MCP In the News

Spring 2013 News

May 2013: Natalie Patzlaff offered a Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship through the Waisman Center.
April 2013: Dr. Colin Jefcoate, appointed to WARF named chair for research on identifying molecular mechanisms exploited by toxic agents such as dioxin to disrupt cellular signaling conducted by hormones and other proteins.
April 2013: Dr. Elaine Alarid named 2013 Vilas Associate
February 2013: Dr. Emery Bresnick is the recipient of a Kellett Mid-Career Award.
February 2013: Dr. Patricia Keely has receieved a Romnes Faculty Fellowship 2013.
- More information on Dr. Bresnick and Dr. Keely's awards:
  Patricia Keely, PhD, and Emery Bresnick, PhD, are among UW-Madison faculty members to be honored with a Romnes Faculty Fellowship and Kellett Mid-Career Award, respectively.
  
  Keely, professor of cell and regenerative biology at the SMPH and director of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology graduate program, earned a Romnes award, which recognizes exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last four years. Selected by a UW Graduate School committee, winners receive an unrestricted $50,000 award for research, supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
  
  Keely's research focuses on how cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix are altered during carcinogenesis, to result in invasive, metastatic carcinoma.
  
  Bresnick, professor of cell and regenerative biology, earned a Kellett award, supported by WARF. The award recognizes outstanding mid-career faculty members who are five to 20 years past the first promotion to a tenured position. Each winner, chosen by a UW Graduate School committee, receives a $60,000 flexible research award.
  
  Bresnick is an expert on epigenetics and the development and function of blood cells.

Fall 2012 News

September 2012: Welcome Reception and Poster Session.