Viruses are responsible for nearly one in every five cases of human cancer. New Morgridge Investigator Megan Spurgeon is on the front lines of understanding the inner workings of this public health threat.
Category: Virology
Rising Sparks: Roma Broadberry, biomedical imaging
Roma Broadberry, a biophysics graduate researcher in the Tim Grant Lab, is helping to illuminate the intricacy of viral replication using cryo-EM.
Postdoc alum joins the fight against Hepatitis B infection
Nuruddin Unchwaniwala, a postdoctoral alumnus of the Ahlquist Lab, joined the biotech industry to help fight Hepatitis B infection, a leading cause of liver cancer.
Pounding out the dents: Westphall’s career solved problems, advanced discovery
Mike Westphall, a distinguished scientist in the Josh Coon Lab, will retire this month after a legacy of developing cool tools in the name of scientific discovery.
Gitter honored with inaugural Jeanne M. Rowe Chair in Virology
Tony Gitter, a Morgridge investigator in virology and research computing and an associate professor of biostatistics and medical informatics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named the Jeanne M. Rowe Chair in Virology.