CALS
Monday, March 9, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Shiv Grewal
Stress Controls Epigenetic Inheritance of Repressive Chromatin
3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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Speaker: Amy Becker – Professor, Department of Communication and Media, Loyola University – Maryland
Political Comedy and Entertainment: Saving or Stifling Our Democracy?
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Control and production of a pin-point bacterial adhesive by the model pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Clay Fuqua -- Indiana University | Host -- David Hershey
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, March 16, 2026
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Climate Journalism in an Era of AI Slop
Speaker: Jill Hopke – Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, DePaul University
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Cryo-EM THURSDAY MORNING MEET UP!
Wang Zheng - Structural and functional basis of mechanosensitive TMEM63 channelopathies
9-10 a.m.
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Using Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases to Discover and Produce New Bioactive Molecules Inspired by Natural Products
Andrew Gulick -- SUNY Buffalo | Host -- Michael Thomas
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Friday, March 20, 2026
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Food Supply Networks and AI: A Four-Webinar Series
Webinar 2: “Open knowledge on the U.S. food systems to support decision-making” with Dr. Deniz Berfin Karakoc, Arizona State University
12-1:30 p.m.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Biochemistry Department's Boyer Award Seminar - Paige Henning
Hunting the S-Protein Homolog Receptor: Initial Exploration of an Uncharacterized Family of Plant Peptide Hormones
3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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The Most Challenging Argument to Make: Feelings of Safety in Dark Sky Advocacy
Speaker: Jenell Johnson - Professor, Dept. of Communication Arts, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 26, 2026
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Investigating fundamental growth rate restrictions in the dominant and cosmopolitan SAR11 bacterioplankton
Cameron Thrash -- University of Southern California | Host -- Trina McMahon
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, April 6, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Nick Ingolia
Global Analysis of the NetworksRegulating mRNA Translation
3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Risk and efficacy in the communication of PFAS in municipal water
Speaker: Lyn Van Swol - Professor, Department of Communication Arts, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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From Metabolomics and Fluxomics to Metabolic Engineering
Junyoung (Jun) Park -- University of California, Los Angeles | Host -- Daniel Amador-Noguez
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, April 13, 2026
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Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Wilfred van der Donk
Genome Mining for Novel Enzymatic Reactions
3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Wilfred van der Donk
Biosynthesis and Engineering of Macrocyclic Peptides
3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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Extension Outreach to Private Woodland Owners: Science Communication in Action
Speaker: Scott Hershberger, Forestry Communications Specialist, UW-Madison Extension
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Inorganic polyphosphate, (p)ppGpp, and a journey through bacterial physiology
Michael Gray -- University of Alabama at Birmingham | Host -- Briana Burton
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences