Cynthia Czajkowski, CMB trainer and professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has moved from interim to permanent status as the associate vice chancellor for research in the biological sciences.Dr. Czajkowski’s OVCRGE …
CMB Alumna Jessica TeSlaa to help launch Public Service Graduate Fellows program
Jessica TeSlaa, CMB alumna and assistant faculty associate with WISCIENCE, will collaborate with campus and community partners to launch the Public Service Graduate Fellows program following a $500k NSF Grant. Read more here: https://grad.wisc.edu/2018/09/24/wiscience-receives-innovations-in-graduate-education-grant/
Lab Profile: Newmark Lab brings planarians into the molecular age
Top, members of the Newmark lab. Bottom left, members of the lab at a local elementary school talking about planarians. Bottom right, lab mascot, Schmidty, aliquoting cells. Story by Rosa Mejia Sanchez and Umair Khan; …
Daniel Amador-Noguez receives Early Career Research Award
Congratulations to CMB Trainer, Daniel Amador-Noguez! He has received a 2018 Early Career Research Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. He is among 84 young faculty nationwide to receive the award, …
Cell therapy is the future, and Wisconsin is the place, Jacques Galipeau tells Technology Council
Less than two years after CMB trainer Jacques Galipeau was hired to start the Program for Advanced Cell Therapy at the School of Medicine, PACT has obtained an FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) permit to …
Xinyu Zhao’s lab looks towards new therapies for fragile X syndrome
Fragile X is a genetic condition that affects one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females. It’s linked to variations in the gene that makes a protein called FMRP. Symptoms may include intellectual disability, …
Study by Ophelia Venturelli helps predict behaviors of gut microbes
A new study from CMB trainer Ophelia Venturelli helps to understand how the microbiome is formed, how it changes over time, and how it is affected by disturbances like antibiotics used to treat illnesses. Read …
2018 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 …
Philip Romero Receives Shaw Scientist Award
Congratulations to CMB Trainer, Philip Romero, who was the recipient of the 2018 Shaw Scientist Award from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The award comes with $200,000 in seed funding to support innovative research approaches and the …
Morgridge Institute Launches New Virology Center
The Morgridge Institute for Research is launching the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology, a new transformative research initiative made possible by the philanthropic support of John and Jeanne Rowe. …