• Jul 29
    CAIRIBU Research Jamboree – For students in the UW-Madison Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research and Urology O’Brien Centers

    (12:30 PM CT | 10:30 AM PT) Join Zoom Meeting for the 2026 Summer Jamboree

    The annual virtual CAIRIBU Summer Student Research Jamboree will feature presentations from students associated with the UW-Madison Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research and the CAIRIBU U54 O’Brien Urology Research Centers (Stanford University and Columbia University).

  • Jul 15
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, Jenna Simpson (Steers Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Nicholas Steers, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Steers Lab at Columbia University. Following this, Steers Lab members Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, and Jenna Simpson will present their research projects.

  • Apr 25
    CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome

    Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD

    (2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link

    The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and spur collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent …