Event Category: McArdle Trainee Seminar

Apr 13

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

April 13, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

Investigating the role of MCPyV T antigens in skin cell reprogramming during Merkel cell carcinoma development Tejas Sabu Advisor: Megan Spurgeon, PhD Investigating the mechanism and effects of HIV-1 Vif-induced pseudo-metaphase arrest Dhaval Ghone Advisor: Aussie Suzuki, PhD

Apr 6

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

April 6, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

Immune-mediated viral clearance in cutaneous MmuPV1 infection Kaitlyn Pham Lambert Laboratory CD3ζ vs DAP12 Intracellular Signaling Domain in GD2 CAR-T Cells Against Neuroblastoma Evan Dray Capitini Laboratory

Mar 23

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

March 23, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

Oncogenic Dependencies of EBV+ Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Lily Wenger Johannsen Laboratory Androgen Deprivation as an Immune Modulating Therapy to Enhance Targeted Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer Kaitlyn Schneider McNeel Laboratory

Mar 9

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

March 9, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

Novel humanized organ-on-a-chip for metastatic prostate cancer extravasation into the liver niche Kate Vietor Advisor: Joshua Lang, MD, MS Exploring targeted KRAS therapies and combination strategies for KRAS mutant colorectal cancer Ellie Boeree Advisor: Dustin Deming, MD

Mar 2

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

March 2, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Therapeutic manipulation of cancer-associated fibroblasts to improve immunotherapy response Ruchi Shah Deming Laboratory

Feb 23

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

February 23, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Contributions of DNA tumor viruses to oncoprotein-induced replication stress Christopher Collins, PhD Spurgeon Laboratory

Feb 16

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

February 16, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

PMK Regulates Cytosolic ACLY–PIP3 Complex Formation to modulate ACLY Activation Colin Sterling Advisor: Vince Cryns, MD Identification of LANCL2 and BLES03 as novel HIV-1 host cell-derived regulatory factors Lauren Kelly Advisor: Nate Sherer, PhD

Feb 9

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

February 9, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Mesothelioma: Functional Validation and the Limitations of RAD51 Foci–based Classification Sharanya Nath Advisor: Jane Churpek, MD Shared Mechanisms of Resistance to Zanubrutinib and Ibrutinib via EGR1 and DNMT3A in Mantle Cell Lymphoma Qinyu Ni Advisor: Lixin Rui, PhD

Feb 2

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

February 2, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

TBD Yeseo Choi Cosper Laboratory TBD Jingjing Zhou Xu Laboratory

Jan 26

McArdle Trainee Seminar Series (Student/Postdoc)

January 26, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 6571 WIMR II

The Role of Obesity in Metastatic Dissemination of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Larkin Clem Kreeger Laboratory