Seminar list for this week: February 23-27

Monday, February 23, 2026

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium:  Distinct Recognition Mechanisms by RNA Regulatory Protein Partners; Speaker: Traci Hall, PhD, Senior Investigator: Epigenetics & RNA Biology Laboratory / Macromolecular Structure Group.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar: Contributions of DNA tumor viruses to oncoprotein-induced replication stress; Speaker: Christopher Collins, PhD (Spurgeon Laboratory).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Multi-omic and predictive modeling approaches to engineer robust human pluripotent stem cell differentiation to cardiomyocytes; Speaker: Austin Feeney, MD/PhD Student at University of Wisconsin – Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health.

Join in person:  DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1  (Meeting ID: 918 1416 2149    Passcode: 970506)

3:00 PM          Pathobiological Seminar:  Host-ile reception: Mining the host-parasite interface for anthelmintic discovery; Speaker: Mostafa Zamanian, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  Room 2007 – School of Veterinary Medicine

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:  Noninvasive molecular imaging of the microenvironment to assess treatment response in pancreatic cancer; Speaker: Peter Caravan, PhD, Prof. of Radiology, Mass General Research Institute, Harvard.

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

(Passcode: 466863)

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar:  Dissecting the Stemness Associated Cancer Immune Resistance; Speaker: Yuxuan (Phoenix) Miao, PhD, Asst. Prof., Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  TBD; Guillermina Lozano, PhD, Chair, Department of Genetics, at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1  

Thursday, February 26, 2026

9:00 AM         Pathology Seminar:  Heart-brain communication in cardiovascular disease; Speaker: YiFilip Swirski, PhD – Mount Sinai.

Join in person: 1345 HSLC 

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Use of Fluorescent Reporter Viruses to Study

EBV-Host Interactions; Speaker: Eric Johannsen, MD, Prof., Dept. of Medicine & McArdle Laboratory (Dept. of Oncology), UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM        Wisconsin Evolution Seminar:  How evolutionary biology can guide the search for life: a case for ancient enzymes and nitrogen; Speaker: Holly Rucker, PhD Candidate, Department of Bacteriology, UW-Madison.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics Building

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

1:00 PM        Cancer Immunotherapy/Tumor Immunology (RISE/THRIVE) Seminar:  Cellular networks that lead to intra-tumoral heterogeneity associated resistance in metastatic TNBCs; Speaker: Diego Pedroza, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine,Houston, Texas.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

Friday, February 27, 2026

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds:  Please Don’t Lecture me! Promoting Higher Value in Medical Education; Speaker: Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, MACP, SFHM, FAAP (Visiting Speaker) Department of Medical Education, Northeast Ohio Medical University Health Care.

Join in person:  1325 HSLC

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97991459774?pwd=2uSnR6nZ2K9WAEa9MbOI2tthiSEzzB.1  

 (Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Erin Molloy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building

Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1

12:05 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Electrogenetic Actuation Enabled by Quorum Sensing and Redox Signaling; Speaker: Dr. William E. Bentley, Univ. of Maryland.

Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building