Kelly April Tyrrell of University Communications won the National Association of Science Writers’ 2019 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award, for “Origins”, a series about UW research efforts in South Africa. Photographer Jeff Miller and video …
Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Jacobs
Current Employer: United States Environmental Protection Agency Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Glen Burnie, MD Current Location: Maryland/Washington D.C. Research Topic: Using molecular techniques to define how mechanical signals regulate skeletal muscle mass Faculty Advisor: …
Landick Lab: Dissecting the Central Dogma of Bacterial Biology
Lab Profile by Christi Binkley, CMB Graduate Student What relates the fields of synthetic biology and transcriptional mechanisms? Answer: gene regulation. The Landick lab studies prokaryotic gene regulation to answer basic and applied research questions, …
2019 Alumni Newsletter
We’ve had a busy year, and we’re excited to share some of the highlights with you! A big thank you to all who have donated their time, money, and stories to the CMB Program. You …
Student Spotlight: Zach Morrow
Hometown: Beaver Falls, PA Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: JD Sauer Lab Brief Summary of Research: I work to understand immune signaling pathways that are responsible for generating robust responses to tumors. Awards …
Exceptional Thesis Award 2018
By Charu Mehta, CMB graduate student Grit and resilience are the most paramount traits for graduate students pursuing a PhD, especially in Biology where experiments can often be time-consuming and unpredictable. Among the many students …
Student Spotlight: Jose Martinez
Hometown: Watsonville, CA Year entered CMB program: 2018 Lab: Anita Bhattacharyya Lab Brief Summary of Research: We work with human pluripotent stem cells (trisomy 21 iPSCs) to study different aspects of cortical development in …
Announcing New CMB Focus Group in Physiology
We are excited to announce that CMB’s Coordinating Committee recently voted to add a new focus group in Physiology to serve as the home for physiology studies on campus going forward. This will bring CMB’s …
A Groundbreaking Study Is Good News for Cats—And People
Photo by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters Original story by Ed Yong, featuring work by CMB trainer Laura Knoll and CMB student Sarah Wilson, was published by the Atlantic Of the many parasites known to control …
Student Spotlight: Ellen Wagner
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: Audrey Gasch Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying how the enzyme Protein Kinase A is regulated and targeted to its substrates, and how …