CALS Events
Today, April 7, 2026
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Risk and efficacy in the communication of PFAS in municipal water
Speaker: Lyn Van Swol - Professor, Department of Communication Arts, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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From Metabolomics and Fluxomics to Metabolic Engineering
Junyoung (Jun) Park -- University of California, Los Angeles | Host -- Daniel Amador-Noguez
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
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Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Wilfred van der Donk
Genome Mining for Novel Enzymatic Reactions
3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Wilfred van der Donk
Biosynthesis and Engineering of Macrocyclic Peptides
3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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Extension Outreach to Private Woodland Owners: Science Communication in Action
Speaker: Scott Hershberger, Forestry Communications Specialist, UW-Madison Extension
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Madison AI for Proteins (MAIP) & the UW Data Science Institute Special Seminar
Rohith Krishna - Biomolecular structure prediction and design using generative models
2 p.m.
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Inorganic polyphosphate, (p)ppGpp, and a journey through bacterial physiology
Michael Gray -- University of Alabama at Birmingham | Host -- Briana Burton
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Monday, April 20, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: James Berger
Still Unscrambling the Puzzle of Biological Machines: The Replisome Continues to Surprise
3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Seeing Memory: How Art, Neuroscience, and Storytelling Shape What We Remember
Speaker: Viviane Silvera, Artist-in-residence, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery & Division of the Arts, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Food Supply Networks and AI: A Four-Webinar Series
Webinar 3: “Food flows and digital twins: making food network information actionable” with Dr. Kushank Bajaj, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
12-1:30 p.m.
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Fueling Microbial Life in the Oligotrophic Subsurface: Dissolved Carbon and Necromass Transformations
Romy Chakraborty -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Host -- Erica Majumder
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Monday, April 27, 2026
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Biochemistry Colloquium: Christopher Jaroniec
Structural and Dynamic Studies of Protein and Protein-nucleic Acid Complexes by Solid-state NMR
3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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The Most Challenging Argument to Make: Feelings of Safety in Dark Sky Advocacy
Speaker: Jenell Johnson - Professor, Dept. of Communication Arts, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Friday, May 1, 2026
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Last Class Day
All day
Saturday, May 2, 2026
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Study Day
All day