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 studies of exocytosis. Chapman’s lab studies how neurons send chemical signals from one to another through synapses. A major focus …
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 Melissa Skala. At the ceremony honoring several of the year’s most outstanding UW–Madison inventions, WARF also announced that it has …
As gene editing therapies for macular degeneration and other visual disorders work their way into clinical trials, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is on the forefront of research into making sure they are safe and effective. Nine years ago, David Gamm, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute (MERI) and associate professor of ophthalmology …
The National Institutes of Health has awarded 89 grants that will provide funding to extraordinarily creative scientists proposing highly innovative research to address major challenges in biomedical science. The grants are part of the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, which supports ideas with potential for great impact in biomedical research from across the broad scope …
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 career development of young investigators. Read the full article from UW News.