Matt Wood receives first R01 from NINDS
Matthew Wood (Assistant Professor of Surgery) received his first R01 from NINDS, titled “T cell roles in regeneration across nerve graft alternatives.” Congrats, Matt!
Robert Mecham named ISMB 2020 Distinguished Investigator
Bob Mecham (Alumni Endowed Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology) was named the 2020 Distinguished Investigator by the International Society for Matrix Biology. Congrats Bob!
Musculoskeletal Biology and Regenerative Medicine Meeting Postponed
With the health and safety of the entire community in mind, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the Musculoskeletal Biology and Regenerative Medicine meeting (scheduled for May 28-29, 2020) until May 2021. Once we have confirmed a new date, additional emails will be sent out. Stay safe and healthy.
Welcome to Rowan Karvas, CRM Fellow in the Theunissen Lab
The CRM and the Theunissen Lab welcome Rowan Karvas PhD as a new CRM Fellow in Regenerative Medicine. Rowan received her PhD from the University of Missouri and will work on engineering 3D microenvironments to model early human development. Welcome, Rowan!
Morris awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship (Links to an external site)
Samantha Morris PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Developmental Biology, was awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship in Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology. Congrats, Sam!
Samantha Morris named WUSM Distinguished Investigator
Samantha Morris (Developmental Biology and Genetics) was named a WUSM Distinguished Junior Investigator, for outstanding contributions to science. An award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 5:00 pm in the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) auditorium.
Michael Rauchman receives endowed professorship (Links to an external site)
Michael Rauchman, MDCM (Medicine, Nephrology), was installed as the Chromalloy Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine. Congrats, Michael!
Sam Morris named an Allen Distinguished Investigator (Links to an external site)
Samantha Morris (Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology and Genetics) was named 1 of 5 Allen Distinguished Investigators for her work titled “Reading and writing cell histories: New genomic technologies to unlock cell programming.” Congrats, Sam!
Thorold Theunissen receives NIH New Innovator Award (Links to an external site)
Thorold Theunissen, Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, received the prestigious NIH DP2/New Innovator Award for his project “Resolving epigenetic instability during pluripotent state transitions: a roadmap for exploiting the biomedical potential of dynamic human stem cell states”.
Mayssa Mokalled receives first R01
Mayssa Mokalled, assistant professor of Developmental Biology, received her first R01 from NIH/NINDS for her project entitled “Mechanisms of glial bridging and neurogenesis during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish”.