University of Wisconsin–Madison

Seminar list for this week: March 9-13

Monday, March 9, 2026 10:00 AM       Tumor Virology Faculty Candidate Seminar:  Disrupting host homeostasis: KSHV hijacks host factors to replicate and cause disease; Speaker: Annabel Olson, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Benham Nabet lab. Join in person:  1345 HSLC 12:00 PM        Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar Series:  Poisoned by the Secret of Life: James Watson and the Creation Myth of Molecular Biology; Speaker: Nathaniel Comfort, PhD, MS Professor, History of Medicine Johns Hopkins University. Join in person:  1335 HSLC Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93069067849?pwd=4kYfbJHgcNQeigXS9AXwnlSbT1IvX5.1 (Meeting ID: 930 6906 7849; Passcode: 888825) 3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium: Stress Controls Epigenetic Inheritance of Repressive Chromatin; Speaker: Shiv Grewal (NIH). Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq  3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:   Novel humanized organ-on-a-chip for metastatic prostate cancer extravasation into the liver niche; Speaker: Kate Vietor (Advisor: Joshua Lang, MD, MS); Exploring targeted KRAS therapies and combination strategies for KRAS mutant colorectal cancer; Speaker: Ellie Boeree (Advisor: Dustin Deming, MD). Join in person:  6571 WIMR II Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Species-specific developmental clock models derived from pluripotent stem cells; Speaker: Li Fang (Jack) Chu, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary. 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:  Innate Immune Signaling Transcriptionally Programs Durable Pulmonary Tissue-Resident T Cell Immunity; Speaker: Marulasiddappa Suresh, DVM, MVSc., PhD, Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Join in person:  Room 2360 – School of Veterinary Medicine Wednesday, March 11, 2026 8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:     Large Language Models to Advance Precision Oncology: Balancing Innovation with Impact; Speaker: Danielle Bitterman, MD, Assistant Professor, Mass General Research Institute, Harvard. Join in person: 1222  HSLC  Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93531859928?pwd=Fi5HIoh2UP1giTDiAE2VqLZt3dFGuh.1 (Passcode: 466863) 11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar: Targeting Mitotic Vulnerabilities in Breast Cancer; Ruth Keri, PhD, Professor, Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Genome Sciences, Associate Director for Basic Research, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Join in person:  1345 HSLC 12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Seminar Series: Defining the cellular and molecular features of a late-onset peripheral neuropathy in the Labrador Retriever: Ryan Anderson, Sample Lab, SVM–Department of Surgical Sciences. Join in person:  2255S SVM Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365434171?pwd=lgr5O1BXj7P0HOR15jNv7UZmvmYtZ9.1  (Meeting ID: 963 6543 4171 Passcode: 168065) 3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Mechanisms that promote spindle assembly and stability during oocyte meiosis; Speaker: Sadie Wignall, Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University. Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1   Thursday, March 12, 2026 12:00 PM        Pathology Seminar:  TBD; Speakers: GJulia Colwell/Vaibhav Vemuganti – UW Dept of Pathology CMP Students. Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93995845597?pwd=0ruw7noaEuC5m1UPpweFVRvLwQ8PDU.1&jst=1   12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Emerging Deadly Viruses and their Glycoproteins– From Infection to Vaccines and Anti-Virals; Speaker: Hector Aguilar-Carreno, PhD, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California -Los Angeles. Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium 12:30 PM        Wisconsin Evolution Seminar:  Folding and unfolding phylogenetic networks to understand polyploid evolution; Speaker: Joshua Justison, PhD, postdoctoral scholar, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Join in person:  1441 Genetics Building Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691 Friday, March 13, 2026 8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds: Back Again: The Challenge of Improving Care for Frequently Hospitalized Patient; Speaker: Kevin O’Leary, MD, Division of Hospital Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Join in person:  UH G5/119 Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95939157965?pwd=DNPQdHiAs8AnqngrA5oxAe9KZby9dl.1  (Password: grandround) 12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Halil Kilicoglu. Join in person:  Morgridge Hall Room 7560 Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112?pwd=tHFc9i1dAAgmXe05uWtw8wXBIQZxGB.1 Passcode: 621125 12:05 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Genetic Control of Viral Infection; Speaker: Dr. John Schoggins, UT Southwestern. Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building