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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 awarded the Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Cora I Jayne Academic Merit, Dorothy Strong Scholarship and the Ferdinand Plaenert Scholarship. She …
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. The funds may be used for stipend, research supplies, travel to professional conferences, and other research expenses. For full information, …
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 and faculty and always greeted everyone at the front desk with a smile. She was kind, helpful, empathic, and very …
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. Skop’s recently published book, “Genetic Reflections: A coloring book” is the result of such a collaboration – involving Dr. Skop …
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. She talks about her inspiration to study autism, the sex differences that underlie the disorder, and how her research can …
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 ago. For many years, Renata was the head of our Clinical Genetics Unit. A survivor of the Holocaust, she organized …
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 communities. In response to that understanding and to create a more anti-racist program of study, they created a group that …
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 book, Genetic Reflections. The Genetic Reflections coloring book, which sells on Amazon and Blurb, was a year-long project. Skop, a …
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 this year’s conference will be Chair of the University of Wisconsin–Madison SACNAS chapter, Ahna Skop, Nicole Perna, Ryan Ward, Cris …
Genetics Graduate Student Jaime Cordova (Perna Lab) will be on NPR’s Science Friday tomorrow from 2:06-2:40PM CDT in a “planetary smackdown” talking about why Venus should be the planet we focus on in the search for life instead of Mars. The audio will go live after here: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/mars-versus-venus/ Hope you enjoy!”