Seminar

Speaker: Michael W. Russell, PhD, professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo

Topic: Mucosal immunity in the mouth and genital tract

Location: Room 1520 Microbial Sciences Building 

If you would like to meet with Dr. Russell, please contact Joe Dillard at jpdillard@wisc.edu
Jul
30

Synthetic Genes to Synthetic Life

7/30 6:00 pm - 8/2 5:00 pm

On the Exploration and Synthesis of Biological Systems

The schedule and speaker talks are all available online: http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/seminars/steenbock/symposiums/

Room 1420 Microbial Sciences will be set up to watch the symposium via live video feed on all the days except for Friday, July 31 from 9 am to 12:10 pm.
 

Location: Bock Labs Penthouse 

Title: "Novel Roles for PDGF-B and SorCS1 in Peripheral Insulin Sensitivity"

Speaker: Michael Ferdig, Ph.D., Candidate for the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative, Associate Professor of Biology, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame 

Topic: Systems Genetics of Complete Malaria Parasite Traits 

Location:  Microbial Sciences Building Rm. 1520

If you would like additional information, please contact host, Dr. Jay Bangs at jdbangs@wisc.edu

Jul
30

Synthetic Genes to Synthetic Life

7/30 8:00 am - 8/2 12:00 pm

33rd Steenbock Symposium in honor of Gobind Khorana
On the Exploration and Synthesis of Biological Systems
UW-Madison
Organizers: Aseem Ansari, Uttam L. RajBhandary
http://steenbock33.biochem.wisc.edu

Speaker: Upinder Singh, Ph.D., Candidate for the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative, Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine @ Stanford University

Location: Rm. 1520 Microbial Sciences Bldg

Topic: A Complex Repertoire of Small RNAs Regulate Gene Expression in the Human Parasite Entamoeba histolytica 

If you would like additional information, please contact host, Dr. Laura Knoll at ljknoll@wisc.edu 

Speaker: Mary Ann McDowell, Ph.D., Candidate for the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Scienes @ Notre Dame

Location: MSB Rm. 1520

Topic: Vector-Pathogen-Host: The Unholy Trinity

If you would like additional information, please contact host, Dr. James Bangs at jdbangs@wisc.edu

Speaker: Teresa Compton, Ph.D., Executive Director, Head, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Title: "Career Options in Biomedical Research: Considerations for Finding What is Right for You"

Location: Microbial Sciences Building Rm 1520

 

Speaker: Dr. June Kwon Chung, Ph.D., Chief of Molecular Microbiology Section, Senior Investigator @ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Location: MSB Rm. 1520 

Topic: Is C. neofomans a fungus that is equipped to handle potential future stress encounters? 

If you would like additional information, please contact host, Dr. Christina Hull at cmhull@wisc.edu

Speaker: Man-Wah Tan, Ph.D., Candidate for the Global Infectious Disease Initiative, Assistant Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine @ Stanford University

Location: MSB Rm. 1520

Topic: IT Takes Guts and Nerves to Fight Infections: Molecular Insights of Host-Pathogen Interactions from the C. elegans Pathogenesis System 

If you would like additional information, please contact host, Dr. Laura Knoll at ljknoll@wisc.edu