Seminar list for this week: October 6-10

October 6, 2025

Monday, October 6, 2025 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Evolutionary design from molecular to genome scale; Brian Hie, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University. Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Is EBV gene expression dose-dependent on DNA copy number?; Speaker: Madilyn Ellis (Advisor: Bill Sugden, PhD). Join in person: 6571 WIMR II 5:00 PM Wisconsin Biosecurity Initiative Seminar: Biosecurity, Bureaucracy, and Breakthrough R&D: From Academia to Government; Speaker: Byron Cohen, PhD, former Advisor for the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR). Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95457112879?pwd=jzbvEVB5VY7GrYhspe3tYvN1DlRbWm.1 (Meeting ID: 954 5711 2879 Passcode: Biosec) Tuesday, October 7, 2025 10:00 AM Metabolism Colloquium: Comparative metabolism: from pathogenic amoeba to humans; Speaker: Jonathan Stefely, MD, PhD, Staff Physician and Post-doc Research Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University. Join in person: 1255 Discovery Building 12:00 PM Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Seminar: ICAM-1 knockout pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells as a hypoimmune vascular cellular therapy; Speaker: Sayandeep Saha, Research Asst., Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW–Madison. Join in person: DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91814162149?pwd=AYgwgbFNekOLHyQrj7wUCkxem9b2Yw.1 (Passcode: 970506) 5:30 PM RNA Maxi Group: RNA processing in the human immune system; Speaker: Kristen Lynch, PhD, Chair & Prof. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania. Join in person: 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building Wednesday, October 8, 2025 8:00 AM Oncology Grand Rounds: Best practices in establishing welcoming spaces for LGBTQI+ cancer patients; Speaker: NFN Scout, MA, PhD, Executive Dir. of Natioanl LGBTQI+ Cancer Nework. Join in person: G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/s/93531859928?pwd=Fi5HIoh2UP1giTDiAE2VqLZt3dFGuh.1 (Passcode: 466863) 10:00 AM Bioinformatics Research Seminar: A Spatially Coordinated Keratinocyte-Fibroblast Circuit Recruits MMP9+ Myeloid Cells to Drive IFN-I-Driven Inflammation in Photosensitive Autoimmunity; Speaker: Manuel Garber, PhD, Prof. of Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Join in person: 2131 Biochemistry Building 12:00 PM Neuroscience Seminar: TBA; Speaker: Andre Sousa, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Neuroscience, UW–Madison. Join in person: 3571 WIMR II 12:00 PM Comparative Biomedical Sciences Seminar: PD-L1 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells: A Translational Target for Enhancing Transplantation Outcomes; Speaker: Junki Lee, SVM—Comparative Biosciences, UW–Madison. Join in person: 2255 SVM Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96127660613?pwd=RH9yoChuu3OwzNGav7TGzD3dAjQMAe.1 (Meeting ID: 961 2766 0613 Passcode: 181054) 3:30 PM Genetics Colloquium: TBA; Speaker: Fei Sun, Morgridge Institute for Research. Join in person: 1441 Genetics/Biotechnology Center Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98087850165?pwd=azZ5Q3diR0tXb2p4UTBxTDVZVkJkZz09 4:00 PM Cell and Regenerative Biology Seminar: Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Fat Tissue Remodeling, and Fibrosis Responses; Speaker: Patrick Seale, PhD, Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania. Join in person: 1335 HSLC Thursday, October 9, 2025 9:00 AM Pathology Seminar: TBA; Speaker: Lauren Sarko & Phoenix Shepherd, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, UW–Madison. Join in person: 1325 HSLC 12:00 PM Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute Colloquium: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection causes human germinal center B cell-derived lymphomas in the absence of EBNA2 expression: a new in vivo new model system; Speaker: Shannon Kenney, MD, Prof., Dept. of Oncology, UW–Madison. Join in person: 1229 HSLC 12:10 PM Molecular Virology Seminar: Establishing Ultra-Small Latent SIV Reservoirs in Rhesus Macaques and Evaluating Viral Rebound; Speaker: Ally McCullen (Reynolds Lab), Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, UW–Madison. Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Auditorium 12:30 PM Evolution Seminar: Genomic contributions to understanding the history of Latin America and the Caribbean; Speaker: Maria A. Nieves Colon, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Anthropology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Join in person: 212 Animal Sciences Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92652990691 Friday, October 10, 2025 8:00 AM Medicine Grand Rounds: Screening and Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use For Cancer Prevention; Speaker: Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Div. of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. Join in person: UH G5/119 Clinical Sciences Center Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96722212421?pwd=9bZM7b1lL6IyIVy8dwxt2Oq3ro2oaK.1 (Password: grandround) 12:00 PM Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar: Collaborating with the Host to Kill the Pathogen; Speaker: Corrie Detweiler, PhD, Prof. of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder. Join in person: 1520 Microbial Sciences Building