, October 30, 2023 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Colocalization of intrinsically disordered protein, alternative splicing events, and post-translational modifications: A toolkit for complex signaling and cellular differentiation; Speaker:  Keith Dunker, Indiana University School of Medicine. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via stream:  https://go.wisc.edu/bertics_lec_2023  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Immunization with plasmid DNA …

Seminar list for this week: October 23-27

Monday, October 23, 2023 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  NMR Crystallography: An atomic-resolution probe of enzyme structure and mechanism; Speaker:  Leonard Mueller, University of California, Riverside. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via stream:  https://go.wisc.edu/bertics_lec_2023  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Real time imaging reveals mechanisms of macrophage mediated melanoma invasion; Speaker:  Gayathri Ramakrishnan (Advisor: …

On this Day: McArdle Laboratory Dedication

59 years ago today (October 17, 1964), the new McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research (450 North Randall Avenue) was dedicated. Pictured (left to right): Congressman Melvin Laird; Harold P. Rusch; Kenneth M. Endicott (Director, National Cancer Institute); Robert L. Clodius (Vice President, University of Wisconsin)

Seminar list for this week: October 16-20

Monday, October 16, 2023 12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Seminar:  Dissecting the role of aneuploidy in human cancer; Speaker:  Dr. Teresa Davoli, Assist. Prof. Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine. Join in person:  2798 WIMR West Wedge  3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Bertics Memorial Lecture: EGF receptor endocytosis: Mechanisms and role in signaling; Speaker:  …

Seminar list for this week: October 9-13

Monday, October 9, 2023 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Allosteric mechanisms of transcriptional control in FXR; Speaker:  C. Denise Okafor, Assist. Prof. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Chemistry, University of Penn State. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via stream:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  HCMV entry and tegument protein pp71 localization; …

Seminar list for this week: October 2-6

Monday, October 2, 2023 3:00 PM          Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry:  Lecture 1: Histones: Guardians of the genome in all domains of life; Speaker:  Karolin Luger, University of Colorado-Boulder. Join in person:  1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via stream:  https://go.wisc.edu/steen_kl_lect1  3:00 PM          Frontiers in Proteomics Seminar:  Flying viruses – mass spectrometry meets X-rays; Speaker:  Dr. Charlotte …

Seminar list for this week: September 25-29

Monday, September 25, 2023 12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Seminar:  N/A 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Unprecedented: Lessons from reporting on fast-moving pandemics; Speaker:  Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times. Join in person:  1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Join via stream: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar: Unveiling the Secrets of Epstein-Barr Virus Host Shutoff; Speaker:  Alejandro Casco, PhD. …

McArdle Graduate Student Wins Ruth Dicke Scholarship

The McArdle laboratory for Cancer Research is pleased to announce that Cancer Biology graduate student Mary (Maggie) Stangis (Halberg Laboratory) was awarded the 2022-23 Ruth Dicke Scholarship. This award recognizes women who are performing hypothesis driven research in STEM and Social Science fields. Research Summary: ​​My research is focused on increasing our understanding of how …

Memorial for Charles Kasper

Charles Boyer Kasper, Ph.D. April 27, 1935 – September 5, 2023  I am writing to let you know the sad news that our respected colleague Professor Emeritus Charles B. Kasper passed away on September 5, 2023, in Appleton, WI. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Mary Jean, children Lynda (Dave), David, Jenette …

Seminar list for this week: September 18-22

Monday, September 18, 2023 12:00 PM        Precision Medicine Seminar:  Functional and computational approaches to uncover selection advantages of cancer aneuploidy; Speaker:  Alison Taylor, PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Join in person:  2798 WIMR West Wedge Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91547869984?pwd=a08zRFYrdmZzUGRDL3lMNmxKbEVPdz09&from=addon   3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Structural biology of telomerase mechanism and interactions at telomeres; Speaker:  Juli Feigon, …