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 plaque, and her name will be added to a plaque that hangs in the Bock Penthouse. Diya carried out her thesis research with …
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 Advisor: William Bement CMB Degree Received In: 2010 Describe your current position: I am currently a Senior Scientist at a …
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 RECEIVED IN: 2014 DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT POSITION: I am a staff member at the Wisconsin Institute of Science Education and …
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 CMB Degree Received in: 2013 Describe your current position: I perform drug discovery-focused cell-based and biochemical pathway screening for clients. …
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: 1997 Describe your current position: I am a Lecturer in Biology at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. Describe your career …
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/
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, anxiety, and attention deficit disorder, among others. Up to a third of people with fragile X also have autism. There …
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 can find the 2018 Transcript here.
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 how bioelectricity (changes in membrane potential) impact body pattern, development and tissue regeneration in planarians and Xenopus.
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 position: I review experimental products (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Reviewer) in the Gene Therapy Branch at the FDA. Describe your …