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Identifying early inflammatory markers of type-1 diabetes is the goal of Martin Hessner, Ph.D., associate professor at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Director of the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes
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May 22 - On Wednesday, May 23, the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center and the Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science (CEGS) will host Jarrod Marto, PhD, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as this year’s Kern Visiting Professor. Dr. Marto is the Director of the Blais Proteomics Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard University. His seminar, Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Aberrant Molecular Events in Leukemia, will be held at 9 a.m. in the Cardiovascular Center Conference Room (H4950). A reception will follow.
May 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The project will investigate how type 2 diabetes (T2D) changes the body’s metabolic processes.
May 21 - Life Technologies Corporation will bring its mobile DNA sequencing lab to Milwaukee, Wednesday, May 23, to demonstrate the advances and applications of genomic science.
May 21 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
May 14 - Alexander L. Okun, MD, has been appointed Associate Professor of Pediatrics (special needs) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Okun is board certified in general pediatrics, developmental-behavioral pediatrics and hospice and palliative medicine. His clinical interests include providing team-based multidisciplinary care for children with complex chronic conditions.
National experts in traumatic brain injury research from the Medical College of Wisconsin and other institutions will present new insights in prevention, diagnosis and imaging at an upcoming conference.
The Milwaukee Institute will spend $1 million to add two petabytes of computer storage capacity, which will be housed at Midwest Fiber Networks in Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward. The biggest users of the additional capacity will be the Medical College of Wisconsin's genomic and systems biology researchers. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Alexander L. Okun, MD, has been appointed associate professor of pediatrics (special needs) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
May 10 - A Pewaukee family going through the DNA sequencing program at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin will host a golf fundraiser May 21 at the Legend of Brandybrook in Wales to support sequencing research for their sons and other families with medical mysteries.
A Pewaukee family going through the DNA sequencing program at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin will host a golf fundraiser May 21 at the Legend of Brandybrook in Wales to support sequencing research for their sons and other families with medical mysteries.