Hometown: Cincinnati, OH Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: Audrey Gasch Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying how the enzyme Protein Kinase A is regulated and targeted to its substrates, and how …
Month: June 2019
CMB Trainers Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger Receive Gates Grand Challenges Grant
With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to …
Study led by CMB alum Mitch Biermann finds new way to wind the development clock of cardiac muscle cells
By Kelly Tyrrell (CMB MS 2011) These days, scientists can collect a few skin or blood cells, wipe out their identities, and reprogram them to become virtually any other kind of cell in the human …
UW team finds key to common cancer pathway in discovery that could unlock new therapies
Scientists have long known that the protein p53, when mutated, is a critical factor in the onset of many different kinds of cancer. In its unmutated form, however, it is known to protect against cancer. …
Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris honored with Shaw Scientist Awards to support innovative research
Congratulations to the two recipients of this year’s Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris, who are also both CMB trainers! The awards come with $200,000 in seed funding …