Department of Oncology
Student Profile Shirsa Udgata (Dustin Deming Laboratory) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I am from India, but I have been living in the US for the past 6 years and moved to Madison from Philadelphia. I chose the Cancer Biology program because of my very positive interview weekend …
Monday, October 31, 2022 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: “Synthetic mechanobiology: engineering how cells send and interpret force-based cues;” Speaker: John Ngo, Boston University. Join in person: Room 1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg. 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: “The role of PKCd, RIPK4, and IRF6 in the lytic reactivation of EBV-infected epithelial cells;” Speaker: Stuart Fogarty …
Student Profile Tanaya Purohit (David Jarrard Laboratory) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I am from India. I came to the US five years ago for a Master’s degree program. When I was working, I ended applying for graduate school. During my interview weekend, I really liked the rapport between …
Monday, October 24, 2022 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Cancelled. 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: “Endosome escape and virion uncoating during HCMV latency;” Speaker: Esther Wisdom (Advisor: Rob Kalejta). “What can a fluorescent Epstein-Barr virus tell us about host-shutoff?;” Speaker: Alejandro Casco (Advisor: Eric Johannsen). Join in person: 6571 WIMR Tuesday, October 25, 2022 12:00 PM …
Student Profile Zachary Kauffman (Joshua Lang laboratory) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I’m from Columbus, Ohio. I chose Madison because of the nature, kind people, good food, and great beer. I was drawn to the Cancer Biology program because of the collaborative nature among the faculty trainers. I …
Monday, October 17, 2022 3:00 PM Harry Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry: “Division of labor among the subunits of a DNA packaging viral ATPase and its mechanism of translocation;” Speaker: Carlos Bustamante, UC-Berkeley. Join in person: 1211, HFD Biochemical Sciences Bldg. 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: “Intratumoral heterogeneity for DNA mismatch repair affects colon tumor response …
Student Profile Adeline Ding (Joshua Lang laboratory) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I am from Columbus, Ohio and went to school in North Carolina. I first came to Madison to work as a Research Specialist in an epigenetics lab here at UW Madison. I loved Madison because of …
Monday, October 10, 2022 12:00 PM Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine: “Newborn screening by whole genome sequencing – opportunities & challenges;” Speaker: David Bick, MD, PhD, Principal Clinician for the Newborn Genomes Programme at Genomics England. Join in person: 2798 West Wedge Join online: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96732897260?pwd=NXBMajBkdEtvRUZHLzFZYXY3ckFudz09 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: “Activity-based proteomics – target …
Student Profile Madison Bandini (Nathan Sherer laboratory) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I am from southern California (Huntington Beach). I was first interested in Madison because it had my name, but when I visited the college and did more research into its graduate programs, I knew I wanted to …
Monday, October 3, 2022 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: “Structural determinants of microRNA biogenesis;” Speaker: Sarah Keane, Univ of Michigan. Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Bldg. Streamed here: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: “Expanding the horizon of cancer vaccine adjuvant: from TLRs to PRR agonists;” Speaker: Donghwan (Heron) Jeon (Advisor: Douglas McNeel). “Single-cell …