Seminar list for this week: October 6-10

Monday, October 6, 2025

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Evolutionary design from molecular to genome scale; Brian Hie, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  Is EBV gene expression dose-dependent on DNA copy number?; Speaker: Madilyn Ellis (Advisor: Bill Sugden, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

5:00 PM          Wisconsin Biosecurity Initiative Seminar:  Biosecurity, Bureaucracy, and Breakthrough R&D: From Academia to Government; Speaker: Byron Cohen, PhD, former Advisor for the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR).

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95457112879?pwd=jzbvEVB5VY7GrYhspe3tYvN1DlRbWm.1

(Meeting ID: 954 5711 2879    Passcode: Biosec)

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

10:00 AM       Metabolism Colloquium:  Comparative metabolism: from pathogenic amoeba to humans; Speaker: Jonathan Stefely, MD, PhD, Staff Physician and Post-doc Research Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University.

Join in person:  1255 Discovery Building

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  ICAM-1 knockout pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells as a hypoimmune vascular cellular therapy; Speaker: Sayandeep Saha, Research Asst., Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1  (Passcode: 970506)

5:30 PM          RNA Maxi Group:  RNA processing in the human immune system; Speaker: Kristen Lynch, PhD, Chair & Prof. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania.

Join in person:  2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Best practices in establishing welcoming spaces for LGBTQI+ cancer patients; Speaker: NFN Scout, MA, PhD, Executive Dir. of Natioanl LGBTQI+ Cancer Nework.

Join in person:  G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93531859928?pwd=Fi5HIoh2UP1giTDiAE2VqLZt3dFGuh.1

(Passcode: 466863)

10:00 AM       Bioinformatics Research Seminar:  A Spatially Coordinated Keratinocyte-Fibroblast Circuit

Recruits MMP9+ Myeloid Cells to Drive IFN-I-Driven Inflammation in Photosensitive Autoimmunity; Speaker: Manuel Garber, PhD, Prof. of Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

Join in person:  2131 Biochemistry Building

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBA; Speaker: Andre Sousa, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Neuroscience, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar:  PD-L1 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells: A Translational Target for Enhancing Transplantation Outcomes; Speaker: Junki Lee, SVM—Comparative Biosciences, 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)

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBA; Speaker: Fei Sun, Morgridge Institute for Research.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09  

4:00 PM          Cell and Regenerative Biology Seminar:  Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Fat Tissue Remodeling, and Fibrosis Responses; Speaker: Patrick Seale, PhD, Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania.

Join in person:  1335 HSLC

Thursday, October 9, 2025

9:00 AM         Pathology Seminar:  TBA; Speaker: Lauren Sarko & Phoenix Shepherd, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1325 HSLC

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium:  Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection causes human germinal center B cell-derived lymphomas in the absence of EBNA2 expression: a new in vivo new model system; Speaker: Shannon Kenney, MD, Prof., Dept. of Oncology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1229 HSLC

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Establishing Ultra-Small Latent SIV Reservoirs in Rhesus Macaques and Evaluating Viral Rebound; Speaker: Ally McCullen (Reynolds Lab), Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Genomic contributions to understanding the history of Latin America and the Caribbean; Speaker: Maria A. Nieves Colon, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Anthropology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Join in person:  212 Animal Sciences

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691  

Friday, October 10, 2025

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Screening and Treatment of ​Unhealthy Alcohol Use For​ Cancer Prevention​; Speaker: Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Div. of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine.

Join in person:  UH G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96722212421?pwd=9bZM7b1lL6IyIVy8dwxt2Oq3ro2oaK.1

 (Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Collaborating with the Host to Kill the Pathogen; Speaker: Corrie Detweiler, PhD, Prof. of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building