Having trained at UW-Madison, Dr. Jessica Lang simply couldn’t stay away. She returns as an Assistant Professor with deep expertise in chromatin dysfunction in ovarian and other cancers.
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Team research presents a new approach for Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Six summer undergrads in the Biomedical Data Science Summer Research Opportunity Program overcame pandemic restrictions through a unique team-science research experience.
Leading-edge consent process will benefit UW genomics researchers and patients
UW Carbone Cancer Center is piloting a new front-door patient consent process that will make genomic and clinical data more readily available to UW researchers for broad translational advances.
Going Spatial: New transcriptomics technology arrives at UW-Madison.
A new partnership between the UW-Madison Biotechnology Center and the Lab in Translational Research Initiatives (TRIP) in Pathology is bringing spatial genomics to UW researchers, revealing new views of cell-to-cell signaling, tissue organization, markers for disease, and more.
Genomics and its Diversity Problem
Genomics suffers from a lack of diversity not only in its workforce but also in its data. The woeful underrepresentation of minority genomes and data in genomic research programs robs these groups of the promise of genome-enabled health care decisions.
Welcome to the Genomics and Technology Newsletter
UW-Madison hosts outstanding research and education in broad biological disciplines, including in the genome-enabled sciences. To strengthen the genomics community on campus, the UW Center for Genomic Science Innovation (CGSI) is launching the Genomics & Technology Newsletter, highlighting campus genomics news, faculty and trainee spotlights, and collaboration and funding opportunities, as well as new technologies on campus and topics related to outreach and diversity.
Gage Moreno – How Covid-19 skyrocketed a grad student’s career
The Covid-19 pandemic presented unique challenges and stresses for most people, but for Gage Moreno it was the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to study SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution in Wisconsin.
UW welcomes two new genomics experts
The Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine welcomed two new hires working in the field of human genetics. Gaelen Hess and Muhammed Murtaza bring new technologies in high-throughput genotype-phenotype analysis and cancer detection, respectively.