We are pleased so share the new McArlde Monthly for April, 2026. This will be a monthly list of new publications with brief descriptions submitted by McArdle faculty. Read the first McArdle Monthly here: mcardle.wisc.edu/2026/04/14/m...

Megan Spurgeon: How a mild-mannered virus becomes a cancer culprit - Morgridge Institute for Research Merkel cell carcinoma is the most recently discovered example of a cancer triggered by exposure to a virus. Morgridge Investigator Megan Spurgeon discusses how this rare and deadly form of skin cancer...

@mcardlelab.bsky.social Assistant Professor Megan Spurgeon and members of her laboratory were featured in a recent article in SPARK, where she describes her research on Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: morgridge.org/story/megan-...

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Wishing all the best to Cancer Biology student Donna Li (Miyamoto lab) as she defends her dissertation this week!

Best wishes to Cancer Biology student Amanda Shea (Morris lab) as she defends her dissertation this week!

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab and @warfnews.bsky.social

Microenvironmental Plasticity: Inflammation Shaping Metastatic Fate Mikala Egeblad, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Tumor Microenvironment at Johns Hopkins University, is an internationally recognized cancer researcher who studies how the tumor microenvironment…

Join WARF Therapeutics and @mcardlelab.bsky.social March 25 at the Health Sciences Learning Center for a cancer biology seminar featuring @megeblad.bsky.social of @jhu.edu.

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Best wishes to Cancer Biology gradaute student Zach Kauffman (Lang lab) as he defends his dissertation this week!

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Ten interdisciplinary translational research teams receive catalyst pilot awards ICTR is pleased to support ten Translational Basic and Clinical Research Pilot projects through NCATS support and co-funding from sponsoring UW–Madison schools, departments, or centers.

@mcardlelab.bsky.social Professor Wei Xu and Department of Medicine Professor Lixin Rui were selected recently to receive an ICTR Translational Basic and Clinical Research Pilot Award: ictr.wisc.edu/news/ten-int...

UW–Madison and Immuto Scientific to collaborate on novel cancer target discovery - School of Medicine and Public Health

@mcardlelab.bsky.social researcher Dustin Deming and Immuto Scientific to Collaborate on Colorectal Cancer Treatments: www.med.wisc.edu/news/uw-immu...

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Best wishes to Cancer Biology gradaute student Maddi Bandini (Sherer lab) as she defends her dissertation tomorrow!

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nobel laureate Howard Temin - Morgridge Institute for Research The scientific community celebrated the 50th anniversary of Howard Temin receiving the Nobel Prize for the discovery of reverse transcriptase with a daylong symposium event at UW–Madison.

The 50th Anniversary Temin Nobel Prize Symposium was hosted by @mcardlelab.bsky.social in partnership with the UW Carbone Cancer Center and the Morgridge Institute for Research in Sept, 2025.

Read @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social's summary of the symposium here: morgridge.org/story/celebr...

McArdle Student Organizes Goodman Center Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive: mcardle.wisc.edu/2026/02/10/m...

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Department of Pediatrics fellow, Therese (Tess) Woodring, selected for Pediatric Scientist Development Program In a historic first for the department, Therese (Tess) Woodring, MD, was selected for the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP). She is the first-ever fellow from the Department of Pediatrics...

Tess Woodring, former Cancer Biology Training Grant Medical Oncology Fellow receieved a presitigious NIH Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) award: www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/department-o...

Congratulations to our most recent McArdle Trainee Seminar award winner: Caleb Carlsen from the Weaver lab (awarded in December 2025)! mcardle.wisc.edu/2026/02/06/m...

Meet UW-Madison’s Wei Xu “Prof. Xu is an expert in breast cancer biology. We are excited about the novel targets and mechanisms coming from her research.”

Meet Wei Xu, professor of oncology at @mcardlelab.bsky.social, whose research investigates two primary areas of epigenetic regulation in cancer biology.

The Night of Hope committee is excited to bring back the in-person event this week--February 5th at the Seminole Tap in Fitchburg. There will be a trivia and raffle prizes. All proceeds will benefit the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. We hope to see you there!

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the first #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Congrats to #mcardle Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Umar Sheikh for receiving the Research Award from the Wisconsin Partnership Program! Read more here: mcardle.wisc.edu/2026/01/05/m...

Image of HeLa cells expressing mCherry-Tubilin used to track various states of the cell cycle.

New work led by Madison Bandini out in @pnas.org using live cell imaging to show how HIV targets the cell cycle to double viral genomes and increase transcription. Awesome collaboration with cell cycle heroes in Suzuki lab @mcardlelab.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the last #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Read #mcardlelab Emeritus Professor Dick Burgess's Q&A with Far Biotech during which he discusses his scientific career journey: www.farbiotech.com/news/dick-bu...

Wishing Cancer Biology student Tanaya Purohit all the best as she defends her dissertation next week!

Tomorrow at 11 am CST: join in-person for the latest #cancerbiologyseminar of the semester. Sponsored by #mcardlelab

Aussie Suzuki focuses on kinetochore functions in faithful chromosome segregation to study how the loss of kinetochore integrity causes cancer. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @mcardlelab.bsky.social www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison...