Seminar list for this week: April 27-May 1

Monday, April 27, 2026

12:30 PM        MCP Signal Transduction Research Symposium Keynote: Non-canonical signaling mechanisms through which glucocorticoids promote drug seeking; Speaker: Dr. John Mantsch, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Join in person:  1325 HSLC

3:00 PM          Biochemistry Colloquium: Structural and Dynamic Studies of Protein and Protein-nucleic Acid Complexes by Solid-state NMR; Speaker: Christopher Jaroniec, Ohio State University.
Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences

3:30 PM          McArdle Trainee Seminar:   Determining how HBV Nuclear Reservoirs Regulate Host Genome Stability; Speaker: Gavin Marcoe (Advisor: Kinjal Majumder, PhD); Developing Immunotherapy in NRAS/ASXL1 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Speaker: Jacqueline Cook (Advisor: Jing Zhang, PhD).
Join in person:  6571 WIMR II

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

12:00 PM        Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar:   Engineering human blood vessels for modeling and therapeutics; Speaker: Sharon Gerecht.
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)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

8:00 AM         Oncology Grand Rounds:     Palliative Care Updates 2026; Speakers: Danielle DiGennaro, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, Nurse Practitioner-Medicine, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care, SMPH; Meghan Trainor, MD, Assistant Professor (CHS), Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care, SMPH.
Join in person:  CSC room G5/119
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3e-OhuwRFas5jgMYj4DEw#/registration
(Passcode: 466863)

12:00 PM        Neuroscience Seminar:  TBD; Speaker: Jeffrey Holt, Harvard University.
Join in person:  3571 WIMR II

3:30 PM          Genetics Colloquium:  Adventures in Mycobacterial Post-Transcriptional Regulation; Speaker: Scarlet Shell, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Join in person:  1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94776586325?pwd=yI9CzToAugHaA07jxeSMWK17kKDsJk.1    

Thursday, April 30, 2026

12:00 PM        Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Single-cell and spatial omics analysis of immune cells; Speaker: Huy Dinh, Assistant Professor, Department Oncology, Wisconsin-Madison.
Join in person:  5001A WIMR

12:00 PM        Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar:  TBD; Speaker:  Jenna Wiens (UMich).
Join in person:  Morgridge Hall Room 7560
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112
Passcode: 621125

12:10 PM        Molecular Virology Seminar:  Research at a Liberal Arts College: from Retroviruses to Bacteriophage; Speaker: Prof. Holly Basta, Dept. of Biology, Rocky Mountain College.
Join in person:  1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium

12:30 PM        Wisconsin Evolution Seminar: Society, Culture & Natural History: How Humans Shape Species from Nomenclature to Evolution; Speaker: Elizabeth Carlen, Living Earth Collaborative and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis.
Join in person:  1441 Genetics Building
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99886790505

3:00 PM          Cancer Biology Dissertation Defense: Marrow-Derived MSCs (MSC(M)) Reshape the Post-Radiation Myeloid Environment of the Mouse Submandibular Gland (SMG); Speaker: Cristina Paz, Advisor: Randall Kimple, MD, PhD.
Join in person:  1309 HSLC
Join via Zoom:  https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92089663942?pwd=fa65V2SLbyEOPmVJC4CExGUo3bN9II.1&from=addon

 Friday, May 1, 2026

8:00 AM         Medicine Grand Rounds: Robot Replacement or Re-Enforcement? AI Implementation in Healthcare: Successes, Failures, and A Lot of Unknowns; Speaker: Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc (Visiting Speaker) Infectious Diseases, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Join in person:  1306 HSLC
Join via Zoom: 
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96587677146?pwd=PN6fbsFeZmgQReTdqqCoJKDnCGLmHP.1
(Password: grandround)

12:05 PM        Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar:  Tuning the Microscope: Redefining Pathogenesis Paradigms for an Arthropod-Borne Pathogen; Speaker: Dr. Thomas Burke, Univ. of California-Irvine.
Join in person:  1520 Microbial Sciences Building