Dr. Veli Topkara, MD, MSc Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Medicine We welcome Dr. Veli Topkara as new core faculty of the Cardiovascular Research Center. Dr. Topkara is a faculty member in the Division of …
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Bo Liu, PhD, Professor, Recieves Kellet Mid-Career Award
Eleven faculty have been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named …
New Research Collaborative Receives Nearly $11 million
Three Department of Medicine faculty—Allan Brasier, MD, professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Nathan Sandbo, MD, associate professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; and Chair Lynn Schnapp, MD, George R. and Elaine Love Professor—are key members of a new research …
Eagles Telethon Raises Funds For Cardiovascular Research
On Wednesday, June 19, at the Eagles Club at the intersection of Beaumont Road and Wisconsin Street in Prairie du Chien, Tom Stram and Dan Moris, two of the three emcees for the 49th …
CVRC Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Kicks Off!
(2024 summer fellowship cohort, mentors and previous summer cohorts) The Cardiovascular Research Center’s Summer Undergraduate Fellowship programs began on June 3, 2024, with a group kick-off meeting! The two programs, American Heart Assocation and …
Applications Now Open For The 2024 CVRC Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
Sponsored by the UW-Madison Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), this program requires mentors to be CVRC members who are experts in a cardiovascular field and have a demonstrated interest in mentoring successful scientists. Collaboratively, we will …
Cardiovascular Research Center Annual Newsletter
We are pleased to share our first issue of the CVRC Newsletter. Please follow the link below to read about some of the main events of 2023.
Junsu Kang’s Lab Has Identified That il11 Plays Dual Roles in Heart Regeneration
Harnessing The Regenerative Potential of Interleukin11 To Enhance Heart Repair Balancing between regenerative processes and fibrosis is crucial for heart repair. However, strategies to regulate the balance between these two process are a barrier …
T32 Postdoc Trainee Named “Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics” by ACS
Congratulations to Melissa Pergande, T32 Postdoc Trainee, named a “Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics” by ACS! Rising Stars in Proteomics and Metabolomics 2024 In this Collection, we recognize emerging scientists in the fields of …
Combining Cell Types May Lead to Improved Cardiac Cell Therapy Following Heart Attack
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Academia Sinica of Taiwan have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle. The study, published in Circulation — which addresses major challenges of using heart muscle …