Laboratory of Genetics - 2022 Colloquium
Wednesdays, 3:30 PM, In person in Genetics/Biotech 1111 and Online via Zoom:
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99509316800?pwd=eUh6bnpYQzBxOXo4UU5yMzZyTW5nUT09
Past colloquia recordings can be found here
Summer colloquium is presented by our Genetics PhD students
6/8/22
JoJo Sardina (Currie Lab)
Symbiosis-Driven Evolutionary Innovation in Fungus-Farming Ants
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
6/15/22
Jessica Magri (Pepperell Lab)
Experimental evolution of Gardnerella vaginalis
Audrey Marsh (Harrison Lab)
Embryo development requires histone acetylation by Nejire during the maternal-to-zygotic transition
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
6/22/22
Auguste Dutcher (Gasch Lab)
Interrogating the RBP Ssd1’s role in aneuploidy tolerance: insights from gene over-expression
Megan McKeon (Hull Lab)
Maturation, Dormancy, and Germination of Cryptococcus spores
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
6/29/22
Muhang Li (Wellik Lab)
Understanding the function of Hox5 genes in the lung
Katharine Hubert (Wellik Lab)
Hox gene regulation of skeletal repair
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
7/13/22
Ziyao Zhang (Chang Lab)
The role of CREB signaling in Rett syndrome pathogenesis
Jaime Cordova (Perna Lab)
Determining Evolutionary Modes of Bacterial Oxygen-regulated Gene Families.
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
7/20/22
Xiaoya Zhang (Sridharan Lab)
Investigating the function of Dot1l in cell fate determination.
Trevor Chamberlain (Pelegri Lab)
Mito-nuclear compatibility boundaries across the Danionin lineage
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
7/27/22
John Crandall (Hittinger Lab)
An adaptive interaction between ploidy and metabolism in a wild yeast
Ryan Ward (Peters Lab)
An essential gene CRISPRi library to explore antibiotic function in Acinetobacter baumannii
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
8/3/22
Yuyun Zhu (Hardin Lab)
TES-1/Tes protects junctional actin networks under tension from self-injury during epidermal morphogenesis in the C. elegans embryo
Andrew Rashoff (Lewis Lab)
Inhibition of PRC2 activity in pediatric gliomas.
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
8/10/22
Rebecca Salamon (Mahmoud Lab)
Identifying parasympathetic axon development and pattering in the cardiac ventricles.
Khagani Eynullazada (Roy/Sridharan Lab)
Identifying GRNs of cell state maintenance using computational inference and perturb-seq
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
8/17/22
Wyatt Paltzer (Mahmoud Lab)
TBD
Ben Hall (Donohue Lab)
Characterization of a broad-specificity bacterial lactonase
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
8/24/22
Cristobal Carrera (Ane/Keller Lab)
Dissecting the genetics of lipochitooligosaccharide perception and response in Aspergillus fumigatus
Kevin Bao (Sharp Lab)
The Fitness Effects of Mutations Given a History of Adaptation
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium
8/31/22
Sierra Love (Hoskins Lab)
A Novel High Throughput Screening Platform for Splicing Inhibitor Discovery
Daniel Osorio (Kang Lab)
TBD
Gen/Biotech 1111
Zoom Link: Colloquium