Advance furthers stem cells for use in drug discovery, cell therapy
July 14, 2017 CVRC trainer, William Murphy, and former trainee, Eric Nguyen, develop new material for growing and raising stem cells that could allow researchers to move away from using Matrigel. This week, a UW–Madison team …
Cai Research Group Attends 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver
June 20, 2017 CVRC member, Dr. Weibo Cai, and the Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology Laboratory received multiple awards at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver. The lab is led …
34 faculty honored with Vilas professorships
June 19, 2017 CVRC trainer, Kristyn Masters, was named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. The professorship provides five years of flexible …
Researchers Earn UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative Awards
April 19, 2017 The 16-member UW2020 Council then ranked the 119 submitted proposals and final selections were made by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education leadership. The 21 funded projects include …
UW Treats First Participant in Trial of Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure
April 17, 2017 UW-Madison associate professor of medicine and CVRC member, Dr. Amish Raval, is one of the principal investigators for an innovative clinical trial using stem cells for the treatment of heart failure that develops after a …
22nd Annual Poster Fair Award Winners
December 07, 2016 Congratulations to the 22nd Annual Scientific Poster Fair Award Winners! Di Lang, PhD, Research Associate, Glukhov Lab, Department of Medicinie Jeanette Shultz, Graduate Student, Emborg Lab, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program …
Stem Cell ‘Heart Patch’ Moves Closer to Clinic
September 21, 2016 UW-Madison faculty and CVRC members Dr. Timothy Kamp and Dr. William Burlingham are working with teams from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duke University to develop three-dimensional patches that will …
WIMR II Receives LEED Gold Certification
May 06, 2016 The second tower for the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMRII) was awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is an …
Twelve Professors Receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships
May 5, 2016 Kristyn Masters and William Murphy, CVRC members and trainers in the Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science, have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships.
Top Doctors of 2016 Honored in Madison Magazine
March 23, 2016 Many UW Health physicians have been honored in Madison Magazine’s 2016 Top Doctor Survey, including multiple CVRC trainers and members: James Stein, Cardiovascular Medicine Eliot Williams, Hematology J. Carter Ralphe, Pediatric Cardiovascular …
Research Finds ‘Encyclopedia’ of Genes That Regulate Blood Cell Development
June 17, 2015 CVRC trainer, Emery Bresnick, and trainee, Kyle Hewitt, produce results suggesting that Samd14 is required for blood precursors to function properly. “The analysis of this gene was a proof of principle that our …