2020 News & Events
Remembering Dr. Donata Oertel
We are saddened to share that Donata Oertel, PhD, Mary Herman and Lucien Rubinstein Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience, passed away on April 22, 2020. She was a member of the faculty for more than 38 years, …
Chapman Lab Research Featured as Lead Article on HHMI Homepage
Neuroscience Professor and HHMI Investigator Ed Chapman and MD/PhD student Mazdak Bradberry were recently highlighted on the Howard Hughes Medical Institute website for their investigation of Syt1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder – a rare condition that can …
Chapman Published, Yet Again, in Nature Communications
Dr. Ed Chapman and colleagues in the Chapman Lab were once again published in Nature Communications. Their new paper, Resolving kinetic intermediates during the regulated assembly and disassembly of fusion pores, discusses findings on key …
Moore Published in Cell Stem Cell
Department of Neuroscience scientists headed by Assistant Professor Dr. Darcie Moore were recently published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The study, Vimentin Coordinates Protein Turnover at the Aggresome during Neural Stem Cell Quiescence Exit, …
Emeritus Professor Tom C.T. Yin to Receive Award of Merit
The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Awards Committee has chosen our very own Dr. Tom C.T. Yin to be next year’s recipient of the Award of Merit. The Association for Research in Otolaryngology is …
Sinha Named McPherson ERI’s David and Nancy Walsh Family Professor in Vision Research
Dr. Raunak Sinha has been named McPherson Eye Research Institute’s David and Nancy Walsh Family Professor in Vision Research for a two-year term. This Professorship provides funding in support of his cutting-edge work on the …
Roopra to be Awarded Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
Dr. Avtar Roopra will be granted one of the Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence. Congratulations, Avtar!
Vevea to Receive 2nd Annual Warren Alpert Foundation Distinguished Scholars Fellowship
Jason Vevea, a postdoc in Dr. Ed Chapman’s lab, has been selected as one of 5 awardees of the 2nd annual Warren Alpert Foundation Distinguished Scholars Fellowship. The Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars is a program …
Rosenberg Selected for Vilas Associates Award
Dr. Ari Rosenberg has been selected for a Vilas Associates Award. Congratulations, Ari! The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional …
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2019
2019 Holiday Party and Dr. Kalil’s Retirement
The Department of Neuroscience wrapped up a fantastic year on December 12th by celebrating our departmental accomplishments, as well as wishing Dr. Kate Kalil the best in her retirement. Thank you to all who attended! …
Moore Profiled as Rising Star in Neuroscience by The Scientist
Assistant Professor Dr. Darcie Moore was recently published in the eBook, “Rising Stars in Neuroscience: Profiles of eight up-and-coming scientists looking to push boundaries and tread new paths in neuroscience research,” by The Scientist. Dr. …
Chapman Published Again in Nature Communications
Ed Chapman and colleagues were recently published in Nature Communications for their work on message transfer regulation between mammal neurons. Specifically, Chapman describes a key component of the system — the “clamp” — that prevents …
Chapman Published in Nature Communications
Ed Chapman, professor of Neuroscience and HHMI investigator, and colleagues recently published in Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Article number: 3532 (2019), their work on synaptotagmin 17 (syt-17). Synaptotagmins (syt) are generally thought to regulate exocytosis …
Zhao Receives FRAXA Research Grant
FRAXA Research Foundation has awarded a $90,000 research grant to principal investigator Dr. Xinyu Zhao and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Minjie Shen at the University of Wisconsin. They are investigating whether drugs that boost mitochondria could …
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iPS Stem Cells: Research Discoveries One Decade After Breakthrough
In his UW-Madison lab, Su-Chun Zhang discovered a likely cause of ALS, the deadly neurological disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after turning skin cells from ALS patients into stem cells. The research is …
Graduate Student Nadia Khan Receives D-SPAN Award
Roopra Lab graduate student, Nadia Khan, receives NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award. Nadia Khan, a Ph.D. candidate in cellular and molecular biology and member of the Roopra Lab, …
Former Graduate Student Named Hanna Grey Fellow
Former Chapman Lab graduate student, Chantell Evans, named Hanna Grey Fellow Chantell Evans, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and former member of the Chapman Lab, …
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2018
Fettiplace Awarded the 2019 Passano Prize
Dr. Robert Fettiplace has been awarded the 2019 Passano Prize. Since 1945 the Passano Foundation has annually given an award for “endeavors with clinical applications” through Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Medical …
Gail Robertson to Receive 2019 Kenneth S. Cole Award
Dr. Gail A. Robertson will receive the 2019 Kenneth S. Cole Award from the Biophysical Society. The selection committee writes that “Gail embodies the spirit and intent of the Cole Award, and is recognized for …
Donata Oertel Elected as AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Dr. Donata Oertel from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an AAAS Fellow. Dr. Oertel, Neuroscience Professor and Mary Herman and Lucien Rubinstein Distinguished Chair of …
Moore Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Darcie Moore is the recipient of an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for High-Risk, High-Reward Research. Her project is titled “The Mechanisms and Functional Role of the Asymmetric Segregation of Cellular Cargoes in Stem Cells.” …
Chapman Wins Pew Innovation Fund Award
The Pew Charitable Trust announced that Dr. Ed Chapman, Professor of Neuroscience in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of a dozen leading “Innovation Fund” researchers who will collaborate …
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