The UW Undiagnosed Disease Program is combining cutting-edge technologies and new research developments to help diagnose Wisconsin patients.
G&T Category
Student Highlight: Athena Golfinos-Owens – Analyzing the tumor microenvironment
By Victoria Rubinetti Athena Golfinos-Owens has always wanted to help people. After her undergraduate degree from UW-Madison, she worked as a technician to create antimicrobials and antibiotics, solidifying her passion for treating diseases from the …
Faculty Highlight: Tianyuan Lu – Leading an interdisciplinary approach to personalized medicine
By Victoria Rubinetti Tianyuan Lu has always loved learning languages and how they shape different perspectives. This and his love for working with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds put him on a path to …
From DNA to Diagnosis: UW-UDP clinic brings genomic technologies to the public
The UW Undiagnosed Disease Program is combining cutting-edge technologies and new research developments to help diagnose Wisconsin patients.
Student Highlight: Kwangmoon Park – From economics to statistical genomics
Kwangmoon Park explains his research developing statistical tools for high-dimensional genomic data.
Alumni Highlight: Keith Noto – Principal Scientist at AncestryDNA
From a UW-Madison student to Principal Scientist at the largest provider of consumer DNA testing in the world, Keith Noto shares details on his trajectory and current role.
Postdoc Highlight: Kirstan Gimse – Combining computation and gene therapy for Alzheimer’s treatments
Dr. Kirstan Gimse explains her research on gene editing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and the computational analysis behind it.
Faculty Highlight: Abbas Rizvi – New approaches to study neurodegenerative diseases
New UW faculty uses genomics and computation to investigate neurodegenerative diseases.
Creation of the RADx Tribal Data Repository for Indigenous health data
A team of researchers, including UW-Madison’s Dr. Matt Anderson, will spearhead a Tribal Data Repository for health data and projects focused on Tribal citizens
New imaging-based spatial transcriptomics technology coming to campus advances genomic research
The MERFISH system purchased by the Waisman Center will significantly boost campus functional genomics capability with spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics.