Events
GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Download the Spring '26 Schedule
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)