John Yin is part of a National Science Foundation-funded team leading workshops on predictive intelligence for pandemic prevention. The COVID-19 pandemic may still be raging on, but scientists from dozens of disciplines are already looking …
Month: February 2021
Student Spotlight: Alex Fister
Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL Year entered CMB program: 2020 Lab: Anna Huttenlocher Lab Brief Summary of Research: Effects of bacterial infection on immune cell migration during immunodeficiency and wound healing Awards and Publications: “MicroRNA-mediated …
Student Spotlight: Cassie Leech
Hometown: Middleboro, MA Year entered CMB program: 2019 Lab: John Denu Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am currently investigating the role that SAM-synthatases (MAT2A and MAT2B) play in promoting adaptive and de novo …
Viral sequencing being done at UW-Madison catches mutations, guides effective public health response
As COVID-19’s effects have mounted to a dizzying scale, a team of UW–Madison scientists has kept its focus on the tiniest shifts in the virus’s genetic material. Beginning with the first known case of the virus …
CMB Trainer Kristyn Masters part of call for NIH to address racial funding disparities
University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer Kristyn Masters is among 19 women faculty at major research universities around the country to co-author a commentary published today (Jan. 26, 2021) in the journal Cell that forcefully calls upon the National Institutes …