Congratulations to the Class of 2021 Genetics & Genomics Graduates! We had more than 100 students graduate this Spring, and we are proud of them all! These students and their accomplishments were highlighted and celebrated …
Genetics News
2021’s Outstanding Senior Award Winners
Congratulations to this years Genetics and Genomics Outstanding Senior Award winners Rachel Kabara and Emma McKeel. Rachel Kabara has been doing research in Dr. Xuehua Zhong’s lab for the last four years and has been …
Undergraduate Research Fellowships for 2021
The Laboratory of Genetics will provide up to $6,000 to individual UW Genetics and Genomics undergraduate majors to support research projects in UW faculty laboratories. The funds will be administered by the student’s faculty advisor. …
Memorial for Kathy Rand
Kathleen (Kathy) Rand Our dearest Kathy passed away peacefully on February 25th, 2021, at the age of 66. She worked as our front desk receptionist for 20 years. Kathy loved interacting with the students, staff …
Coloring outside the lines
Left – Elif Kurt; right – Caitlin Marks Genetics faculty member Dr. Ahna Skop has had her coloring book and undergrad alumni collaboration highlighted by the National Science Foundation’s Molecular and Cellular Biosciences site. Dr. …
Professor Werling and the genetics of autism
New department of Genetics faculty member Donna Werling is highlighted in a recent issue of Grow, the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s magazine, for her work in sex differences in autism spectrum disorders. …
Renata Laxova, pioneer in Clinical Genetics, passes away
We lost a pioneer from our Laboratory of Genetics family this past weekend. Former Medical Genetics Professor Emerita Renata Laxova died November 29th, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. She had moved to Arizona just three weeks …
Genetics Students Awarded the Schlimgen Award for Inclusivity Work
Two students, Michael Kartje and Kirsten Gotting, were awarded the Schlimgen Award prior to the November 18 Colloquium seminar. Mikey and Kirsten identified the role early geneticists have played in the oppression of marginalized …
Coloring book inspires young science artists
If you ask scientist/artist, Dr. Ahna Skop, what she sees under the microscope, she will say one word: beauty. Now the Sun Prairie resident wants to share that perspective with kids in a new coloring …
SACNAS Virtual Conference
A delegation from the Genetics program will be attending this year’s SACNAS virtual conference. SACNAS is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in STEM education and careers. Attending …