Dave Pagliarini, UW–Madison associate professor of biochemistry, has been selected to lead the Morgridge Institute Metabolism Initiative, which will provide leadership, infrastructure and community building to this growing UW–Madison research area. Pagliarini, an expert on mitochondria structure and function, reflects on some of the opportunities ahead.
Category: Metabolism
Morgridge Institute selects Pagliarini to lead campus metabolism initiative
Dave Pagliarini, a University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor whose departmental home put metabolism research on the map worldwide, will help define the future of Wisconsin metabolism science as a lead investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research.
UW metabolism researchers blaze new paths
With metabolic pathways now seen as essential players in human development and aging, as well as common diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s, metabolism has become a wellspring of new knowledge for biologists.
What They’re Saying About the Morgridge Metabolism Initiative
The UW–Madison campus community has high expectations for the campus-wide Metabolism Initiative, which is spearheaded by the Morgridge Institute for Research and is in the process of a national search for a leader.
Morgridge Institute launches new focus area on metabolism
The Board of Trustees of the Morgridge Institute for Research has approved a new Morgridge focus area in metabolism, a growing research field with enormous potential to treat or reverse a broad spectrum of human diseases.