CALS
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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When Biotechnology Goes “Wild": Stakeholder Engagement for Emerging Environmental Biotechnologies
Speaker: Jason Delborne, Assistant Professor at UW-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, January 29, 2026
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Cryo-EM THURSDAY MORNING MEET UP!
Silvia Cavagnero - Exploring Protein Folding and Dynamics at Birth
9-10 a.m.
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Regulation and mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation
Speaker: Ankur Dalia -- Indiana University | Host -- Mark Mandel
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, February 2, 2026
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CALS Case Competition with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Solve a real-world scenario and win prizes!
8 a.m.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
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Phage Foundry, a systematic multi-scale phage characterization capability to combat bacterial pathogens
Vivek Mutalik -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Host -- Karthik Anantharaman
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, February 9, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Sara Nowinski
Mitochondrial Phosphopantetheinylation: The Modification You Can’t Pronounce but Should Know
3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Veeva Systems Open House – Madison
Explore consulting careers in life sciences | Registration required
12-2:30 p.m.
Veeva Madison Office
Thursday, February 12, 2026
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Cyclic-di-AMP modulates cytoplasmic turgor pressure to protect cells from lysis
David Rudner -- Harvard University | Host -- Tu-Anh Huynh
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, February 16, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Willow Coyote-Maestas
Deep Mutational Pharmacology Reveals the Molecular Basis of Opioid Receptor Activity
3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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CHTC Researcher Forum
Connect with the CHTC research computing community! Hear about what we’re working on, how other users are leveraging compute resources, and share your feedback and your research!
2-4:30 p.m.
7th Floor Seminar Room, Morgridge Hall
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STEM Students Abroad
Pizza, Presentation, and Returned Student Panel
5-6:30 p.m.
On Wisconsin Room AB (first floor), Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym)
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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Microbes and Climate Warming: Impacts, Feedbacks, and Modeling
Jizhong (Joe) Zhou -- University of Oklahoma | Host -- Jade Wang
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
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Environmental, Sustainability, and Natural Resources Connector
Student-Employer Networking
5-7 p.m.
Atrium, Discovery Building
Monday, February 23, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Traci Hall
Distinct recognition mechanisms by RNA regulatory protein partners
3 p.m.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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Swarming motility and the control of flagellar number in Bacillus subtilis
Dan Kearns -- Indiana University | Host -- Briana Burton
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Friday, February 27, 2026
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CALS Site Visit to Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
From Research to Real-World Impact: Careers in Biotech
1:30-4:30 p.m.