Tag: faculty

CMB Trainer, Claire Richardson, Featured in Inside UW’s New Faculty Focus

Claire Richardson joined the UW–Madison faculty in March 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics.

CMB trainer Paul Ahlquist on stopping the next pandemic

After more than a year of struggling against COVID-19, vaccines have been developed and deployed in record time and we are starting to see a rational path out of the pandemic. As momentous as this is, the truth is that COVID-19 is only one battle in an expanding, long-term war between humanity and viruses. We …

Remembering Dr. Teresa Compton

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, national and international service and held multiple campus leadership roles including Chair of the Human Cancer Virology program and Chair …

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 article on UW News. Congratulations to CMB Faculty Trainers Audrey Gasch and Chris Hittinger!

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.

UW scientists find key cues to regulate bone-building cells

The prospect of regenerating bone lost to cancer or trauma is a step closer to the clinic as University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists, including CMB trainer Wan-Ju Li, have identified two proteins found in bone marrow as key regulators of the master cells responsible for making new bone.