A few of our recent Morgridge alumni reflect on how their research experience at the institute prepared them for their scientific careers.
Category: Regenerative Biology
UGA’s Rozario receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Tania Rozario, a 2020 alumna of the Phil Newmark Regenerative Biology Lab at Morgridge, has received a National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award for high-risk, high-reward research she is pursuing as a University of Georgia professor.
Navigating the unCHARTed: web tool explores public sequencing data for cancer research
Morgridge Postdoctoral Fellow Matthew Bernstein developed a web tool to explore public RNAseq datasets to facilitate analysis for cancer researchers.
Raja awarded the “Women Scientist Award” for achievements in bioinformatics
Postdoctoral researcher Kalpana Raja received the “Women Scientist Award” from the Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences for her scientific merits.
Thomson Lab looks to make major health impact with artery engineering project
Stem cell pioneer James Thomson is leading a potentially transformational project to develop a safe and functional cell-based artificial artery that could be pulled from medical inventories and used by vascular surgeons.