Department of Oncology
Monday, October 14, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: The mechanism of mRNA activation; Speaker: Ruben L Gonzalez, Jr., PhD, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, Columbia University. Join in person: 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Potential role of alpha-2-macroglobulin (A2M) in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Speaker: …
Monday, October 7, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Build it to understand it: synthesis of O-GlcNAc modified proteins; Speaker: Matthew Pratt, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, University of Southern California. Join in person: 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Bioinformatic Pipeline to Investigate Epigenetic Changes in Translational Models; …
Monday, September 30, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Exploring the structure and function of telomeres and telomerase – one molecule at a time; Speaker: Michael Stone, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Santa Cruz. Join in person: DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: HCMV …
Monday, September 23, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Targeting Cancer Cells with pH-responsive Transmembrane Peptides; Speaker: Damien Thévenin, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, Lehigh University. Join in person: 1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: CD40 stimulates sustained NF-kB to promote class switch recombination; Speaker: Donna Li, (Advisor: Shigeki Miyamoto, …
Monday, September 16, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Uncovering novel translational control elements in 5’ UTRs; Speaker: Rachel O. Niederer, PhD, Assist. Prof. of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School. Join in person: 1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Logic-gated chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for acute …
Monday, September 9, 2024 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: RNA compartmentalization by liquid-liquid phase coexistence in simple model peptide systems; Speaker: Christine Keating, PhD, Prof. of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University. Join in person: 1211 HFD Biochemical Sciences Join virtually: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 4:00 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Preclinical development of HBV/HDV-targeting small-molecule antivirals; Speaker: Nuruddin Unchwaniwala, PhD, Senior …
Monday, September 2, 2024 N/A Tuesday, September 3, 2024 3:00 PM Dissertation Defense: Role of toll-like receptor agonists as cancer vaccine adjuvants; Speaker: Heron Jeon (Advisor: Doug McNeel, MD, PhD). Join in person: 7001A WIMR Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/9902102568?pwd=cRjEMnCWMxKxABbrv2P4rDFKPlbZQC.1&omn=98447914570 (Passcode: 1234) Wednesday, September 4, 2024 3:30 PM Genetics Colloquium: Genomic medicine lets ions travel through …
Where are you from and what’s your previous training? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I graduated summa cum laude from St. Norbert College in the spring of 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology (biomedical sciences) and Spanish. During my three years in undergrad, I worked with Dr. Russ Feirer studying the …
The McArdle Laboratory and Cancer Biology Graduate Program were delighted to host Dr. Asha Collins to present and field questions as part of a professional development workshop sponsored by the program’s NCI-funded T32 training program in cancer biology. Students, postdocs, undergraduates, and academic staff were all invited to participate. Asha received her PhD in Cancer …
Where are you from and what’s your previous training? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I’m originally from the Northern VA area, but grew up in a military family, so there’s not a specific place I consider to be my childhood home. After graduating from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, I …