Hometown: San Sebastián, Puerto Rico Year entered CMB program: 2019 Lab: Thomas C. Friedrich Lab Brief Summary of Research: I currently work with understanding the diversification of Influenza A viruses during infection and transmission …
Year: 2021
CMB alumnus Timothy Catlett named one of the winners of the 2021 Cool Science Image Contest
The yellow connecting arms, called axons, of diseased human brain cells grow willy-nilly across boundaries of inhibitory chemicals (the red stripes). Healthy axons would precisely follow the dark lanes, giving researchers the opportunity to test the effects of disease-causing mutations on axon growth.
Lab Profile: Harrison Lab
How do specialized egg and sperm cells come together to generate a new organism? Following fertilization, how is gene expression regulated to direct development and differentiation? These fundamental questions drive the research of the Harrison Lab.
Student Spotlight: Megan Bacabac
Hometown: San Diego, CA Year entered CMB program: 2020 Lab: Wei Xu Lab Brief Summary of Research: Investigating the role of protein arginine methyltransferase CARM1 in estrogen signaling as a potential target for combating …
CMB trainer Paul Ahlquist on stopping the next pandemic
After more than a year of struggling against COVID-19, vaccines have been developed and deployed in record time and we are starting to see a rational path out of the pandemic. As momentous as this …
CMB student Katie Mueller inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
A huge congratulations to CMB student Katie Mueller, who was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society for 2021! Katie’s research focuses on developing next-generation cell and gene therapies across broad applications, including …
CMB trainer John Yin helps develop workshops on pandemic prevention
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 …
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 …