Doctoral Studies Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Leah Schaffer, BTP trainee, completed her PhD in 2020 (Lloyd Smith lab) and is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at UC San Diego (Trey Ideker lab). Leah was recently named a 40 under 40 Rising Star in proteomics and metabolomics. See link for full article.
Much of biotechnology takes place at the intersections of research, development, regulation, marketing, and customer support. It’s where Betsy Mulligan, a senior director of R&D Project Management at Exact Sciences and BTP alumna, feels right at home. Mulligan graduated with her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 2005 and says being part of BTP equipped her with …
Over the decades, as University of Wisconsin–Madison Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) trainees finish their doctoral degrees and enter the field of biotechnology, a sort of family tree begins to emerge. BTP alumni look for others with similar skill sets and turn to the current pool of BTP trainees and young alumni. At the startup company …
Biotechnology pervades almost every scientific discipline, including plant sciences. Mary Burrows received her Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in plant pathology and says being a Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) trainee was useful for her graduate education. She is now a professor at Montana State University and leads their Schutter Diagnostic Lab at …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have a strong presence in biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. One essential element of these areas is the patent process. The Biotechnology Training Program’s (BTP) focus on these areas and the importance of patents inspired BTP alumnus Daniel Agnew to pursue a career as a …
Jackie Mejia, a current trainee in the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) and Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has helped co-found Pathogenomica, a startup that uses next generation DNA sequencing to detect pathogens in waste water and drinking water. Mejia and three of her colleagues started the company in March and have received a grant …
Practice makes perfect — and for Sara Montanez that practice was the opportunity to talk about her research in multiple seminars and poster sessions while part of the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Montanez was at UW–Madison from 2008-2014 and was part of BTP while earning her Ph.D. in Materials Science …
At Dow Microbial Control, Joe Moore spends his day as a chemist, working alongside engineers, biochemists, microbiologists, industry representatives, and even marketing professionals. He credits the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for his ability to work successfully in his job with numerous individuals from other disciplines. “BTP has a huge focus …