Dr. Teresa Compton, former CMB Chair, passed away on May 8, 2018. As a professor at UW-Madison, Dr. Compton built an internationally known research program focused on virus:host interactions. She was extensively engaged in university, …
Congratulations to CMB Alumnus Adam Bayless
Congratulations to Adam Bayless, CMB Alumnus, whose paper was recently published at PNAS. Adam is currently working as a Post-Doc at Tufts University. He is working with the Mike Levin and Kelly McLauglin Labs which study …
Forty faculty honored with Vilas professorships
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Read the full …
Amelia Haj chosen for the FASPE
Congratulations to CMB student, Amelia Haj, on being chosen for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). This is a two-week program in Germany and Poland examining the conduct of physicians …
Alumni Spotlight: Kim Schultz
Current Employer: US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Buffalo, NY Current Location: Baltimore, MD Research Topic: Virus-induced apoptosis Faculty Advisor: Paul Friesen CMB Degree Received in: 2008 Describe your current …
Alumni Spotlight: Saheed Imam
Current Employer: Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Job Title: Scientist II Home Town: Lagos, Nigeria Current Location: San Diego, CA Research Topic: Transcriptional and metabolic network analyses of Rhodobacter sphaeroides (a photosynthetic microbe) Faculty Advisor: Timothy Donohue …
Alumni Spotlight: Laura Runyen-Janecky
Current Employer: University of Richmond Job Title: Professor of Biology Home Town: San Antonio, TX Current Location: Richmond, VA Research Topic: My dissertation research focused on characterizing the vfr gene and its role in the …
Alumni Spotlight: Kate Cooper
Current Employer: Loras College Job Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Division of Molecular, Life, and Health Sciences Home Town: Dubuque, IA Current Location: Dubuque, IA Research Topic: Investigation of the role …
Qiang Chang Named Director of the Waisman Center
Congratulations to CMB Trainer, Qiang Chang, on being named the new director of the Waisman Center! He will assume the position on July 1. Chang’s research interests focus on Rett syndrome.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardees
Congratulations to three CMB students on their NSF Fellowship Awards! Katherine Mueller (Saha Lab) and Mitchell Ledwith (Mehle Lab) were both awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Ani Varjabedian (Bement Lab) was awarded Honorable …