CMB Trainer Bikash Pattnaik explores a molecular ‘override’ for inherited blindness
For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA — a so-called “nonsense mutation” that …
July 9, 2026
CMB Trainer, Jue Wang, awarded 2026 Steenbock Professorship
Jue Wang, professor of bacteriology, has been awarded the 2026 Steenbock Professorship in Microbiological Sciences. The Steenbock Professorship provides research funds to recipients annually for 10 years and honors those faculty who have made major contributions …
June 30, 2026
Rebecca Smith, CMB Trainer, Works to Grow More Digestible Crops For Cattle
Rebecca Smith uses genetic tools to develop plants that can be digested more easily. The outcomes could be greater efficiency for biofuel production and lower methane emissions from dairy cows.
June 16, 2026
Alumni Spotlight- Ed Himelblau
Current Employer: Marquette University Job Title: Laboratory Manager Home Town: San Diego, CA Current Location: Milwaukee, WI Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Plant genetics and molecular biology in the Biochemistry Department Faculty Advisor: …
June 10, 2026
Alumni Spotlight- W. Allen Miller
Current Employer: Iowa State University Job Title: Professor Home Town: River Forest, IL Current Location: Ames, IA Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Replication and gene expression mechanisms of brome mosaic virus, a model …
June 10, 2026
CMB Trainer Owen Tamplin is working to make zebra fish a model for DIPG studies
The death of a six-year-old inspired a UW researcher to investigate a rare brain cancer. Using human oncogene DNA, he and his team induce brain tumors in embryonic zebra fish. They can then observe the …
June 9, 2026
Andrea Galmozzi, CMB Trainer, Receives Distinguished Postdoc Mentoring Award
The UW–Madison Postdoctoral Association recognized six postdocs and three faculty with the Postdoc Excellence Award last month. The award acknowledges excellence in mentoring, teaching and service.
June 2, 2026
Congratulations to CMB Student Ruida Li on his publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry
CMB Student Ruida Li, Class of 2024, Wei Lab, published the paper “Tissue-dependent enzymatic control of N-acetyl-β-alanine by PTER” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Congratulations, Ruida!
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