Seminar list for this week: September 22-26

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