Monday, September 22, 2025
3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Molecular gymnastics of eukaryotic DNA replication; Speaker: Stephen Bell, PhD, Prof. of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq
3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Virion Entry Pathway Determines HCMV Infection Outcome; Speaker: Esther Wisdom (Advisor: Rob Kalejta, PhD).
Join in person: 6571 WIMR II
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
12:00 PM Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar: The future of cellular therapy in peripheral vascular regeneration; Speaker: Katherine Hekman, MD, PhD, Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Surgery-Vascular Surgery.
Join in person: DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1
(Passcode: 970506)
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
11:00 AM Cancer Biology Seminar: Viral Subversion of Cellular Gene Expression in KSHV-Driven Cancers; Speaker: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
Join in person: 3110A MEO ILC
12:00 PM Neuroscience Seminar: TBA; Speaker: Cody Wenthur, PhD, Assoc. Prof., School of Pharmacy, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 3571 WIMR II
12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar: Dissecting the distinct immune outcomes of CD4+ iNKT cell immunotherapy; Speaker: Sarah Ferguson, SMPH, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 2255 SVM
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96127660613?pwd=RH9yoChuu3OwzNGav7TGzD3dAjQMAe.1
(Meeting ID: 961 2766 0613 Passcode: 181054)
3:00 PM RNA Collaborative Seminar: UNSW RNA Institute: Overview, Capabilities, Research Programs & Objectives; Speaker: Pall Thordarson, PhD, Prof. of Chemistry, UNSW RNA Institute; Harnessing the potential of antiviral RNA therapeutics; Speaker: Chantelle Ahlenstiel, PhD, Research Fellow, Immunovirology & Pathogenesis Program, UNSW Kirby Institute; Advancing Extrahepatic siRNA Therapies via Chemical Innovation: A Muscle Case Study; Speaker: Hassan Fakih, PhD, Research Fellow, RTI-UMass Chan Medical School.
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Oq9nhk4QviJ0MBYMwCsjw
3:30 PM Genetics Colloquium: A diet-drug interaction reveals hepatic mTORC1 to mediate diet-induced FGF21 expression and energy expenditure; Speaker, Yang Yeh (Lamming Lab), UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09
Thursday, September 25, 2025
9:00 AM Pathology Seminar: Sibling Rivalry: Distinct Assembly and Opposing Functions of EphA1 and EphA2 Kinases in Carcinogenesis; Speaker: Bingcheng Wang, PhD, Prof., Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.
Join in person: 1325 HSLC
12:00 PM Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Hypoimmune pluripotent stem cell therapies in transplantation and hematopoiesis contexts; Speaker: Matthew Brown, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Surgery/Transplantation, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 3001A WIMR
12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: Bioinformatic Dissection of B-Lymphocyte Transformation by EBV and KSHV; Speaker: Mitch Hayes (Sugden Lab), Dept. of Oncology, UW-Madison.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences
12:30 PM Evolution Seminar: Introgression and parental conflict shape repeated occurrences of postzygotic isolation; Megan Frayer, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University.
Join in person: 212 Animal Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691
Friday, September 26, 2025
8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: Peer Support: Mitigating the Emotional Toll of Medical Errors; Speaker: Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School.
Join in person: UH G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99280226583?pwd=cPXHq1xmYwx04uSutJSb6Dk61iFrXl.1
(Password: grandround)
12:00 PM Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar: The Evolution of Immunity and Pathogenesis within Environmental Microbial Battlegrounds; Speaker: Tera Levin, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
Join in person: 1520 Microbial Sciences Building