Judith Kimble is Vilas Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (since 1994). Her lab is interested broadly in the molecular regulation of animal development, with a …
Alumni Spotlight: Emily Vaughan
Current Employer: Affinergy, LLC Job Title: Senior Scientist Home Town: Fort Wayne, IN Current Location: Cary, NC Research Topic: I studied the regulation of actomyosin contractile rings in cellular wound repair and cell division. Faculty …
CMB Student Drew Doering published in the Journal Cell
Yeasts reach across tree of life to domesticate suite of bacterial genes February 21, 2019 By Eric Hamilton An insect’s gut might seem an inhospitable place to settle in, but diverse microbes nonetheless make their …
Alumni Spotlight: Jessica TeSlaa
CURRENT EMPLOYER: UW-Madison JOB TITLE: Assistant Faculty Associate HOME TOWN: Benton Harbor, MI CURRENT LOCATION: Madison, WI RESEARCH TOPIC: The regulation of neural tube development in the zebrafish embryo FACULTY ADVISOR: Yevgenya Grinblat CMB DEGREE …
Student Spotlight: Katie Mueller
Hometown: Broomfield, Colorado Year entered CMB program: 2016 Lab: Krishanu Saha Lab Brief Summary of Research: Precision editing techniques to improve the potency of engineered cell therapies Awards and Publications: NSF Graduate research fellowship, …
New gene editing tool drives stem cell services and discovery
At just two-and-a-half years old, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Human Stem Cell Gene Editing Service is already contemplating expansion. The increased demand has tracked the growth of research projects on campus using a new gene …
Five Questions with CMB Trainer: Su-Chun Zhang, forger of brain cells
Su-Chun Zhang, a Waisman Center researcher and UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of neurology and neuroscience, was the first in the world to craft human brain cells from human embryonic stem (ES) …
Biomanufacturing projects stepping out at UW-Madison
Featuring CMB Trainers Kris Saha and Christian Capitini. A series of projects aimed at advancing the human-health and economic impact of biomanufacturing is already benefiting from a new University of Wisconsin–Madison institute aimed at making the …
Student Spotlight–Add your story!
Students, we would love to hear about your research, why you joined the CMB program, what you love about it, and more! If you are interested in sharing your story, please respond to our Student …
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 …