School of Medicine and Public Health
Congratulations to Dr. Barak Blum and his lab on their recent publications! Synaptotagmins Tweak Functional β Cell Maturation. Endocrine cell type sorting and mature architecture in the islets of Langerhans require expression of Roundabout receptors in β cells.
Congratulations to Dr. Igor Slukvin and colleagues on their recent publication, “NOTCH signaling specifies arterial-type definitive hemogenic endothelium from human pluripotent stem cells” in the Nature Communications journal. The School of Medicine and Public Health’s announcement can be found here: https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2018/may/lymphoid-precursors/
CRB participated in the UW Science Expedition at the HSLC on Sunday, April 8. Students, staff, and faculty helped run our Exploration Station titled “Build Your Own Stem Cell!” where kids and parents could make their own stem cell out of construction paper and glue. A special thank you to the volunteers who helped to …
Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Cozzi on his recent publications. LM Klein, NV Cozzi, PF Daley, SD Brandt, AL Halberstadt. Receptor binding profiles and behavioral pharmacology of ring-substituted N,N-diallyltryptamine analogs. Neuropharmacology, (in press), (2018). DOI:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.02.028 Click here to read publication RT Brown, CR Nicholas, NV Cozzi, MC Gassman, KM Cooper, D Muller, CD Thomas, SJ Hetzel, …
Two CRB faculty have recently received prestigious University awards: Ying Ge will be receiving an H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, and Ricki Colman has received a Vilas Early Career Investigator Award. The Romnes fellowship is a very competitive award for faculty up to 6 years past tenure. Last year, Beth Weaver received this award, so CRB …
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology (CRB). Application link: jobs.hr.wisc.edu/crbchair Chair, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology Announcement
Joseph Kemnitz, PhD, was appointed Interim Chair of CRB in July. Prof. Kemnitz is one of the founding members of our department. He previously has held other roles in research administration locally, including director of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, director for Translational Technologies and Resources in the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, …
Welcome to our new Assistant Professor, Anita Bhattacharyya! Anita joined CRB on December 1. Please stop by her office in 623 Waisman Center to say hello!
CRB participated in Union South’s Badger Bash event on Saturday, November 11. Posters, interactive displays, and informational brochures and handouts were set up for the public. This event was a great success and we hope to participate in more outreach events in the future! Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out and …
Welcome to our new Assistant Professor, Junsu Kang! Junsu joined CRB on October 1. Please stop by his office in 4451 WIMR II to say hello!