We are excited to announce that Diya Binoy Joseph is the recipient of the 2018 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award. This annual award honors a CMB student who has written and defended an exceptional thesis. Diya will receive $250 as well as a …
Alumni
Alumni Spotlight: Emily Vaughan
Current Employer: Affinergy, LLC Job Title: Senior Scientist Home Town: Fort Wayne, IN Current Location: Cary, NC Research Topic: I studied the regulation of actomyosin contractile rings in cellular wound repair and cell division. Faculty …
Alumni Spotlight: Jessica TeSlaa
CURRENT EMPLOYER: UW-Madison JOB TITLE: Assistant Faculty Associate HOME TOWN: Benton Harbor, MI CURRENT LOCATION: Madison, WI RESEARCH TOPIC: The regulation of neural tube development in the zebrafish embryo FACULTY ADVISOR: Yevgenya Grinblat CMB DEGREE …
Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Clay
Current Employer: Thermo Fisher Scientific Job Title: Scientist III Home Town: Grand Ledge, MI Current Location: Madison, WI Research Topic: Molecular characterization of zebrafish neural crest cell epithelial to mesenchymal transition Faculty Advisor: Mary Halloran …
Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Yeager
Current Employer: Victoria University Job Title: Senior Lecturer Home Town: Portland, OR Current Location: Melbourne, Australia Research Topic: The role of tumor suppressor genes in bladder cancer Faculty Advisor: Catherine Reznikoff CMB Degree Received in: …
CMB Alumna Jessica TeSlaa to help launch Public Service Graduate Fellows program
Jessica TeSlaa, CMB alumna and assistant faculty associate with WISCIENCE, will collaborate with campus and community partners to launch the Public Service Graduate Fellows program following a $500k NSF Grant. Read more here: https://grad.wisc.edu/2018/09/24/wiscience-receives-innovations-in-graduate-education-grant/
Xinyu Zhao’s lab looks towards new therapies for fragile X syndrome
Fragile X is a genetic condition that affects one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females. It’s linked to variations in the gene that makes a protein called FMRP. Symptoms may include intellectual disability, …
2018 Alumni Newsletter
We’ve had a busy year, and we’re excited to share some of the highlights with you. A big thank you to all who have donated their time, money, and stories to the CMB Program. You …
Congratulations to CMB Alumnus Adam Bayless
Congratulations to Adam Bayless, CMB Alumnus, whose paper was recently published at PNAS. Adam is currently working as a Post-Doc at Tufts University. He is working with the Mike Levin and Kelly McLauglin Labs which study …
Alumni Spotlight: Kim Schultz
Current Employer: US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Buffalo, NY Current Location: Baltimore, MD Research Topic: Virus-induced apoptosis Faculty Advisor: Paul Friesen CMB Degree Received in: 2008 Describe your current …