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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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!

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 …

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.