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A paper chronicling the research, co-led by David Gamm, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health, was published online July 23 in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study was also led by Kris Saha, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, …
Dr. Bill Murphy and his group have engineered slow-release mRNA delivery therapies that work effectively to promote healing in mice. July 1, 2020
Dr. Wendy Crone and her team have created a new technique for coaxing immature cardiomyocytes to become mature cells with highly organized internal structures. June 25, 2020
Dr. Galipeau started his two-year term serving as president-elect of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT). The ISCT is a global society of clinicians, regulators, researchers, technologists and industry partners with a shared vision to translate cellular and gene therapy into safe and effective therapies to improve patients’ lives worldwide. June 12, …
Beth Meyerand, professor of medical physics and biomedical engineering, will become the vice provost for faculty and staff affairs starting July 21st. June 9, 2020
Emery H. Bresnick, Gary Felsenfeld Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology, is director of UW–Madison Blood Research Program and co-director of the Cancer Genetic/Epigenetic Mechanisms Program of the Carbone Cancer Center. His research led to the discovery of new paradigms of blood stem- and progenitor-cell development and function, as well as human disease diagnostic strategies. …
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Darcie Moore led work with graduate student Christopher Morrow to discover how a cellular filament helps neural stem cells clear damaged and clumped proteins, an important step in eventually producing new neurons. Feb. 27, 2020
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Darcie Moore led work with graduate student Christopher Morrow to discover how a cellular filament helps neural stem cells clear damaged and clumped proteins, an important step in eventually producing new neurons. Feb. 27, 2020
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, PhD. His Member Spotlight article appears in the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s January 2020 newsletter and is also …
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 of pediatric cardiology in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Originally from the City of Panama, Panama, Jon pursued …