We hope you enjoy reading more about the changes and growth of the CMB program and the success of CMB students, faculty, and alumni throughout the past year! The 2026 Alumni Newsletter is available online …
Year: 2026
CMB Trainers Ying Ge, Andrew Mehle, and Elizabeth Wright Receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards
Sixteen faculty have been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named for …
Feyza Engin, CMB Trainer, Receives H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Eighteen faculty have been honored with the H.I. Romnes Fellowships to recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of …
CMB Trainers Silvia Cavagnero & Joshua Coon Receive WARF Named Professorships
Eight faculty have been awarded WARF Named Professorships, which come with $100,000 and honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors, but also because of their …
Ahna Skop, CMB Trainer, Receives Annual State Economic Engagement and Development Funding
Six projects across four UW schools and colleges have received annual State Economic Engagement and Development funding, totaling $550,000. The funded projects largely address issues that affect Wisconsin and its residents, including reducing fertilizer use, improving …
Congratulations to CMB Student Daniel Sam on his publication in Nature Communications
CMB Student Daniel Sam, Class of 2020, Weaver Lab, published the paper “Mad1 facilitates α5 integrin trafficking from the Golgi to promote abscission during cytokinesis” in Nature Communications. Congratulations, Daniel!
CMB Trainer Bikash Pattnaik explores a molecular ‘override’ for inherited blindness
For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA — a so-called “nonsense mutation” that …
CMB Trainer, Jue Wang, awarded 2026 Steenbock Professorship
Jue Wang, professor of bacteriology, has been awarded the 2026 Steenbock Professorship in Microbiological Sciences. The Steenbock Professorship provides research funds to recipients annually for 10 years and honors those faculty who have made major contributions …
Rebecca Smith, CMB Trainer, Works to Grow More Digestible Crops For Cattle
Rebecca Smith uses genetic tools to develop plants that can be digested more easily. The outcomes could be greater efficiency for biofuel production and lower methane emissions from dairy cows.
Alumni Spotlight- Ed Himelblau
Current Employer: Marquette University Job Title: Laboratory Manager Home Town: San Diego, CA Current Location: Milwaukee, WI Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Plant genetics and molecular biology in the Biochemistry Department Faculty Advisor: …