Year: 2025

CMB Trainers Katie Drerup, Mark Mandel, and Vatsan Raman among 2025-26 Vilas Associates Competition awardees

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has announced 20 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible. The award is funded by the William F. Vilas …

CMB Trainer Daniel Amador-Noguez Receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.

Drs. Edgar Spalding and Julian Bustamante Lead UW–Madison Discovery on How Plants Detect Light, Paving the Way for Resilient Crops

This innovative research by former CMB faculty member Edgar Spalding and CMB alum Julian Bustamante uncovers the precise role of photoreceptors in plant growth, offering new strategies to enhance crop resilience and success.

CMB Faculty Betül Kaçar Leads Study Unraveling Enzyme’s Role in Life’s Origins

Betül Kaçar, associate professor of bacteriology, likes mysteries. And there is, maybe, no larger mystery than the origins and early evolution of life.