Seminar list for this week: April 6-10
Monday, April 6, 2026
3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Global Analysis of the Networks Regulating mRNA Translation; Speaker: Nicholas Ingolia, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, UC Berkley.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq
3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Immune-mediated viral clearance in cutaneous MmuPV1 infection; Speaker: Kaitlyn Pham (Advisor: Paul Lambert, PhD); CD3ζ vs DAP12 Intracellular Signaling Domain in GD2 CAR-T Cells Against Neuroblastoma; Speaker: Evan Dray (Advisor: Christian Capitini, MD).
Join in person: 6571 WIMR II
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
12:00 PM Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar: Beyond Gene Dosage: Multidimensional Islet Dysfunction in Down Syndrome-Related Type 2 Diabetes; Speaker: Cyrus Sethna, M.S., Blum Lab, UW Madison .
Join in person: UW Biotechnology Center Auditorium
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1
(Meeting ID: 918 1416 2149; Passcode: 970506)
5:30 PM RNA Maxi Group: RNA at the Center of Conflict and Innovation; Speaker: Blake Wiedenheft, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Biotechnology, Montana State University.
Join in person: 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
9:30 AM Biomolecular Chemistry Seminar: Defining gene regulatory mechanisms that mediate stem cell biology and development; Speaker: Justin Brumbaugh, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder.
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium
11:00 AM Cancer Biology Seminar: Balancing Power and Safety: Mechanistic Insights into CAR T-Cell Efficacy and Toxicity; Speaker: Marco Ruella, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
12:00 PM Neuroscience Seminar: TBD; Speaker: Aaron Batista, University of Pittsburgh.
Join in person: 3571 WIMR II
12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Seminar Series: Consumption of Low Protein Diet Potentiates the Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy; Speaker: Sam Saghafi, Davis Lab, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology.
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: Modern views of a primordial molecule: tRNA ; Speaker: David Garcia, Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon.
Join in person: 1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1
4:00 PM Department of Cell And Regenerative Biology Distinguished Seminar Series: Myeloproliferative neoplasms: where basic and clinical research meet; Speaker: Dr. John Crispino, Chief of Experimental Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
Thursday, April 9, 2026
9:00 AM Pathology Seminar: Targeting the troublemakers: IgA regulation of commensal Candida in the gut; Speaker: Kyla Ost, PhD – University of Colorado – Anschutz – Student Choice Speaker.
Join in person: 1345 HSLC
12:00 PM Cancer Biology Dissertation Defense: The role of NEMO K270/K302 in CD40-activated NF-kB signaling in B cells; Speaker: Donna Li, Advisor: Shigeki Miyamoto, PhD.
Join in person: 1335 HSLC
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96039903393?pwd=US364zV3DnfdwGRJVlnGKChgGR1l0B.1
12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: Exploitation of Host Protein Short Linear Interaction Motifs (SLiMs) by Viruses; Speaker: Jieon Lee (Putnam Lab, UW-Madison Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, UW-Madison); Roles for RNA Helicase DDX3 in HSV-1 Replication; Speaker: Shannon Pestovich (Putnam Lab, UW-Madison Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, UW-Madison).
Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium
12:30 PM Wisconsin Evolution Seminar: Genomic scope of adaptive mutations in the face of environmental challenges; Speaker: Sally Otto, Professor, Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia.
Join in person: 1441 Genetics Building
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691
1:30 PM Genomics Seminar: The Candida albicans Pangenome: Insights into Evolution and Pathogenicity; Speaker: Anna Selmecki, University of Minnesota.
Join in person: Biotechnology Center Auditorium, Rm 1111
Friday, April 10, 2026
8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: HIV, COVID and Pandemic Preparedness; Speaker: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH (Visiting Speaker), Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California San Francisco.
Join in person: UH G5/119
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96087826454?pwd=7W7hVTyqZoKNQLKb3i1IZMYyElgZRv.1
(Password: grandround)
12:00 PM Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar: Semiparametric Neural Network Models for Testing and Estimating Heterogenous Treatment Effects; Speaker: Fei Zou (UNC).
Join in person: Morgridge Hall Seminar Room – 7560
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112
Passcode: 621125
12:05 PM Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar: Innate Immune Regulation of RNA Virus Infection; Speaker: Dr. Michael Gale, Univ. of Minnesota.
Join in person: 1520 Microbial Sciences Building