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Welcome to the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1961, CMB has been pioneering graduate education in the fields of cell biology and molecular biology. We are a community of individuals from many different backgrounds, and we appreciate that a diverse student body and faculty enhance every part of our community. Currently, there are over 200 faculty trainers and over 130 students in the program. For prospective students, this site provides information about the application process, the Ph.D. curriculum, and research being conducted by faculty trainers. Read more about CMB.
2025 Alumni Newsletter
2025 Alumni Newsletter
We hope you enjoy reading more about the changes and growth of the CMB program and the success of CMB students, faculty, and alumni throughout the past year! The 2025 Alumni Newsletter is available online …
Upcoming Events
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Sep24
14th Wisc-e-sota Symposium @ 8:00 am - Radisson Hotel La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
CMB News
Ahna Skop, CMB Trainer, Receives Annual State Economic Engagement and Development Funding
Six projects across four UW schools and colleges have received annual State Economic Engagement and Development funding, totaling $550,000. The funded projects largely address issues that affect Wisconsin and its residents, including reducing fertilizer use, improving …
Congratulations to CMB Student Daniel Sam on his publication in Nature Communications
CMB Student Daniel Sam, Class of 2020, Weaver Lab, published the paper “Mad1 facilitates α5 integrin trafficking from the Golgi to promote abscission during cytokinesis” in Nature Communications. Congratulations, Daniel!
CMB Trainer Bikash Pattnaik explores a molecular ‘override’ for inherited blindness
For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA — a so-called “nonsense mutation” that …
CMB Trainer, Jue Wang, awarded 2026 Steenbock Professorship
Jue Wang, professor of bacteriology, has been awarded the 2026 Steenbock Professorship in Microbiological Sciences. The Steenbock Professorship provides research funds to recipients annually for 10 years and honors those faculty who have made major contributions …
Rebecca Smith, CMB Trainer, Works to Grow More Digestible Crops For Cattle
Rebecca Smith uses genetic tools to develop plants that can be digested more easily. The outcomes could be greater efficiency for biofuel production and lower methane emissions from dairy cows.
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