Paul Lambert, who leads UW’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, says UW’s NIH-funded research on tumor viruses, which cause about 15% of all human cancers, has deepened understanding of cancer biology and directly led to preventive strategies — like vaccines and potential therapies — that save lives.
Professor Jean-Michel Ané works to make crops like corn, sorghum and soybeans more effective and resilient to environmental stressors like heat, drought and salinity by strengthening their symbiotic associations with beneficial microbes, like bacteria or fungi. However, federal funding changes threaten this type of agricultural research.
In a new study published in the journal Neuron, a team of researchers from four Waisman Center labs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has, for the first time, mapped the genetic and regulatory networks that guide the early maturation of neurons in the primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) – a brain region essential for cognition, decision-making, …
The UW–Madison Postdoctoral Association recognized five UW–Madison faculty members with Distinguished Faculty and Staff Postdoc Mentoring Awards to honor their outstanding mentorship of postdoctoral trainees on campus.
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UW researchers led by stem cell scientist Valentina Lo Sardo have found that cells carrying specific alterations in human chromosome 9 are more prone to calcification. Understanding how the change in the genome increases risk for coronary artery disease is a step toward potentially preventing its damaging effects and perhaps one day developing therapeutic strategies to block the …
Beth Weaver, Cell and Regenerative Biology: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship Xinyu Zhao, Neuroscience: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship Jiaoyang Jiang, Pharmaceutical Sciences: Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award Muhammed Murtaza, Surgery: Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award Prashant Sharma, Integrative Biology: Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award Wei Xu, Oncology: Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award
The awards serve to recognize and provide support to promising graduate and postdoctoral trainees conducting stem cell and regenerative medicine research at the UW–Madison. This program provides unique training opportunities for future leaders in stem cell and regenerative medicine research and aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations among campus investigators.
Nick Arp is an MD-PhD candidate in his sixth year of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Medical Science Training Program. Currently, he is completing his graduate studies in the Jing Fan Lab, before returning to his final year in medical school. MD-PhDs play a special role in American healthcare, trained to provide direct …
Dr. Sara McCoy, a rheumatologist in the Department of Medicine, is one of the nation’s leading experts on Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects moisture-producing glands in the eyes, mouth and other parts of the body.