MCP Seminar Series Schedule Fall 2020
MCP Fall 2020 Student Seminar Series_Updated 9-17-20
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
MCP Fall 2020 Student Seminar Series_Updated 9-17-20
The Vallee Foundation Announces 2020 Vallee Scholars Boston, MA – August 2020 In this unprecedented year, when the world needs exceptional scientific research, the Vallee Foundation is proud to award $1.8 million to six new Vallee Scholars. The Vallee Scholar program provides unrestricted funding for national and international junior faculty at a critical stage in …
MCP Faculty member, Dr. Ying Ge was awarded the Biemann Medal from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. This is a very prestigious award from this society of more than 17,000 members and recognizes significant achievements made in the early stages of a career. She joins the ranks of other faculty members at UW who …
Congratulations to Alexius Lampkin (Bakshi Lab) who was recently awarded by The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program ( NSF GRFP). The program is awarded to students pursuing research based masters and doctoral degrees in STEM. This five year fellowship provides three years of financial support, cost of education allowance, and professional development. Alexius’ …
Kent Jorgenson (Hornberger Lab) was recently awarded a Spring 2020 Student Research Grants Competition Award for Research Travel by the UW–Madison Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding in the Graduate School. Funding for these awards is generously supported by the Vilas Trust and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). Kent’s research focuses on the Deposition …
Chris Morrow (Moore lab) recently published an article in Cell Stem Cell called “Vimentin Coordinates Protein Turnover at the Aggresome during Neural Stem Cell Quiescence Exit”. Recent evidence suggests that neural stem cell (NSC) quiescence exit is a significant barrier to adult neurogenesis. Morrow et al. reveal that NSCs rely on vimentin-mediated proteasome localization to …
MCP Spring 2020 Seminar Series_(Updated 2-13-20)
Dr. Ying Ge, MCP Trainer and Professor in the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology and Dr. Lingjun Li, MCP Trainer and Professor in School of Pharmacy were recently named to the Top 100 Analytical Scientists, an honor that recognizes “the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity and leadership present across all corners of analytical science …
MCP Fall 2019 Student Seminar Series (Updated 9-9-19)
FRAXA Research Foundation has awarded a $90,000 research grant to principal investigator Dr. Xinyu Zhao and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Minjie Shen at the University of Wisconsin. They are investigating whether drugs which boost mitochondria — which provide the energy for cells — could treat Fragile X syndrome. Mitochondria are powerhouses that generates energy inside each …