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McArdle Monthly: July 2026

Spurgeon ME, Lange TE, Baty A, Li H, Lambert PF, Setchell KDR, Wells SI, Zhao X. Lipid reprogramming of stratified squamous epithelium by the high-risk HPV E6 and E6/E7 oncoproteins. Metabolomics. 2026 Jul 1;22(4):111. doi: 10.1007/s11306-026-02498-2. PMID: 42384270; PMCID: PMC13323514. Viruses cleverly manipulate their host cells to support their maintenance, replication and spread.  Genes and …

McArdle Monthly: June 2026

Umar SA, Wang W, Jeon D, Pham LK, Ward-Shaw ET, Lee D, Hu R, Bilger A, Spurgeon ME, Lambert PF. Estrogen receptor α (Esr1) mediates estrogen’s ability to promote papillomavirus-induced cutaneous disease in male and female mice. mBio. 2026 May 29:e0078326. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00783-26. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42212803. Tumors of reproductive tissues often use …

McArdle Monthly: May 2026

Deming DA, Kraus SG, Brand J, Johnson KA, Abbott D, Kratz J, Turk AA, Emmerich P, Carchman E, Lubner SJ, LoConte NK, Uboha NV, Chaudhuri S, Shah R, Field A, Field E, Pasch CA, Kim DH, Weber S, Heise C, Lawson E, Sanger C, Matkowskyj K, Asimakopoulos F, Eickhoff J, Dinh HQ, Bassetti MF. Tumor …

Freedom High School Students Continue Fundraising Efforts for the McArdle Laboratory

In the past school year students at Freedom High School raised and donated over $14,000 for cancer research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. The Freedom community, a town of ~6300 residents located between Appleton and Green Bay, has supported the students and their efforts to raise funds for cancer research for well over …

McArdle Monthly: April 2026

McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research April 2026 Publications Abrahams RR, Larsen CIS, Ha R, Majumder K. The interaction between virus-bound KLF4 and host-bound PARP1 directs the localization of wild-type adeno-associated virus type 2 (wtAAV2) to cellular sites of DNA damage. J Virol. 2026 Apr 29:e0030626. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00306-26. PMID: 42053296. Since adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are used …

Miranda Garcia-Dove Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Alexandra and Bill Dove spent over 50 years carrying out research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. In addition to their scientific accomplishments, they leave behind a legacy of outreach and connection. Now Bill and Alexandra’s granddaughter, Miranda Garcia-Dove, a junior at UW-Madison, is continuing their commitment to bringing people together from diverse backgrounds …

McArdle Monthly: March 2026

McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research  March 2026 Publications Fahl WE, Goesch HR, Goesch SR, Fahl BL. A Defined Patho-Mechanism for Acute Radiation Syndrome Death and a Three-Drug Regimen to Prevent It. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Mar 14;27(6):2659. doi: 10.3390/ijms27062659. PMID: 41898522; PMCID: PMC13026317. Acute Radiation Syndrome mortality is driven by gastrointestinal barrier failure, which …

Night of Hope February 9th 2026

On February 9th, Verona Area High School Staff and Saturn’s 8 DJs hosted a raffle and trivia night at The Seminole Tap in Fitchburg.  All proceeds benefit the UW McArdle Lab for Cancer Research toward the prevention and treatment of all types of cancer.  Over the past 19 years, the Night of Hope has raised …

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nobel laureate Howard Temin

On Sep. 12, 2025 the scientific community celebrated the 50th Anniversary Temin Nobel Prize Symposium hosted by the McArdle Laboratory at the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health in partnership with the UW Carbone Cancer Center and the Morgridge Institute for Research. The Morgridge Institute wrote a summary of the symposium, with links to the speaker recordings. Read th article here: …

McArdle Student Organizes Goodman Center Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive

For Johannsen lab graduate student Lily Wenger (Cancer Biology Graduate Program), it has always been important to give back to the community. Working with a friend, Katie Strother, and with support from fellow graduate students Audrey Chambers and Sarah Lofland, and McArdle’s Chris Carollo-Zeuner, Lily recently organized a holiday food drive in support of the …