Ten 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 …
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CMB Faculty Trainer Paul Lambert Studies How Viruses Cause Cancer — and How We Can Better Prevent Them
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 …
Professor Jean-Michel Ané works to make crops more effective and resilient
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 …
Dr. Valentina Lo Sardo and team find hidden genetic clues upping cardiovascular disease risk
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 …
6 CMB Trainers Among 44 Faculty Honored With Vilas Professorships and Awards
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 …
Congratulations to Caterra Leavens and Jingjing Zhou: 2025 SCRMC Research Training Awards Winners
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 …
Dr. Sara McCoy pursues innovative treatment for Sjögren’s disease
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 …
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 …
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.
CMB Trainer Krishanu Saha named one of the 10 scientists moving CRISPR gene editing forward
Kris Saha (WID, CoE, SMPH) was named one of the 10 scientists who are moving CRISPR gene editing forward, according to STAT news, which provides an in-depth analysis of biopharma and the life sciences.