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June 2022
Midweek Movies: Spilled Milk
Event Details Midweek Movies Presents: Spilled Milk Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here…
Find out more »Managing Threatening Confrontations – REGISTRATION FULL
This training has reached capacity. If you would like to be placed on a cancellation list, please email mltruman@wisc.edu. Registration begins at 8:45 am. Time includes a one hour lunch break, on your own. Space…
Find out more »July 2022
Midweek Movies: Crip Camp
Event Details Midweek Movies Presents: Crip Camp Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here…
Find out more »Midweek Movies: Crip Camp – Evening Showing
Event Details Midweek Movies Presents: Crip Camp Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here…
Find out more »Golf Benefit 2022
30th Annual Golf Benefit, Monday, July 18, 2022 at Maple Bluff Country Club This summer, the Friends of the Waisman Center mark the 30th anniversary of our annual golf benefit. We celebrate 30 years of…
Find out more »August 2022
Midweek Movies: Two and Twenty Troubles
Event Details Midweek Movies Presents: Two and Twenty Troubles Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration:…
Find out more »September 2022
Seminar – Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD, PhD – Topic: Cortical Interneuron Hypofunction as a Target for Therapy in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau investigates synaptic and circuit changes in the mouse model of Fragile X syndrome in his lab at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he is on faculty. He has received grants from the NIH, the Dana Foundation, the March of Dimes Foundation, the Simons Foundation, and the John Merck Fund. From 2013 to 2021 he was the co-director of the UCLA-Caltech medical Scientist Training Program. He still sees patients in the movement disorders clinic.
Find out more »Seminar – Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc FRSC – Topic: Understanding the Composition of the Human Genome for Studies of Genetic Disease
Dr. Stephen Scherer’s research includes understanding the composition of the human genome for studies of genetic disease built around three themes: 1) gene copy number and structural variation in the human genome, 2) determining the genetic architecture in autism spectrum and related- disorders and using this information to help families, and 3) developing infrastructure and capacity in Canada for translational genomics research.
Find out more »Seminar – Junmin Peng, PhD – Topic: Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches to Explore DNA, RNA, Proteins, and Metabolites
Dr. Peng is a member of both the Structural Biology and Developmental Neurobiology departments at St. Jude and serves as the director of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics. His research involves using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology to understand mechanisms of human disease.
Find out more »October 2022
Seminar – Brenna Maddox, PhD – Topic: Improving Community Services for People on the Autism Spectrum Across the Lifespan
Dr. Maddox is an assistant Professor in the department of psychiatry. As the implementation scientist at TEACCH, her work focuses on improving community services for people on the autism spectrum across the lifespan.
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