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It’s not a cure for Down syndrome that Dave Witte and Cristina Delgadillo want for their 5-year-old daughter. “Olivia is our daughter and we love her, and we love her because of who she is. And part of who she is, is she has Down syndrome,” Witte says. But they would be happy if stem …
Congratulations to Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, Dr. Anita Bhattacharyya. Anita has been highlighted in this week’s Wisconsin News for her work co-directing the UW–Madison iPSC Reprogramming and Human Stem Cell Gene Editing Service (iPSC). Great work, Anita! For more on Anita’s work and to read the UW-News article, please visit: “New …
Stem Cells have been making headlines in the news due to the 20th anniversary of James Thomson’s discovery of human embryonic stem cells. Click the headlines below to read about stem cell research at UW–Madison and in the surrounding community. After 20 years, stem cells mean business in Wisconsin UW researcher using stem cells to create …
Twenty years ago, the world was introduced to human embryonic stem cells in an historic paper by UW–Madison’s James Thomson. To read more about this historic event and what’s been happening in the field of Stem Cell Research over the past 20 years, visit these articles: Stem Cells @ 20: The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine …
Trusted. Efficient. Successful. Partners in Giving is the nationally-recognized state employee workplace fundraising campaign in Dane County, raising millions of dollars each year for over 500 charities. Every October, hundreds of employee volunteers reach out to their Dane County colleagues at state agencies, UW Madison and UW Health. Employees are given the opportunity to make …
School of Medicine and Public Health Employees: The Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period, October 1- 26, is the only annual opportunity you have to enroll in or make changes to most of your benefits unless you have an eligible life event (family status or employment change) during the year. Changes made during this period will …
Congratulations to CRB’s Affiliate Faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience, Darcie Moore, PhD, on her NIH New Innovator Award! Check out the NIH Director’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Awards press release and the New Innovator Awardees page for more details.
Congratulations to Eunjin Cho, Joseph Szulczewski, Vege Cai, and Kyle Hewitt on their successful thesis defenses! We also congratulate their CRB mentors, Youngsook Lee, Suzanne Ponik, Ying Ge, and Emery Bresnick, respectively.
Deneed Wellik, PhD has accepted the offer to become the next Chair of the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, effective December 1, 2018. Dr. Wellik joins the School of Medicine and Public Health from the University of Michigan Medical School, where she has held faculty appointments in both the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of …
Coffee, Research, and Bagels (CRB2) hosted their inaugural meeting on Tuesday, September 11th from 4:00-5:00pm in 4571 WIMR II. Drs. Kaitlin Fogg and Molly Carroll presented their research. The goal of CRB2 is to provide a platform for postdocs, scientists, and grad students to share their ongoing research, foster potential collaborations, and familiarize CRB members with …