The Genomics & Technology newsletter (G&T) strives to build a community of researchers, faculty, students and staff interested in genomics by highlighting news, events, people, and technologies associated with genomics and/or UW-Madison.
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G&T Highlight Articles
Postdoc Highlight: Elena Kandror — Metabolic Redistribution in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
By Emily White Dr. Elena Kandror, a Postdoc in Abbas Rizvi’s Lab in the Department of Neuroscience, enjoys many things in life—learning languages, helping students, and studying different contributions to metabolic dysfunction. Kandror was born …
August 31, 2026Student Highlight: Charles Opara — Genetic Variation in Transcript Isoforms
By Emily White Following a long-time interest in biology and metabolic function, Charles Ikechukwu Opara works hard as a graduate student in the UW-Madison Genetics PhD Program and Alan Attie’s lab. His interest began back …
August 31, 20262026 SING Workshop: Training Students and the Community on Genetics Research Among Indigenous Communities
The Center for Genomic Science Innovation (CGSI) hosted the Summer internship for INdigenous People in Genomics (SING) genomics workshop that is co-directed by Rene Begay MS, MPH and Matthew Anderson, PhD. This week-long workshop provides …
August 18, 2026Faculty Highlight: Yang Lu — The Intersection of RISE AI, Statistics, and Biology
By Emily White Dr. Yang Lu, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, joined UW-Madison recently as part of the RISE AI initiative, aimed at seeding collaborative opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and data science. Dr. Lu was …
May 21, 2026Faculty Highlight: Dhananjay Bhaskar — Geometric Deep Learning for Biological Discovery
By Emily White Dr. Dhananjay Bhaskar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is another new arrival to campus in the RISE AI initiative. Originally from Kanpur, India, Bhaskar grew up in an academic …
May 21, 2026Staff Highlight: Leah Escalante – Bringing creative endeavors into bench research
By Victoria Rubinetti Research often benefits from perspectives shaped outside the lab. For Leah Escalante, a senior scientist in the Gasch lab, years spent training dogs and horses helped cultivate a problem-solving mindset grounded in …
January 20, 2026Faculty Highlight: Marc Chevrette – Interdisciplinary investigation of bacterial eco-evo dynamics
By Victoria Rubinetti Marc Chevrette, an Assistant Professor in the Plant Pathology Department, has embodied interdisciplinary work throughout his academic career. He began on the east coast, growing up in Coventry, Rhode Island and majoring …
January 20, 2026WARF Innovation Award: “Green” herbicide developed in Mike Sussman’s lab offers a safe alternative
Conventional herbicides (a class of pesticide that targets weeds) can cause significant environmental harm when overused or mismanaged, yet farmers depend on them to manage unwanted weed growth. Now, a team in the Center for …
January 20, 2026Student Highlight: Joe Lalli – Seeking a complete human genome for more accurate results
By Victoria Rubinetti Recent PhD graduate student Joe Lalli has had a fascinating journey on his way to the Cellular and Molecular Biology program and the MD/PhD program at UW-Madison. Lalli started as a self-proclaimed …
September 5, 2025Unlocking the Power of Patient Samples: How the TSB BioBank Accelerates Research at UW-Madison
By Victoria Rubinetti Many researchers are interested in studying patient samples to better understand human biology and especially disease states. Strict guidelines are needed to protect patient rights, but the processes of obtaining approval by …
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