With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to …
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UW team finds key to common cancer pathway in discovery that could unlock new therapies
Scientists have long known that the protein p53, when mutated, is a critical factor in the onset of many different kinds of cancer. In its unmutated form, however, it is known to protect against cancer. …
Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris honored with Shaw Scientist Awards to support innovative research
Congratulations to the two recipients of this year’s Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris, who are also both CMB trainers! The awards come with $200,000 in seed funding …
CMB trainer Mark Mandel explains how tiny Hawaiian bobtail squid and bioluminescent bacteria make for a perfect match
How charming squid and glowing bacteria make a match in Hawaiian waters May 1, 2019 by Tyler Fox Imagine you’re a plucky, golf ball-sized squid swimming in the clear blue ocean on a moonlit night. …
Research led by CMB Trainer Ying Ge: Novel approach promises ready access to hard-to-study proteins
DNA and the genome, we know, provide the blueprint for life. But it is the proteins made according to the genome’s instructions that are the nuts and bolts of living organisms, providing the molecular building …
Ed Chapman (CMB trainer) wins prestigious Sir Bernard Katz Award
Chapman is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and a Ricardo Miledi Professor of Neuroscience in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; he received the prize for his …
An Interview with CMB Trainer, Judith Kimble
Judith Kimble is Vilas Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (since 1994). Her lab is interested broadly in the molecular regulation of animal development, with a …
New gene editing tool drives stem cell services and discovery
At just two-and-a-half years old, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Human Stem Cell Gene Editing Service is already contemplating expansion. The increased demand has tracked the growth of research projects on campus using a new gene …
Five Questions with CMB Trainer: Su-Chun Zhang, forger of brain cells
Su-Chun Zhang, a Waisman Center researcher and UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of neurology and neuroscience, was the first in the world to craft human brain cells from human embryonic stem (ES) …
Biomanufacturing projects stepping out at UW-Madison
Featuring CMB Trainers Kris Saha and Christian Capitini. A series of projects aimed at advancing the human-health and economic impact of biomanufacturing is already benefiting from a new University of Wisconsin–Madison institute aimed at making the …