Research

Cells in Context: Single-Cell & Spatial Transcriptomics Symposium

8 a.m.-noon

Auditorium (1111), Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building

What’s Next in Alzheimer’s Detection and Treatment

Guest speaker: Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD, a world-renowned authority on biomarker research developing biomarkers for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, as well as diagnostic tests and new monitoring tools for these diseases

9:30-11:30 a.m.

The Emotional Turn in Second Language Teacher Education

Invited lecture for the 2026-27 series on Identity and Language Learning by Peter De Costa, Michigan State University

3-4 p.m.

1418 Van Hise Hall

Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Peter S. Kim

Engineering broadly protective vaccines and antibodies against infectious disease

3 p.m.

1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building

Constitution Day Lecture: The Constitution, Civic Education, and Reflective Patriotism

5 p.m.

2260 Law Building

Steenbock Lectures in Biochemistry - Peter S. Kim

Using large language models to understand and guide protein evolution

3 p.m.

1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building

UWCCC Grand Rounds

ASCO Updates Part 2

8-9 a.m.

AIIS Fall Colloquiums

Noon-1 p.m.

Genetics Fall 2026 Colloquium

Anita Manogaran- Marquette University

3:30 p.m.

1441 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
Also offered online

Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium

Pei-Hsuan Wang

5-6:15 p.m.

Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art

Pediatrics Grand Rounds

Connected Kids, Informed Care: Why Pediatricians Must Address Digital Safety

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Online

Jardines de Espacios

Picturing the Latino/e Perinatal Journey in Dane County

8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

1220 & 1222, Health Sciences Learning Center

Subverting the Law: Traffic Courts, Driver’s License Suspension Reforms, and Racial Inequality

Institute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Peter Rich

12:15-1:30 p.m.

8417 Sewell Social Sciences

Decoding Ralstonia wilt pathogens: Genetics, physiology, and evolutionary biology of the global crop pathogens

Tiffany Lowe-Power -- UC Davis | Host: David Hershey

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences

Rendering Visible: A Talk by Dana Landress

How can artists call attention to critical issues and realities of their time?

5-6 p.m.

Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art

Annual Update in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Hosted by Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Community Mycoblitz

Arboretum

12:30-3 p.m.

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Precision Medicine Seminar Series

a lecture with Dr. Iwijn De Vlaminck, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

Noon-1 p.m.

2798 Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
Also offered online

Drawing (Geographies of) Disaster in the Lebanese Graphic Novel

Noon-1:30 p.m.

206 Ingraham Hall

Biochemistry Colloquium: Scott Hansen

Mechanisms Controlling the Strength and Duration of Ras-PI3K Signaling in Myeloid Cells

3 p.m.

1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building