Hometown: Apple Valley, MN Year entered CMB program: 2023 Lab: Amador-Noguez Lab Brief Summary of Research: Sydney Bradley studies how the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis adapts to isobutanol stress using adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) and population genomics. Her work identifies parallel genetic changes and key mutations that enable enhanced growth under increasing solvent stress. She …
Hometown: Gangneung, South Korea Year entered CMB program: 2024 Lab: Roméo Blanc Lab Brief Summary of Research: My research focuses on how histone modifications regulate transcriptional pausing to preserve muscle stem cell (MuSC) quiescence and regenerative capacity. Awards and Publications: Blanc RS, Shah N, Hachmer S, Salama NAS, Meng FW, Mousaei A, Puri G, …
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh Year entered CMB program: 2024 Lab: Deneen Wellik Lab Brief Summary of Research: Discovering the role of Hox5 genes in lung fibroblast function in development and disease. Why did you choose UW–Madison’s CMB Program? I chose UW–Madison’s CMB program because of its policy prioritizing student’s holistic development. The way the program …
Hometown: Eldridge, Iowa Year entered CMB program: 2022 Lab: Jing Fan Lab Brief Summary of Research: I study the dynamic reprogramming of macrophage metabolism and how it relates to immune cell function. Awards and Publications: Arp NL, Seim GL, Votava JA, Josephson J, Fan J. Reactive nitrogen species inhibit branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex …
Hometown: Takoradi, Ghana Year entered CMB program: 2020 Lab: Beth Weaver Lab Brief Summary of Research: The Weaver lab studies chromosomal mis-segregation events which often lead to chromosomal instability (CIN). We recently identified that Mad1, a mitotic checkpoint protein is involved in integrin trafficking. My research evolves around understanding the molecular mechanisms and cellular …
In the past year and a half, the CMB program has increased efforts to address issues of equity and diversity within the program and at the university. The CMB program has worked closely with graduate students to create a student-led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) and to address the committee’s recommendations.
Hometown: St. Paul, MN Year entered CMB program: 2019 Lab: Rob Kalejta Lab Brief Summary of Research: Investigating epigenetic regulation of HCMV gene expression by the intrinsic immune system Why did you decide to attend graduate school? To expand my career opportunities, learn new scientific techniques, present my work at conferences, and to network …
Hometown: Mount Pleasant, MI Year entered CMB program: 2020 Lab: Bill Bement Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying the role of cortical excitability in cell division. Cortical excitability is characterized by the ability of proteins in the cell cortex to respond to and amplify signals from the cell. This amplification eventually leads …
On Tuesday, Sept. 21, Pathum Karunaratne, media specialist at Media Solutions, captured photographs in the lab of Assistant Professor Darcie L. Moore, PhD, in the Department of Neuroscience to depict research life in the school. After only a brief pause at the start of the pandemic, research in SMPH has been continuing safely now into the …
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 created by family and friends in honor of Dr. Erikson who died last year. Dr. Erikson was the second student to graduate from CMB, and …