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

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Madhusudan Dey

Dr. Madhusudan Dey, Associate Professor of Microbiology in the Biological Sciences Department at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Sensing and Signaling in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress." The abstract is as follows: Approximately one third of cellular proteins... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Alita Burmeister

Lapham Hall, N101 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Title: Trade-offs and Trade-ups in Bacteria-Phage Coevolution Abstract: Evolutionary trade-offs are thought to be a fundamental factor constraining adaptation in natural populations. Trade-offs have also been leveraged in the treatment of bacterial infections through selection by phage at the expense... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Allison Ebert, Medical College of Wisconsin

Lapham Hall, N101 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Abstract:  My lab uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases. We have two main branches of the lab. The first is to understand how viral infection alters neuron and astrocyte differentiation and function. The second... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Manish Tiwari, UW Madison

Lapham Hall, N101 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Dr. Manish Tiwari, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA E-mail: mtiwari5@wisc.edu, will present a talk about his work on “Tracking the Ancestry of Nod Factors: Exploring the Realms Beyond Alpha- and Beta-Rhizobia" The Abstract is as follows: Nod factors... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Chris Marshall, Marquette University

Lapham Hall, N101 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

"Adaptations In Biofilms: From Clinics to Climate Change" The Abstract is as follows: My research program addresses two grand challenges in science: antimicrobial resistance and quantifying global biogeochemical cycling. In the first, I am interested in how diversity and metabolic... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr.  Joseph Hoyt, Virginia Tech

Lapham Hall, N101 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Dr. Hoyt from Virginia Tech will present a talk about his work entitled, "Sit-and-Wait Pathogens: Environmental Pathogen Reservoirs and Infectious Disease Dynamics." The Abstract is as Follows: Emerging infectious diseases are recognized as a serious threat to wildlife populations, and pathogen... Read More