Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have uncovered new evidence in a decades-old genetic mystery, discovering how multiple genetic variations in a long-mysterious region of the human genome can leave people at higher risk of …
Student Success Stories
Congratulations to the 2025 SCRMC Research Training Award Winners!
Congratulations to the 2025 SCRMC Research Training Award Winners! The SCRMC Research Training Awards Program provides unique, interdisciplinary training for five future leaders in stem cell and regenerative medicine research. Additionally, this program will foster …
Congratulations to the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award Winners!
The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center 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 …
Portia is primed for battle: How a postdoctoral research associate is helping to harness the human immune system to fight cancer
Harnessing the human body’s power to combat cancer is all in a day’s work for University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral research associate, Portia Smith, PhD. Whether she is engineering white blood cells to fight tumors or …
Announcing the 2024 SCRMC Research Training Award Winners
The SCRMC Research Training Awards were established in 2008 to recognize and provide support for promising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of all citizenships conducting stem cell and regenerative medicine research at the University of …
SURFing the waves of research
The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center labs welcomed a wave of new members this summer, as five talented undergraduate students participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. This unique experience pairs mentors …
Casey Ostheimer knows how to nurture
By Jordana Lenon Recent University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) graduate Casey Ostheimer knows how to nurture herself and others. She managed classes in genetics, neuroscience, and kinesiology. She earned a …
When age is more than a number: undergraduate SCRMC lab member Samuel Neuman focuses on regenerative medicine as a way to impede diseases of degeneration and aging
By Bekah McBride Aging is part of the human experience, but not every experience is the same. Progressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s disease present many challenges to patients and their families, …
Justin Brumbaugh is featured ISSCR member
Justin Brumbaugh, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, earned his PhD in Biochemistry in 2011, working in the labs of Joshua Coon, PhD, and James Thomson, VMD, …
Jonathan Hernández named Chief Scientific Officer at Riordan Technologies
Jonathan J. Hernández, Ph.D., has been named chief scientific officer at Riordan Technologies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Jonathan was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of J. Carter Ralphe, M.D., associate professor and chief …