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Discovery to Product Awards Funds to Seven Campus Startups

Eric G. Schmuck, SCRMC member, research assistant professor and director of research at the Center for Biomedical Swine Research and Innovation, with Cellular Logistics, will evaluate a biomaterial’s potential to reduce post-heart attack damage and restore cardiac function in a swine model. Data from this UW–Madison and Cellular Logistics collaboration is crucial for supporting FDA filings for a first human clinical trial.

September 25, 2024

Optical imaging technique gives a closer look at new ways to grow heart cells

New research published in the journal Biophotonics Discovery describes an imaging method to observe stem-cell derived cardiomyocytes grown in a variety of biosynthetic hydrogels and assess the ideal conditions for successful growth.

Morgridge Postdoctoral Fellow Danielle Desa adapted optical imaging techniques she learned with the Melissa Skala Lab to support stem cell biology research in the Bioinspired Materials Lab led by William Murphy at UW–Madison’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.

August 27, 2024

Brain cell grafts in monkeys jump-start human trial for new Parkinson’s treatment

SCRMC members Marina Emborg, a UW–Madison professor of medical physics and Su-Chun Zhang, a UW–Madison stem cell researcher contributed to the development of this potential treatment.

July 29, 2024

Steven Tur receives ASH Award

Steven Tur, who works in SCRMC member Marjorie Brand’s lab, has received the prestigious Graduate Hematology Award from the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

June 18, 2024

Linde Lee Jacobs brings patient advocacy, personal journey to UW–Madison

Honoring her mother, while helping advance research on frontal temporal dementia (FTD) is Linde Lee Jacobs’ mission.

It’s what recently brought her to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including a visit to the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. There, she learned about the work of Marina Emborg, professor of medical physics in the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and a SCRMC member, who directs the university’s Preclinical Parkinson’s research program and studies other neurological degenerative diseases.

May 3, 2024

Announcing the 2024 SCRMC Research Training Award Winners

The 2024 SCRMC Research Training Awards Program provides unique, interdisciplinary training for five future leaders in stem cell and regenerative medicine research.

May 1, 2024

Nanomaterial that mimics proteins could be basis for new neurodegenerative disease treatments

A newly developed nanomaterial that mimics the behavior of proteins could be an effective tool for treating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

April 25, 2024

Congratulations to the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award Winners!

The SCRMC labs will welcome six new members this summer, as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), which supports motivated University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students as they pursue research in stem cell science and regenerative medicine.

April 16, 2024

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Neural Regeneration Focus Group’s Proposal Call

  • Precision Medicine iPSC Resource Proposal Call

    The SCRMC’s Neural Regeneration Focus Group is announcing a call for Precision Medicine-focused proposals describing neurological research projects that could benefit from generating iPSC resources. We plan to fund 2 collaborative pilot projects, each having …

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Blood Focus Group’s Proposal Call