University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Sarah Copeland (Weaver Lab) was awarded first place for her poster in the Cancer Pharmacology Division at the ASPET EB2021 conference in April 2021! She was funded to attend the conference by the MCP Virtual Conference award. Link to the poster award announcement.
Sascha Mueller (Kalin Lab) was recently one of the first authors in a study published recently in the journal Molecular Therapy, where they described a new method that could alter the function of specific cells in brain circuits implicated in anxiety and other types of psychiatric disorders, and lead to new, less invasive treatments. The …
Congratulations to Kalina Reese (Ge 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. Kalina’s …
Dr. Debra Garvey, UW–Madison Post-doctoral Researcher in Dr. Will Ricke‘s lab, and Alexis Adrian, UW–Madison Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology graduate student in Dr. Will Ricke’s lab, have been appointed as O’Brien Center Representatives to the CAIRIBU Trainee & Early Investigator Community. In addition, UW/UTSW/U.Mass-Boston O’Brien Center trainees Dr. Debra Garvey (UW, Ricke Lab) and Dr. …
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 …