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Events

GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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My Circuitous Route from New Providence, NJ to Madison, WI

Hazel M. Holden, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison WI

 Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9576 (Case Method Room)

Host: Dr. Joseph Wedekind

Structural Insights into Novel Deoxysugar Biosynthesis in Bacteria

Hazel Holden, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Madison

 Dec 18, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dr. Joseph Wedekind (Co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)

An Unforeseen Path to a Fortuitous End

Martha Fedor, Ph.D. - Editor in Chief, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Professor, Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

 Nov 21, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9576 (Case Method Room)

Host: Dr. Lynne E. Maquat

Test Driving the 60S Ribosomal Subunit

Arlen Johnson, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences; The University of Texas at Austin

 Nov 06, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky

Timing is Everything … Or Is It?

Lea Vacca Michel, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry and Materials Science Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 Oct 17, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9576 (Case Method Room)

Host: Dr. Lynne E. Maquat

From a Childhood in India to Seeing the Structure of the Machine that Reads our Genes

Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate - Professor, Structural Studies Division MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England

 Oct 03, 2013 @ 12:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Normal and Unusual Decoding by the Ribosome

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. - Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Cambridge Biomedical Campus; Cambridge, England

 Oct 02, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | G-9425 (Class of '62 Aud.)

Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (Co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster & Graduate Women in Science)

Mentee-mentor relationships in the development of an academic career

Kara Bren, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

 May 16, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9545 (Natapow Room)

Leveraging Opportunities in Graduate School to Build the Career YOU Want

Wendi Heinzelman, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Dean of Graduate Studies, College of Arts, Sciences & Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

 Apr 18, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9545 (Natapow Room)

How the Yogis Do It: The Science of Stress Management

Eleanor Goldfarb, N.P. - Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Open Sky Yoga Center, Rochester, NY

 Mar 21, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-6823 (Neuman Room)

Re-writing the Unwritten Rules

Melissa J. Moore, Ph.D. - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-director, RNA and Neuro Therapeutics Institutes; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

 Feb 21, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Biotech Startups - Risks and Rewards

Phil Belgrader, Ph.D. - R& D Manager, Bio-Rad (formerly QuantaLife) in Hercules, CA

 Jan 17, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9545 (Natapow Room)