In response to COVID-19 concerns, the UW-Madison O’Brien Center for Benign Urology Research is taking every precaution to ensure the safety and health of our staff and visitors. Please check back on this page for updates regarding upcoming events.
For general UW-Madison information about plans and response for COVID-19, check here: https://covid19.wisc.edu/.
Stay well and we hope to see you soon!
Distinguished Lecturer Seminar Series
- Invited national/international guest speakers
- Monthly events at Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research building (Room 7001A)
- Goals:
- Invigorate our center’s research program with exposure to new paradigms and technologies
- Foster networking opportunities
- Build new multi-institutional collaborations
- Goals:
Contact Emily Ricke to participate.
I3 (Innovative Idea Incubator) Seminar Series
- Invited UW-Madison speaker
- Goals:
- Build collaborations between clinical scientists, basic scientists, and clinicians at UW hospitals and clinics and within the surrounding community.
- Support training of new investigators and trainees at UW-Madison
- Contact Emily Ricke if you are interested in attending or speaking
UW-O’Brien Center-sponsored CAIRIBU K Scholars Invited Speaker Seminar Series
- Invited K Scholars affiliated with the K12 Multidisciplinary Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Programs, the K12 Urological Epidemiology (KUroEpi) Institutional Research Career Development Programs, and other developmental programs in the K series.
Monthly events currently held virtually
- Goals:
- Provide K Scholars in the field of urology with an opportunity to present their research on a variety of thematic topics to experts and trainees
- Foster networking opportunities
- Stimulate cross-disciplinary research
See here for more information.
Contact Mariana Coughlin (CAIRIBU Interactions Core) to participate.
Prostate Research Group
Prostate and Prostate Cancer Research Group Meeting
2022-2023 PRG Speaker Schedule
2021-2022 PRG Speaker Schedule
2020-2021 PRG Speaker Schedule
2019-2020 PRG Speaker Schedule
2018-2019 PRG Speaker Schedule
Annual Retreat
- Focuses on teambuilding, progress reporting, and goal setting for center investigators, trainees, and support staff.
Other UW Seminars/ Events
- Thesis Defense: Anne Turco, PhD Candidate, Dr. Chad Vezina’s Laboratory
April 13, 2021 at 1:00PM CT
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National Meetings/Events
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2023 Events
2023 CAIRIBU Annual Meeting
November 29-December 1, 2023
Columbia Enduring Precision Hepatology
November 15, 2023
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
November 15, 2023
Columbia Enduring Nephrotic Syndrome
October 21, 2023
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
September 20, 2023
CAIRIBU O’Brien Center Summer Student Research Jamboree
July 21, 2023
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
July 19, 2023
Columbia 29th Annual Update & Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
June 12-16, 2023
ENDO 2023
June 15-18, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
June 8, 2023
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
May 17, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
May 11, 2023
GUDMAP Consortium
May 2-3, 2023
AUA 2023
April 28-May 1, 2023
NIDDK K Awardees Workshop
April 20-21, 2023
Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
April 20, 2023
AACR 2023
April 14-19, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
April 13, 2023
CUMC O’Brien Center Symposium
March 28, 2023
SOT 62nd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
March 19-23, 2023
Keystone Symposium: Fibrosis Pathogenesis and Resolution: From Mechanisms to Therapies
March 19-23, 2023
Columbia 5th Annual Sleep Symposium: Sleep Across the Life Cycle: Implications for Health & Treatment Considerations
March 17, 2023
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
March 15, 2023
Columbia Kidney Transplant Updates 2023
March 10, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
March 9, 2023
SUFU 2023
March 7-11, 2023
Columbia ANCA-Vasculitis 2023: Update in Diagnosis & Treatment
March 3, 2023
Columbia 12th Annual Update in Glomerular Disease 2023
February 3, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
February 9, 2023
Columbia Nutrition for the Generalist
January 27, 2023
Event Website CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar
January 18, 2023
CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar
January 12, 2023
2022 Events
Columbia IgA Nephropathy Diagnosis & Treatment Updates 2022
December 9, 2022
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars
December 7, 2022
CAIRIBU 2022
November 30-December 2, 2022
Columbia & Cornell 39th Annual Gastroenterology & Hepatology
December 2, 2022
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum: Making the Most of Research Resources
November 16, 2022
Society for Benign Urologic Research Annual Meeting
November 10-13, 2022
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars
November 2, 2022
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum: Essential Skills – How to Write a Good CV and Biosketch
October 19, 2022
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars
October 5, 2022
CAIRIBU Writing Club: Stakeholder Engagement Plans for Grant Applications
September 21, 2022
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum: How to Create an Overarching Research Agenda
September 21, 2022
CAIRIBU Catalyst Conversations with Nathan Tykocki, PhD – Part 2 of 2
September 12, 2022
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars
September 7, 2022
Society of Benign Prostate Disease (SoBPD) 2022
August 19-22, 2022
CAIRIBU O’Brien Center Summer Student Research Jamboree
August 19, 2022
CAIRIBU Writing Club: Stakeholder Engagement Plans for Grant Applications
August 17, 2022
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Roundtable
August 17, 2022
CAIRIBU Catalyst Conversations with Nathan Tykocki, PhD – Part 1 of 2
August 15, 2022
NIDDK Division of KUH Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
August 1-3, 2022
Strategic Networking: ARCTICS Community Forum
July 20, 2022
GRC Environmental Endocrine Disruptors
June 19-24, 2022
ENDO 2022
June 11-14, 2022
Midwest Tumor Microenvironment (TME) Meeting
May 23-25, 2022
American Urological Association 2022
May 13-16, 2022
Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
April 28-29, 2022
AACR 2022
April 8-13, 2022
NIDDK BPH and Male LUTS: Intersection between Pathology and Disease
March 30-April 1, 2022
Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting
March 27-31, 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin P20 Exploratory Center: Virtual Seminar Series Part 3
March 23, 2022
CAIRIBU Catalyst Conversation with Michael Eadon, MD
March 21, 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin P20 Exploratory Center: Virtual Seminar Series Part 2
February 23, 2022
SUFU 2022 Winter Meeting
February 22-26, 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin P20 Exploratory Center: Virtual Seminar Series Part 1
January 26, 2022
2021 Events
Annual CAIRIBU Meeting
December 2-3, 2021
CAIRIBU Catalyst Conversation with Molly Ingersoll, PhD
November 15, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: Presenting your Research
November 3, 2021
2021 SBUR Fall Meeting – Now Virtual!
November 4-7, 2021
Columbia University U54 George O’Brien Center Symposium
October 20, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: Communicating Science and Stakeholder Engagement
October 6, 2021
CAIRIBU Connections – Collaboration on the Urobiome
September 27, 2021
dkNET Bootcamp: Hypothesis Center: A Platform for Biomedical Researchers to Explore FAIR Data
September 10, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: Paying it Forward – Developing Good Mentoring and Leadership Skills
September 1, 2021
AUA2021 – Now Virtual!
September 10-13, 2021
GUDMAP Jamboree 2021
August 23-24, 2021
CAIRIBU P20 Exploratory Center Conference on Obesity
August 20, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: Essential Skills for the Successful 21st Century Biomedical Scientist
August 8, 2021
AUA/Duke University Virtual Workshop “Methods in Clinical Urology Research (MCURe)
July 25-27, 2021
CAIRIBU Connections – Microbiome in the Lower Urinary Tract
July 21, 2021
CAIRIBU Catalyst Conversations with Hunter Wessells, MD
July 14, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: The Grant Application Process, Part 2
July 7, 2021
UW-Madison O’Brien Center K12 Invited Seminar Series: Non-Invasive Assessment of Lower Urinary Tract Biomechanics
June 10, 2021
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Virtual Forum: The Grant Application Process, Part 1
June 2, 2021
AUA May Kick-off Weekend
May 21-23, 2021
R.O.C.K 2021 Annual Meeting
May 21-22, 2021
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)’s Urology Frontier Series “Maximizing Surgical Education in a New Era”
April 20, 2021
2021 dkNET Summer of Data Student Internship
June 21 – July 30, 2021
University of Alabama at Birmingham P20 Exploratory Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology Symposium
August 20, 2021
VUMC Department of Urology Live-Streamed Series
Third Thursdays at 5:00PM CT
Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
April 29-30, 2021
dkNet (NIDDK Information Network) webinar “nPOD Nantomy: Large-Scale Electron Microscopy Database for Human Type 1 Diabetes”
Ben N.G. Giepmans, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences of Cells & SystemsUMC Groningen, The Netherlands
February 12, 2021, 11am – 12pm PST
Washington University School of Medicine 3rd Annual CRepHS Symposium “Determinants of Urogenital Tract Homeostasis in Aging”
January 28-29, 2021
2020 Events
Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Meeting – virtual
December 3-4, 2020
Event website
Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) Fall Meeting – virtual
November 11-14, 2020
Event Website
Harvard I3 Translational Imaging of Tissue Fibrosis Conference
October 29, 2020
Event website
(https://i3.mgh.harvard.edu/fibrosis-conference/)
UW-Madison O’Brien Center Virtual LUT Symposium: “Lower Urinary Tract Functional Testing in Mice”
October 29, 2020
NIDDK Advancing Basic and Translational Research for Genitourinary Conditions: Female Urethral Function and Failure – virtual
Beginning September 30, 2020 – seven weekly virtual sessions
Event Website
AUA 2020 Annual Urology Advocacy Summit – virtual
August 31-September 4, 2020
Event Website
University of Pittsburgh u54 george m. o’brien center annual symposium
June 9, 2020
Pittsburgh, PA
Event website
washington university school of medicine p20 center symposium
June 4-5, 2020
St. Louis, MO
Event website
UW-Madison B’Brien Center Spring Symposium
May 26-28, 2020
Madison, WI
Event website
6th Annual midwest tumor microenvironment meeting
May 18-20, 2020
Kansas City, KS
Event website
American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting
May 15-18, 2020
Washington, DC
Event website
Society for basic urologic research (sbur)/society of urologic oncology (SUO) joint meeting
May 15, 2020
Washington, DC
Event website
Duke Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURE) Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Day
April 24, 2020
Durham, NC
Event website
Endocrine Society (endo) Annual Meeting
March 28-31, 2020
San Francisco, CA
Event website
Northshore University Health system P20 Center Symposium: “Conceptualizing a Pipeline From Single Cell Data to Predictive Mathematical Modeling”
March 4, 2020
Evanston, IL
Event website
Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Winter Meeting
February 25-29, 2020
Scottsdale, AZ
Event website
2019 Events
collaborating for the advancement of interdisciplinary research in benign urology (cairibu) Meeting
December 4-6, 2019
Kansas City, MO
Event website
Gerontological Society of America (gsa) annual meeting
November 13-17, 2019
Austin, TX
Event website
SOCIETY FOR BASIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH (SBUR) FALL MEETING
November 7-10, 2019
New Orleans, LA
Event website
columbia university o’brien urology center (u54) symposium
October 25, 2019
New York, NY
Event website
niddk workshop – uncovering the hidden burden of benign genitourinary conditions
October 7-8, 2019
Bethesda, MD
Event website
Northshore university healthsystem p20 center symposium: “leukocyte phenotypes associated with bph”
August 29, 2019
Evanston, IL
Event website
University of alabama (uab) p20 center conference
July 11-12, 2019
Birmingham, AL
Event website
University of pittsburgh o’Brien center (u54) symposium
June 11, 2019
Pittsburgh, PA
Event website
NIDDK THINK TANK ON NEUROSCIENCE IN UROLOGY
May 19-21, 2019
Rockville, MD
Event website
Flyer: NeuroscienceInUrology_May2019
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (AUA) ANNUAL MEETING
May 3-6, 2019
Chicago, IL
Event website
SUFU Annual Meeting at AUA
May 3, 2019
Chicago, IL
Event website
duke multidisciplinary k12 urologic research career development program (kure) multidisciplinary benign urology research day
April 26, 2019
Durham, NC
Event website
Uw-madison o’brien center spring symposium: “molecular and cellular mechanisms of fibrosis”
April 11-12, 2019
Madison, WI
endocrine society (endo) annual meeting
March 23-26, 2019
New Orleans, LA
Event website
society of urodynamics, female pelvic medicine & urogenital reconstruction (SUFU) winter meeting
February 26 – March 2, 2019
Miami, FL
Event website
2018 Events
collaborating for the advancement of interdisciplinary research in benign urology (cairibu) meeting
December 12-14, 2018
Ellicott City, MD
Event website
SOCIETY FOR BASIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH (SBUR) FALL MEETING
November 8-11, 2018
Palm Springs, CA
Event website
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (AUA) ANNUAL MEETING
May 18-21, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Event website
SUFU Annual Meeting at AUA
May 18, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Event website
duke multidisciplinary k12 urologic research career development program (kure) multidisciplinary benign urology research day
May 11, 2018
Durham, NC
Event website
UW-Madison O’Brien Center Spring Symposium: “cellular functions in urology”
April 20-21, 2018
Madison, WI
endocrine society (endo) annual meeting
March 17-20, 2018
Chicago, IL
Event website
society of urodynamics, female pelvic medicine & urogenital reconstruction (SUFU) winter meeting
February 28 – March 3, 2018
Austin, TX
Event website
2017 Events
SOCIETY FOR BASIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH (SBUR) FALL MEETING
November 9-12, 2017
Tampa, FL
Event website
UW-Madison O’Brien Center Spring Symposium: “steroid hormone pathways and mechanisms of action in benign urologic disease”
May 22-24, 2017
Madison, WI
Program:
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (AUA) ANNUAL MEETING
May 12-16, 2017
Boston, MA
Event website
SUFU Annual Meeting at AUA
May 12, 2017
Boston, MA
Event website
duke multidisciplinary k12 urologic research career development program (kure) multidisciplinary benign urology research day
April 28, 2017
Durham, NC
Event website
endocrine society (endo) annual meeting
April 1-4, 2017
Orlando, FL
Event website
Columbia University O’Brien Center Symposium: “The Genomics & Genetics of Urogenital & Other Organ Malformations”
March 31, 2017
New York, NY
Event Program (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f8db4e36f657d1433218347/t/602a8a84fdf5dc081fbd4908/1613400708169/columbia-U54-obrien-symposium-2017.pdf)
society of urodynamics, female pelvic medicine & urogenital reconstruction (SUFU) winter meeting
February 28 – March 4, 2017
Boston, MA
Event website
2016 Events
SOCIETY FOR BASIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH (SBUR) FALL MEETING
November 10-13, 2016
Paradise Valley, AZ
Event website
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (AUA) ANNUAL MEETING
May 6-10, 2016
San Diego, CA
Event website
SUFU Annual Meeting at AUA
May 6, 2016
San Diego, CA
Event website
duke multidisciplinary k12 urologic research career development program (kure) multidisciplinary benign urology research day
April 29, 2016
Durham, NC
Event website
UW-Madison O’Brien Center Spring Symposium: “The Environmental Impact on urologic health and disease”
April 4-5, 2016
Madison, WI
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endocrine society (endo) annual meeting
April 1-4, 2016
Boston, MA
Event website
society of urodynamics, female pelvic medicine & urogenital reconstruction (SUFU) winter meeting
February 23-27, 2016
New Orleans, LA
Event website
2015 Events
Columbia University O’Brien Center Symposium: “The Genetic Origins and Complications of Urinary Tract Abnormalities”
November 12, 2015
New York, NY
Event Program (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f8db4e36f657d1433218347/t/602a8aa28d8bc021cb82a65f/1613400738510/columbia-U54-obrien-symposium-2015.pdf)
SOCIETY FOR BASIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH (SBUR) FALL MEETING
November 12-15, 2015
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Event website
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (AUA) ANNUAL MEETING
May 15-19, 2015
New Orleans, LA
Event website
BASIC SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM AT THE AUA: “AGING AND UROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS”
May 15, 2015
New Orleans, LA
Event website
UW O’BRIEN CENTER PAST EVENTS
Distinguished UW Lecturer Seminars
U54 Inside Flyer – 5.15.19 – Kristen Malecki
U54 Inside Flyer – 4.17.19 – Melissa Skala
U54-Inside-Flyer-1.16.19-Lauren-Michael
Distinguished non-UW Lecturer Seminars
U54 Outside Flyer – 11.9.22 – Margot Damaser
U54 Outside Flyer – 11.13.19 – Nathan Tykocki
U54 Outside Flyer – 10.9.19 – Lori Birder
U54 Outside Flyer – 6.26.19 – Michael Freeman
U54 Outside Flyer – 5.22.19 – Aria Olumi, 4.3.19
U54 Outside Flyer – 5.1.19 – Adam Klausner
U54 Outside Flyer – 3.20.19 – Timothy Ratliff
PRG
UW O’Brien Center Symposia
a. February 2-3, 2023 (How Close Are We to New Targets for Clinical Trials in BPH/LUTS?)
b. June 29-30, 2022 (Targeting Aging in the Lower Urinary Tract)
c. October 29, 2020 (Lower Urinary Tract Function Testing in Mice)
d. April 11-12, 2019 (Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Fibrosis)
e. April 20-21, 2018 (Cellular Functions in Urology)
f. May 22-24, 2017 (Steroid Hormone Pathways and Mechanisms of Action in Benign Urologic Disease)
g. April 4-5, 2016 (The Environmental Impact on Urologic Health and Disease)
h. April 8-9, 2015 (Role of Fibrosis in Signaling and Lower Urinary Tract Disease)
K12 Scholar Seminar Series
May 2022: Big Stones Bad Access: Insight Into the Kidney Stone Treatment Cascade
March 2022: NLRP3-Dependent Mechanisms Contributing to Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction
February 2022: The Urethra and Urinary Urgency
January 2022: Exploring Peripheral Mechanisms of Somatovisceral Crosstalk in Bladder Disease