With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to …
Study led by CMB alum Mitch Biermann finds new way to wind the development clock of cardiac muscle cells
By Kelly Tyrrell (CMB MS 2011) These days, scientists can collect a few skin or blood cells, wipe out their identities, and reprogram them to become virtually any other kind of cell in the human …
UW team finds key to common cancer pathway in discovery that could unlock new therapies
Scientists have long known that the protein p53, when mutated, is a critical factor in the onset of many different kinds of cancer. In its unmutated form, however, it is known to protect against cancer. …
Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris honored with Shaw Scientist Awards to support innovative research
Congratulations to the two recipients of this year’s Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Darcie Moore and Zachary Morris, who are also both CMB trainers! The awards come with $200,000 in seed funding …
CMB trainer Mark Mandel explains how tiny Hawaiian bobtail squid and bioluminescent bacteria make for a perfect match
How charming squid and glowing bacteria make a match in Hawaiian waters May 1, 2019 by Tyler Fox Imagine you’re a plucky, golf ball-sized squid swimming in the clear blue ocean on a moonlit night. …
2018 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award Winner: Diya Binoy Joseph
We are excited to announce that Diya Binoy Joseph is the recipient of the 2018 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award. This annual award honors a CMB student who has written and defended an exceptional thesis. Diya will receive $250 as well as a …
CMB students win NSF fellowships!
Congratulations to CMB students Zena Jensvold, Justin Mabin, and Zach Morrow who each were awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for 2019, and to Morgan Giese who received Honorable Mention! The National Science Foundation Graduate Research …
Research led by CMB Trainer Ying Ge: Novel approach promises ready access to hard-to-study proteins
DNA and the genome, we know, provide the blueprint for life. But it is the proteins made according to the genome’s instructions that are the nuts and bolts of living organisms, providing the molecular building …
Ani Michaud and Dan Tremmel win UW Cool Science Image Contest
CMB students Ani Michaud and Dan Tremmel were both winners of the 2019 UW-Madison Cool Science Image Contest. Only ten images and two videos by University of Wisconsin–Madison students, faculty and staff have been named …
Ed Chapman (CMB trainer) wins prestigious Sir Bernard Katz Award
Chapman is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and a Ricardo Miledi Professor of Neuroscience in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; he received the prize for his …