Our gut microbiome helps us out every day by processing the fiber we can’t digest. The bacteria ferment the fiber into key chemicals known as short-chain fatty acids, or SCFAs, that are essential for human …
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2021 Alumni Newsletter
Classes have resumed in person at UW, and campus is feeling quite lively. Despite the pandemic, our students, faculty, and alumni have continued to make great scientific strides and win prestigious awards, and the CMB …
2020 Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Awardees
We are excited to announce that Sid Jain and Amelia Haj are the inaugural recipients of the Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Award. This annual award honors CMB students who have written and defended an exceptional thesis. A fund to support the award was …
CMB alumnus Timothy Catlett named one of the winners of the 2021 Cool Science Image Contest
The yellow connecting arms, called axons, of diseased human brain cells grow willy-nilly across boundaries of inhibitory chemicals (the red stripes). Healthy axons would precisely follow the dark lanes, giving researchers the opportunity to test the effects of disease-causing mutations on axon growth.
2020 Alumni Newsletter
To say that this has been an unusual year would be an understatement! Despite everything, CMB has had a successful year, and we hope you enjoy reading about the great strides in research and education …
CMB Alum Christina Carlson at the Center of the COVID-19 Response
As a CDC scientist, Christina Carlson (CMB PhD ’13) uses her cellular and molecular biology expertise to help manage the coronavirus pandemic While most of us have been doing our best to avoid contact with …
Kirchdoerfer Lab Featured in Wisconsin State Journal Article about Coronavirus
In his UW-Madison lab, Robert Kirchdoerfer studies proteins from six different types of coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS, which caused deadly human outbreaks in recent years. Within two weeks, he expects to get proteins from …
CMB alum Kevin Cope’s photo selected for Cover of The Plant Cell
Congratulations to Kevin Cope, whose photo was recently selected for the cover of The Plant Cell, October 2019. Check out Kevin’s recent publication “The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor Produces Lipochitooligosaccharides and Uses the Common Symbiosis Pathway to Colonize Populus RootsRoots.” …
CMB Alum Kelly Tyrrell Wins National Association of Science Writers Award
Kelly April Tyrrell of University Communications won the National Association of Science Writers’ 2019 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award, for “Origins”, a series about UW research efforts in South Africa. Photographer Jeff Miller and video …
Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Jacobs
Current Employer: United States Environmental Protection Agency Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Glen Burnie, MD Current Location: Maryland/Washington D.C. Research Topic: Using molecular techniques to define how mechanical signals regulate skeletal muscle mass Faculty Advisor: …