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2025 Alumni Newsletter
We hope you enjoy reading more about the changes and growth of the CMB program and the success of CMB students, faculty, and alumni throughout the past year! The 2025 Alumni Newsletter is available online …
CMB Alumni Reji Babygirija and Grant Nickles Receive UW Distinguished Research Fellowships
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has awarded 11 postdoctoral trainees UW Distinguished Research Fellowships, designed to support interdisciplinary research areas related to RISE-AI, RISE-THRIVE and RISE-EARTH. The intent of the program is …
Yoshihiro Kawaoka Leads Team in Keeping Tabs on Avian Influenza and Dairy milk
When H5N1 avian influenza made an unprecedented jump into dairy cattle in early 2024, the development prompted concern on multiple fronts. How would herds with infections fare? Would dairy workers be at risk? Could the …
Jake Brunkard takes aim at the potential power of an ancient cellular process to make plants, people, and pets healthier.
In Jake Brunkard’s lab in the Genetics-Biotechnology Center, you’ll find plants everywhere. The space is filled with grow carts containing tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana, a member of the mustard family that Brunkard calls “the lab rat” of …
CMB Faculty Trainer Roméo Blanc Reveals How Aging Muscles Rust from Within
In the same way that sheet music shows musicians what to play, DNA shows the body how to function. But what if a violinist’s pages got jumbled out of order, or the melodies marked mute? …
Anjon Audhya Honored With Kellett Mid-Career Award
Eleven faculty have been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named for …
Rupa Sridharan Receives H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Eleven faculty have been honored with the H.I. Romnes Fellowships to recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of …
Alan Attie and Timothy Kamp Awarded WARF Named Professorships
Ten faculty have been awarded WARF Named Professorships, which come with $100,000 and honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors, but also because of their …
CMB Faculty Trainer Paul Lambert Studies How Viruses Cause Cancer — and How We Can Better Prevent Them
Paul Lambert, who leads UW’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, says UW’s NIH-funded research on tumor viruses, which cause about 15% of all human cancers, has deepened understanding of cancer biology and directly led to …