Department of Oncology
Where are you from and what made you join the department? I am from Maryland. I wanted to join the Cancer Biology Program because when interviewing for the program. It felt like there was a strong sense of community. UW – Madison also offers so many amazing resources for cancer research that helps facilitate a …
Monday, September 8, 2025 3:00 PM Biochemistry Colloquium: Improved annotation and quantification in NMR metabolomics; Speaker: Arthur Edison, PhD, Prof. of Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Georgia. Join in person: 1211 Biochemical Sciences Join via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/bio_colloq 3:30 PM McArdle Trainee Seminar: Low dose radiopharmaceutical therapy enhances CAR T therapy in neuroblastoma models; Speaker: Amanda …
Monday, September 1, 2025 N/A Tuesday, September 2, 2025 N/A Wednesday, September 3, 2025 8:00 AM Oncology Grand Rounds: ASCO Updates, Part 1; Speakers: Noelle LoConte, MD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Medicine, UW–Madison; Rubina Qamar, MD, Clinical Assoc. Prof., Dept of Medicine, UW–Madison; Kari Wisinski, MD, Div. Head of Hem., Dept. of Medicine, UW–Madison. Join …
Where are you from and what’s your previous training? I am originally from Kolkata, West Bengal, in India, but being a military brat, I have lived everywhere in India except in Kolkata. I completed my B.Sc. (Honors) in Forensic Science at Amity University, where I gained foundational knowledge in biotechnology, forensic genetics, and toxicology. Fell …
We are delighted to announce that McArdle Laboratory Assistant Professor Kinjal Majumder has been awarded a 2025 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award. Dr. Majumder was selected by the American Society for Virology (ASV), and the award was presented at the 2025 ASV Annual Meeting recently held in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Majumder is an expert in …
Where are you from and what’s your previous training? I am from Elk River, Minnesota (about 40 minutes north of the Twin Cities). I went to undergrad at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona, MN where I worked on the TBX2 transcription factor and its role in breast cancer. I also did a summer …
McArdle researcher Renee King, PhD, CCC-SLP, has been awarded a prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. King, a postdoctoral trainee in Dr. Paul Lambert’s laboratory, studies laryngeal papillomavirus infection and related disease. Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is caused by chronic papillomavirus infections of …
Monday, June 9, 2025 11:00 AM Frontiers in Proteomics Seminar: Decoding Life’s Melody: Proteomic Technologies Illuminating Disease Networks and Diagnostics; Speaker: Yu-Ju Chen, PhD, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica. Join in person: 1335 HSLC Tuesday, June 10, 2025 N/A Wednesday, June 11, 2025 3:00 PM RNA Collaborative Seminar: mRNA stabilization by chemical …
Monday, June 2, 2025 12:00 PM Problems in Precision Medicine and Genomics: WiscShare: A Framework for Optimizing Use of Human-Derived Biospecimens in Biomedical Research; Speaker: Stephanie McGregor, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. (CHS), VC of Clinical and Translational Research, Dir. Of Translational Science Biocore, UW–Madison. Join in person: 2798 West Wedge Join via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99776513436?pwd=E7uqjiCYLmJ0OvoXLGwq6OEtF4eCpe.1 (Meeting …
McArdle professor Caroline Alexander has been intrigued by observations that connect the properties of skin with a switch of metabolism that promotes metabolic health. This healthy metabolic status has been described for decades—principally in response to calorie restriction. For example, humans are among a huge range of organisms that respond to reduced calorie intake with …