Dawid Maciorowski

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MD-PhD Candidate

  • Graduate Student

Novel CRISPR-based gene editing strategies to investigate treatments for pediatric cancer

Jayaraman Tharmalingam

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  • Postdoctoral Associate

Integrate computational and experimental models of host-pathogen interaction in bacterial infections

Sushrut Karmalkar

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  • Postdoctoral Associate

Designing efficient estimators which are robust to aggressive noise models

Jasper Lee

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  • Postdoctoral Associate

Designing practical, data-efficient algorithms with rigorous guarantees for statistical applications

Antiracism, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (A-JEDI)

Working Toward Inclusivity in Science Our Philosophy and Guiding Principles The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is predicated on the bedrock principle, which is supported by research, that human diversity is a pivotal feature of communities that conduct high-impact, interdisciplinary, creative science. To take advantage of the best talent and provide opportunities to …

2020 Publications

2020 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:

Andrew Hryckowian

Assistant Professor

  • WID Affiliate

The molecular mechanisms and genetic circuitry underlying microbiome community dynamics

2019 Publications

2019 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:

Uncovering a Connection Between Regulators and Genes During Early Neurodevelopment

WID researchers used a collaborative combination of computational and wet lab experimental techniques to find a connection between a transcription factor and a neurodevelopment gene.

Ryan Herringa

Ryan Herringa

Associate Professor

  • Discovery Fellow

Neurodevelopmental mechanisms of stress and mental illness in youth

2018 Publications

2018 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:

2017 Publications

2017 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:

History

In 2008, under the leadership of interim director, John Wiley, a university-wide competition was held and five research themes, as well as their senior faculty theme leaders, were identified. These founding themes were Bionates, Epigenetics, the Living Environments Laboratory, Optimization and Systems Biology. At the close of 2010 the Discovery …