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 …
Student Success Stories
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 …
Graduate Student Eileen Lynch featured in Disease Models and Mechanisms
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Eileen Lynch is first …
Shiok Meats Raises $4.6 Million Seed Round To Develop Cell-Based Shrimp
Read more about Shiok Meats co-founder Ka Yi Ling (left) and her time at UW–Madison here.
Ethan Lippmann wins inaugural $2.5M Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for neurodegenerative disorders research
Ethan Lippmann, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Vanderbilt University, has won an inaugural Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for neurodegenerative disorders research. The five-year, $2.5 million award supports his goal of better understanding …