Biological Sciences Colloquium: Heather Leskinen

Heather Leskinen, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her work entitled, "Proximity Labeling: a method to identify the dynamic interactions of proteins." The abstract is as follows: In humans and other... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Jong-In Park

Dr. Jong-In Park, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Inducing mortality by targeting mortalin in cancer." The abstract is as follows: Mitochondria possess powerful cell death... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Raman Sukumar

Raman Sukumar, Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, will present a talk entitled, "Long-Term Dynamics of a Dry Tropical Forest in Relation to Climate in India." He is an internationally renowned ecologist and conservation biologist and has been... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Vera de Ferran

Dr. Vera de Ferran, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Latch Lab, will present a talk about her work entitled, “Helping with the Otter Questions: The application of genomic approaches in evolution, taxonomy, and conservation.” The abstract is as follows: The use... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Zhanguo Xin

Dr. Zhanguo Xin, Research Molecular Biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Sorghum Pedigreed Mutant Library is an Efficient Resource for Discovering Traits for Breeding and Targets for Genome Editing." Read more... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Olivia Feagles

Olivia Feagles, PhD Dissertator working within the Höbel Lab, here at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her work entitled, "The nuances of variation in female treefrog mate choice: independent behavior and potential influencers." The abstract for the talk is... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Kerri Coon

Dr. Kerri Coon, Assistant Professor at UW-Madison in the Department of Bacteriology, will present a talk about her work entitled, "Gut microbial diversity and function in mosquitos." Click here to learn about her work. The abstract for the talk is... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Dennis Hancock

Dr. Dennis Hancock, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Director for the USDA, will present a talk entitled, "Transdisciplinary research with USDA's Agricultural Research Center." The abstract for the talk is as follows: Drawing on examples from the U.S. Dairy Forage... Read More

Biological Sciences Collouqium: Dr. An Phu Tran Nguyen

Dr. An Phu Tran Nguyen, Assistant Professor at UW-Milwaukee's Department of Biological Sciences and Greater Milwaukee Area Foundation Shaw Scientist will present a talk about his work. The presentation is entitled, "Understanding the pathological mechanisms of Parkinson's disease: insights from... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. John Kirby

Dr. John Kirby, Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin will be presenting a talk about his work entitled, "Gut Bacteria Burn Calories to Prevent Weight Loss." Click here to read more about Dr.... Read More