Seminar list for this week: October 27-31

Monday, October 27, 2025 2:00 PM          Frontiers in Proteomics Seminar:  15 years of extracellular matrix proteomics research: Accomplishments and new challenges; Speaker: Alexandra Naba, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois-Chicago. Join in person:  1345 HSLC 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Still unscrambling the puzzle of biological machines: The replisome continues to …

Remembering Kristin Yelinek

Kristin Yelinek January 26, 1962 — September 17, 2025 We are very sad to report that a cherished, long-time member of the McArdle community, Kristin Yelinek, recently passed away. A Celebration of Kristin’s Life will be held from 1:30 to 4:00 pm on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at the Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 Co Hwy …

Seminar list for this week: October 20-24

Monday, October 20, 2025 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Elucidating Photoinduced Processes and Ultrafast Dynamics of Natural Light Harvesting Complexes and Model Systems; Speaker: Jessica Anna, PhD, Prof. of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Distinguishing LMP2A from BCR Isotype Associated Effects in …

Seminar list for this week: October 13-17

Monday, October 13, 2025 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  The ABCs of Prokaryotic Ferrous Iron (Fe2+) Transport & Sensing; Speaker: Aaron T. Smith, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  CTCF regulates AAV and recombinant AAV lifecycle …

Student Profile: Ruchi Shah

Where are you from and what made you join the department? I am from the Milwaukee area but moved to Georgia where I did my undergraduate studies. I graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) with a B.S in Genetics and a B.S in Applied Biotechnology. Over my undergraduate career, I was a research assistant …

Partners in Giving: October 6-December 2, 2025

Every fall, Partners in Giving — the annual workplace giving campaign for State, Universities of Wisconsin and UW Health employees and retirees — brings our campus together to make a difference in our communities and beyond by raising funds to support hundreds of local, state, national, and international charities. You can help ‘build a better tomorrow …

Seminar list for this week: October 6-10

Monday, October 6, 2025 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Evolutionary design from molecular to genome scale; Brian Hie, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Is EBV gene expression dose-dependent on DNA copy number?; Speaker: Madilyn Ellis (Advisor: Bill Sugden, …

Seminar list for this week: September 29-October 3

Monday, September 29, 2025 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Harnessing protective immunity against viruses with pandemic potential; Speaker: Nancy Sullivan, ScD, Prof. of Biology and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Single-Cell-Informed Microphysiological System Replicates in vivo Macrophage Regulation of CD8+ …

Seminar list for this week: September 22-26

Monday, September 22, 2025 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Molecular gymnastics of eukaryotic DNA replication; Speaker: Stephen Bell, PhD, Prof. of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq   3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar: Virion Entry Pathway Determines HCMV Infection Outcome; Speaker: Esther …

Seminar list for this week: September 15-19

Monday, September 15, 2025 3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Combined inhibition of MEK and HDAC prolongs the survival of NRAS;ASXL1 driven acute myeloid leukemia; Speaker: Meher Bolisetti, PhD (Zhang Lab). Join in person:  6571 WIMR II Tuesday, September 16, 2025 12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Hb-EGF-mobilized epicardial cells direct cardiomyocyte proliferation dynamics …