Seminar list for this week: March 23-27

Monday, March 23, 2026

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium: Evolution of mRNA Translation Across the Diversity of Life; Speaker: Amy Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, DFCI Department of Cancer Immunology & Virology, HMS Department of Cell Biology.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

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

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:   Oncogenic Dependencies of EBV+ Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma; Speaker: Lily Wenger (Advisor: Eric Johannsen, MD); Androgen Deprivation as an Immune Modulating Therapy to Enhance Targeted Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer; Speaker: Kaitlyn Schnieder (Advisor: Doug McNeel, MD, PhD).

Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Environmental Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Function: Insights from Organoid Models; Speaker: Ting Fu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison .

Join in person:  Orchard View Room in WID

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

( Meeting ID: 918 1416 2149; Passcode: 970506)

3:00 PM          Pathobiological Seminar:  There’s something in the water: a playful romp through the world of aquatic and marine invertebrate epidemiology; Speaker: Charlotte Ford, PhD, Research Associate, Goldberg Lab

Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  Room 2007 – School of Veterinary Medicine

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

11:00 AM       Cancer Biology Seminar: Microenvironmental Plasticity: Inflammation Shaping Metastatic Fate; Speaker: Mikala Egeblad, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Tumor Microenvironment, Johns Hopkins University.

Join in person:  1345 HSLC

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Seminar Series: From Matrix to Pressure: How integrin alpha 4 and alpha 9 link FN+EDA-induced signaling to elevated intraocular pressure; Speaker: Tania Sharmin, McDowell Lab, SMPH-Ophthalmology and Visual 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:  Gene Evolution And Sexual Antagonism; Speaker: Manyuan Long, Edna K. Papazian Distinguished  Service Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

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

Thursday, March 26, 2026

12:00 PM        2026 Ann Palmenberg Molecular Virology Symposium Keynote Speaker: Influenza Infection and Immunity in Vulnerable Populations; Speaker: Prof. Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Dept. of Host-Microbe Interactions, St. Jude’s Children Hospital.

Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

 12:30 PM        Wisconsin Evolution Seminar:  Rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity as responses to anthropogenic change: stories from the Pacific field cricket; Speaker: Gabrielle Welsh, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago.

Join in person:  1441 Genetics Building

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99886790505

Friday, March 27, 2026

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Cardiorenal Benefits of Sodium-glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors; Speakers: Cassandra Chiao, MD, Division of Nephrology,

UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Peter Marogil, DO, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,

UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Kurtis Swanson, MD, Division of Nephrology, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Join in person:  UH G5/119

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98457276720?pwd=8anJYiWz6HWbfTc6H5csN2hOVEBcsQ.1

 (Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Rafael Ferreira, Data Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Join in person:  Morgridge Hall Room 2516

Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112  

Passcode: 621125