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El Zoominario: giving a voice to Latinx scientists and inspiring the next generation

With the goal of highlighting Latinx scientists for other scientists as well as Latinx children, Solís-Lemus co-created El Zoominario, an online seminar series aimed at the general public.

New nanoparticles deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice

Shaoqin "Sarah" Gong and her lab have developed a way to move therapies across the brain’s protective membrane to deliver brain-wide therapy with a range of biological medications and treatments.

Yin is part of a grant to create and study a “digital twin” of the urinary tract

Yin and collaborating researchers are building the model to investigate how the nervous system and urinary tract are connected.

Drying process could be key step in the development of life

PhD student Hayley Boigenzahn and professor John Yin can explain how one of the potentially crucial early steps on the path of life could have happened. They published their findings in the Dec. 2022 issue of the journal Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres.

WID Graduate Student is December Graduation Student Speaker

From high school dropout to PhD: The unlikely journey of student commencement speaker and Saha Lab member Kirstan Gimse

Improved understanding of early spinal cord development paves the way for new treatments

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing the means to turn stem cells into a wide range of specific types of spinal cord neurons and cells in the hindbrain — the critical nexus between the spinal cord and the brain — paving the way for improved prevention and treatment of spinal cord disease.