Xuehua Zhong receives NIH’s outstanding Investigator Award via Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) mechanism

Posted on July 10, 2017

This five-year MIRA grant provides support for new and ambitious research programs in an investigator’s laboratory rather than individual projects. It aims to provide investigators with greater stability and flexibility, and thus enhancing scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs. Her MIRA grant title is “Uncovering the epigenetic codes for genome integrity, developmental and environmental …

Genetics graduate student Sarah Lewis receives SciMed Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship

Posted on May 31, 2017

“Packers” yeast, newly identified by a UW–Madison undergrad, uncovers a decades-old mistake in the yeast family tree

Posted on May 31, 2017

This selective fellowship program represents a partnership between your graduate program, the SciMed Graduate Research Scholars community, the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the State of Wisconsin.

Honor the Life and Accomplishments of Professor Jim Crow

Posted on February 16, 2017

The Laboratory of Genetics is continuing to honor Professor Jim Crow for what would have been his 100th birthday. A birthday celebration took place in Fall 2016 in the form of a symposium and dinner. The department is focused on reaching a $1 million goal to have a professorship in Professor Crow’s honor. An endowed professorship …