CMB trainer Melissa Skala wins WARF Innovation Award
MADISON, Wis. – A new method to create artificial vascular grafts and a technique for identifying cancer immunotherapy cells have taken top honors from WARF. The winning teams are led by Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng and …
October 26, 2018Chris Hittinger Lab partnering with Wisconsin Brewing Company
UW-Madison genetics professor Chris Hittinger co-authored the study describing the breakthrough. He continued his wild yeast research in Wisconsin, and a few years later, he and a team of students found Saccharomyces eubayanus in a …
October 24, 2018French House; citizen scientists; textile historian
Since University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher James Thomson and colleagues derived the first human embryonic stem cells 20 years ago, research universities and biotechnology companies around the globe have worked to unlock their vast potential. Through …
October 22, 2018Kris Saha leads a team joining NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium
As gene editing therapies for macular degeneration and other visual disorders work their way into clinical trials, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is on the forefront of research into making sure they are safe and effective. …
October 19, 2018Student Spotlight: Zac Swider
Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: William Bement Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying the cell cycle regulation of cortical excitability. Briefly put, during and following cytokinesis, the cell …
October 10, 2018Student Spotlight: Lauren Hillers
Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois Year entered CMB program: 2015 Lab: Lisa Arendt Lab Brief Summary of Research: My lab studies obesity associated breast cancers. I am specifically investigating how obesity alters the breast microenvironment …
October 10, 2018Student Spotlight: Katarina Braun
Hometown: South Wales, New York Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: Thomas Friedrich Brief Summary of Research: I study the evolution of influenza viruses by applying the principles of population genetics to deep sequencing …
October 10, 2018Student Spotlight: Will Olson
Hometown: Portland, Oregon Year entered CMB program: 2014 Lab: Laura Knoll Lab Brief Summary of Research: I study metabolism during infection by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. More specifically I am interested in unique …
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