MADISON, Wis. – A new method to create artificial vascular grafts and a technique for identifying cancer immunotherapy cells have taken top honors from WARF. The winning teams are led by Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng and …
Month: October 2018
Chris Hittinger Lab partnering with Wisconsin Brewing Company
UW-Madison genetics professor Chris Hittinger co-authored the study describing the breakthrough. He continued his wild yeast research in Wisconsin, and a few years later, he and a team of students found Saccharomyces eubayanus in a …
Stem Cells @ 20: The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine center galvanizes stem cell research
Since University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher James Thomson and colleagues derived the first human embryonic stem cells 20 years ago, research universities and biotechnology companies around the globe have worked to unlock their vast potential. Through …
Kris Saha leads a team joining NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium
As gene editing therapies for macular degeneration and other visual disorders work their way into clinical trials, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is on the forefront of research into making sure they are safe and effective. …
Student Spotlight: Zac Swider
Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: William Bement Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying the cell cycle regulation of cortical excitability. Briefly put, during and following cytokinesis, the cell …
Student Spotlight: Patrick Cervantes
Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota Year entered CMB program: 2015 Lab: Laura Knoll Lab Brief Summary of Research: I study host-pathogen interactions of the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. My research uses mice to model oral infection and …
Student Spotlight: Lauren Hillers
Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois Year entered CMB program: 2015 Lab: Lisa Arendt Lab Brief Summary of Research: My lab studies obesity associated breast cancers. I am specifically investigating how obesity alters the breast microenvironment …
Student Spotlight: Katarina Braun
Hometown: South Wales, New York Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: Thomas Friedrich Brief Summary of Research: I study the evolution of influenza viruses by applying the principles of population genetics to deep sequencing …
Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Clay
Current Employer: Thermo Fisher Scientific Job Title: Scientist III Home Town: Grand Ledge, MI Current Location: Madison, WI Research Topic: Molecular characterization of zebrafish neural crest cell epithelial to mesenchymal transition Faculty Advisor: Mary Halloran …
Vatsan Raman and Darcie Moore Win New Innovator Award
The National Institutes of Health has awarded 89 grants that will provide funding to extraordinarily creative scientists proposing highly innovative research to address major challenges in biomedical science. The grants are part of the NIH …