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