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 …
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Dr. Ying Ge awarded the Biemann Medal from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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 …
Alexius Lampkin awarded NSF GRFP
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 …
Kent Jorgenson awarded research travel award
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 …
Chris Morrow published in Cell Stem Cell
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 …
Dr. Ying Ge and Dr. Lingjun Li named to the Top 100 Analytical Scientists
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 …
Dr. Xinyu Zhao and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Minjie Shen awarded FRAXA Research Foundation Grant
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 — …
Ed Chapman wins prestigious Sir Bernard Katz award
Dr. Ed 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 …
MCP Faculty Researchers Probe Cell Division Defects to Gain Insight Into Cancer
Three MCP Faculty and their lab members are studying cell division to gain insight into cancer: Dr. Mark Burkard, Dr. Beth Weaver, and Dr. Aussie Suzuki. Read the full article here.
MCP Faculty Honored with Vilas Awards
Dr. Weiping Tang (Professor in School of Pharmacy and MCP Faculty member) was one of sixteen professors who received Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence. The award provides flexible research funding …