Reflections

In a recently published article in JBC, Dick Burgess, Emeritus Professor of Oncology, describes his time as a graduate student at Harvard when he discovered the first positive transcription factor sigma and determined the subunit structure of E. coli RNA polyermase.

Seminars listings this week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2021

Monday, November 29 3:00 PM      Biochemistry Colloquium:  “Single particle Cryo-EM, and a story during the COVID-19 pandemic” Speaker:  Yifan Cheng, UCSF/HHMI Investigator. Join in person:  Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences   3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  “Investigating the expression of MCPyV T antigens in different cell types” Speaker:  Amanda Loke (Advisor:  Paul Lambert).  “Who’s in …

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Seminars listings this week: Nov. 22-26, 2021

Monday, November 22 9:00 AM      UW–Madison Proteomics Seminar:  “Mass spectrometric characterization of mouse brains and spheroids” Speaker:  Amanda Hummon, PhD, Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University.  “Multimodal glycan imaging MS approaches to glycoproteomics and diagnostics” Speaker:  Richard Drake, PhD, Professor, Dept of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina. …

Seminars listings this week: Nov. 15-19, 2021

Monday, November 15  12:00 PM    Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine Seminar:  “High-throughput functional genomics for studying fundamental biology and improving human health” Speaker:  Dr. Gaelen Hess, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomolecular Chemistry and CHGPM, UW–Madison. Join via Zoom  3:00 PM      Biochemistry Colloquium:  “Understanding eukaryotic DNA replication one molecule and one step at a …

Seminars this week: Nov. 8-12, 2021

Monday, November 8 3:00 PM      Biochemistry Colloquium:  “GLP-1 as a critical link in immunometabolism;” Speaker:  Darleen Sandoval, University of Colorado-Denver. Attend in Person:  Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building.  3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  “Synergizing with chromosomal instability to induce cell death;” Speaker:  John Tucker (Advisor:  Beth Weaver).  “Getting to the core:  single-cell analysis of …

Seminars this week: Nov 1-5, 2021

Monday, November 1 3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  “The role of DNMT3A in mantle cell lymphoma;” Speaker:  Nguyet-Minh (Julie) Hoang (Advisor:  Lixin Rui). Join via Zoom (Passcode:  374167)  Tuesday, November 2 12:00 PM    Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  “Bioengineering human CNS morphogenesis for regulatory science applications;” Speaker:  Dr. Randolph Ashton, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. …

Seminars this week: Oct 25-29, 2021

Monday, October 25 3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  “MTORC1/2 and HDAC1/2 inhibition for the treatment of PIK3CA mutant colorectal cancer;” Speaker:  Rebecca DeStefanis (Advisor:  Dustin Deming).  “Single cell transcriptional landscape of the human fallopian tube and its implications for early ovarian cancer development;” Speaker:  Joshua Brand (Advisor:  Huy Dinh). Join via Zoom Passcode: 374167 (new …

Seminars this week: Oct 18-22, 2021

Monday, October 18 9:00 AM     UW Proteomics Seminar:  “Mass spectrometry-guided precision biology and medicine;” Speaker:  Yu-Ju Chen PhD, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, and National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; President, Human Proteome Organization.  “Proteomes in 3D;” Speaker:  Paola Picotti, PhD, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Join via Zoom  12:00 PM   CHGPM Seminar: …

Seminars this week: Oct 11-15, 2021

Monday, October 11 3:00 PM      Biochemistry Colloquium:  Chemical probes for hydrolytic enzymes:  applications for cancer and infectious diseases; Speaker:  Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University. Attend in person:  Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building Watch livestream:  http://128.104.155.144/ClassroomStreams/ebling_stream.html  3:30 PM      McArdle Trainee Seminar:  The role of HAPLN1 in multiple myeloma NF-kB activation and survival; Speaker:  Christina Mark (Advisor:  …