Who is the SCRMC GSA?
The Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center Graduate Student Association (SCRMC GSA) was initially founded in 2009 by a group of junior stem cell researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) and was previously known as the Wisconsin Stem Cell Roundtable (WiSCR).
Current Officers:
- Melanie Staffenson
Lab- Shusta Lab
Position- Communications - Sayandeep Saha
Lab- Brown Lab
Position- Monthly Meeting Coordinator/Site Visit Coordinator - Fatemeh Yaghoobi
Lab- Palecek and Shusta Labs
Position- SURF Coordinator - Sabrina Fluharty
Lab- Wolter Lab
Position- SURF Coordinator/Site Visit Coordinator - Vijay Parmar
Lab- Palecek and Shusta Labs
Position- Recruitment Coordinator - Jack Bonde
Lab- Palecek Lab
Position- Monthly Meeting Coordinator/Recruitment Coordinator
From left to right: Melanie Staffenson (Shusta Lab), Fatemeh Yaghoobi (Palecek and Shusta Labs), Jack Bonde (Palecek Lab), Sabrina Fluharty (Wolter Lab), Vijay Parmar (Palecek and Shusta Labs), and Sayandeep Saha (Brown Lab). Photo credit: Anjali Rai (McLellan Lab)
Goals:
- To provide a casual scientific forum to foster interaction, collaboration, dialogue, and support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at UW–Madison in the SCRMC.
- To provide outreach to educate the public about current stem cell and regenerative medicine research.
Want to get involved?
If you are interested in being involved in the SCRMC GSA, please let us know at uwstemcellroundtable@gmail.com.
Subscribe to our events calendar here!
Join our email list here!
Upcoming SCRMC GSA Meetings:
The SCRMC GSA holds monthly meetings to discuss current stem cell and regenerative medicine literature or have a member present their research.
2026 Meetings
- 05/21 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD
- 06/18 – SURF mentor presentations
- 07/16 – SURF mentor presentations
- 08/20 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD
- 09/17 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD
- 10/15 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD
- 11/19 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD
- 12/17 – Regular GSA meeting – Presenter TBD or SCRMC GSA winter networking/social event
Meetings will generally occur every third Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. in Engineering Hall 2024. Food will be provided!
Interested in presenting at a monthly meeting to practice a talk? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/Wkabi1KWecFJBoQ76
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
The SCRMC GSA also administers the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which aims to introduce talented undergraduate students to stem cell research with the help of a graduate student or postdoc mentor. To learn more about and apply for this exciting opportunity, please visit the SURF Program website.