Melissa Skala and Paul Campagnola, a professor of biomedical engineering at UW–Madison, hope to make inroads toward improved drug therapies through a two-year National Institutes of Health Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant.
Author: Morgridge Institute for Research
UW Carbone Cancer Center Study to look for ways to personalize therapy in colorectal cancer
The study will use optical imaging techniques developed by Melissa Skala, a co-investigator at the Morgridge Institute, to monitor the evolution of 3D cancer tumor cultures over time.
HOSA students tackle tough subject
Dane County high school students visited the Skala Lab to tackle pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in Wisconsin.
New imager identifies tissue types during surgery
OnLume, a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is continuing to develop its system for identifying tissue types during surgery. The company’s technology causes chemical labels to glow in the operating room.
The ‘Ice Road Truckers of science’ and why we need them
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, the nation’s leading news website on U.S. politics, Morgridge Institute for Research CEO Brad Schwartz and UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank argue that a renewed investment in basic research is essential to America’s economic progress.