Seminar list for this week: October 13-17

Monday, October 13, 2025

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  The ABCs of Prokaryotic Ferrous Iron (Fe2+) Transport & Sensing; Speaker: Aaron T. Smith, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:  CTCF regulates AAV and recombinant AAV lifecycle through changes in the viral chromatin landscape; Speaker: Clairine Larsen (Majumder Laboratory); Gain-of-Function ASXL1 Mutation Synergizes with Oncogenic NRAS to Drive CMML Development and AML Transformation; Speaker: Esra’a Keewan, PhD (Zhang Laboratory).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

10:00 AM       Metabolism Colloquium-Faculty Candidate:  Tuning Sensory Neuron Resilience; Speaker: Lin Yuan, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco.

Join in person:  H.F. DeLuca Forum Rm 1255 | Discovery Building

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  In vivo characterization of adult hippocampal neural stem cell behavior; Speaker: Susmit Mhatre, Graduate student, Cell and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  Orchard View Room in WID

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

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  The impact of patient heterogeneity and treatment sequence in combination cancer therapy; Speaker: Adam Palmer, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

Join in person:  G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center

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

(Passcode: 466863)

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Lactic Acid from Tumor-Associated Bacteria and Radiation Resistance in Cancer; Speaker: Lauren Colbert, MD, Assoc. Prof. of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar:  Yin Yang 1 (YY1) and its Polycomb Group Function Regulates Early T Cell Development; Speaker: Yinghua Wang, (Advisor: Xuan Pan), SVM – Medical Sciences, 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:  Retrograde mitochondrial transport regulates mitochondrial biogenesis in zebrafish neurons; Speaker: Angelica Lang, Graduate Student, Dept. of Genetics, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, October 16, 2025

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  Asthma Begins at the Barrier: Dysregulated Epithelial Responses to Viruses as Drivers of Exacerbations and Airway Remodeling in Childhood Asthma; Speaker: Jason Debley, MD, MPH, Prof. of Pediatrics, Pulmonary, and Sleep Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Univ. of Washington School of Medicine.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94806170454?pwd=0Pa2ZiE95PZcffLx7aJK7sNKJcZc6F.1

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Unrelenting Respiratory Viruses: from SARS-CoV-2 to Bovine

H5N1Influenza; Speaker: Peter Halfmann, PhD, Asst. Prof., Influenza Research Institute & Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM        Evolution Seminar:  Molecular and cellular evolution of the primate dorsolateral prefrontal vortex; Speaker: Andre Sousa, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Neuroscience, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  212 Animal Sciences

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

Friday, October 17, 2025

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Concussion: Identify, Educate, Refer; Speaker: Mary Ann Roelke, OTD, OTR, Occupational Therapy, UnityPoint Health Meriter.

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94448311635?pwd=GxCM824IC9TSbt7hgpiz6G2rCZNnex.1

 (Password: grandround)