Seminar list for this week: April 13-17

Monday, April 13, 2026

1:00 PM          Cellular and Molecular Pathology Dissertation Defense: Defining neutrophil heterogeneity and plasticity in pre-clinical murine models treated with combined myeloid-modulating immunotherapies by single-cell multi-omics profiling; Speaker: Anqi Gao, Advisors: Huy Dinh, PhD; Paul Sondel, MD, PhD
Join in person:  1325 HSLC
Join via Zoom:
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96137533477?pwd=kruU5CURbjNfPyd5n1s4AmwdvU8MoR.1

3:00 PM          Harry Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry Colloquia: Genome Mining for Novel Enzymatic Reactions; Speaker: Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/steen_lect1   

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:   Investigating the role of MCPyV T antigens in skin cell reprogramming during Merkel cell carcinoma development; Speaker: Tejas Sabu (Advisor: Megan Spurgeon, PhD); Investigating the mechanism and effects of HIV-1 Vif-induced pseudo-metaphase arrest; Speaker: Dhaval Ghone (Advisor: Aussie Suzuki, PhD).
Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:  Stem Cell Seminar with the Wisconsin Stem Cell Graduate Scholars; Speakers: Aishwarya Krishnan, Washington University in St. Louis; Amos Espinosa, Yale University; Claire Ang, Harvard University; Infencia Xavier Raj, Washington University in St. Louis; JinYoung Park, University of Oklahoma Health Campus; Lauren Kageler, Harvard University; Omid Tavakoli Rouzbehani, University of Utah; Romain Menard, MDI Biological Laboratory.
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          Harry Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry Colloquia: Biosynthesis and Engineering of Macrocyclic Peptides; Speaker: Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences
Join via Zoom:  https://go.wisc.edu/steen_lect2

3:00 PM          Pathobiological Seminar:  Shortening TB Treatment: Novel Pharmacologic and Immunologic Targeting of Mtb Persisters; Speaker: Petros Karakousis, M.D., FIDSA, Professor of Medicine, International Health, and Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Join in person:  Room 2007 – School of Veterinary Medicine

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:     Hacking Metastasis; Speaker: Grinu Matthew, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.
Join in person:  G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3e-OhuwRFas5jgMYj4DEw#/
(Passcode: 466863)

12:00 PM        Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Seminar Series: Physiological and Pathological Mechanisms of DDX41 in Hematopoiesis and Cancer; Speaker: Christina Jurotich, Bresnick Lab, SMPH–Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Join in person:  2255S SVM
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365434171?pwd=lgr5O1BXj7P0HOR15jNv7UZmvmYtZ9.1
(Meeting ID: 963 6543 4171 Passcode: 168065)

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Mercedes Paredes, University of California — San Francisco.
Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Spatiotemporal Genomic Analyses and Insights into Pest Evolution; Speaker: Sean Schoville, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1   

Thursday, April 16, 2026

12:00 PM        Pathology Grand Rounds:  What Binary HRD signatures and Mutation Testing Miss: A Multimodal Precision Framework for DNA Repair Subtyping in Prostate Cancer; Speaker: Navonil De Sarkar, PhD – Medical College of Wisconsin.
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93995845597?pwd=0ruw7noaEuC5m1UPpweFVRvLwQ8PDU.1&jst=1   

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Degron-mediated discovery of GATA2 programs; Speaker: Daniel Matson, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Join in person:  5001A WIMR

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Innate Immune Detection of Herpesviruses Mediated by DDX41 and STING; Speaker: Hunter Krzysik (Hoskins Lab).
Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

 12:30 PM        Wisconsin Evolution Seminar: TBD; Speaker: Jasmine Childress, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison.
Join in person:  1441 Genetics Building
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691

Friday, April 17, 2026

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds: GME Updates and Chief Resident Presentation; Speakers: Andy Coyle, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Jessica Comerford, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Join in person:  UH G5/119
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99336966084?pwd=GlWX6QRcm7y5LEpIdgqz35Qr09qNAM.1
(Password: grandround)

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Pengtao Xie (UCSD).
Join in person:  Morgridge Hall Room 7560
Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112?pwd=tHFc9i1dAAgmXe05uWtw8wXBIQZxGB.1
Passcode: 621125

12:00 PM        Essential Tools and New Frontiers in Fluorescence Microscopy Seminar:  Speaker: Daniel Beacham, Senior Staff Scientist, Research & Development, Protein & Cell Analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Join in person: 5001A WIMR
Register here: thermofisher.com/upcomingevents

12:05 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Clostridioides difficile Pathogenesis: from Nursery to Nursing Home; Speaker: Dr. Joseph Zackular, Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building