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2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipients announced
Two graduate students in the Biotechnology Training Program have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) awards. The five-year NSF GRFP program supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM…
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Jose Martinez connects science and policy as a BTP trainee
While working as a health care administrator in Santa Cruz, California during the 2015 Zika virus outbreak, Jose Martinez realized his background in chemistry and pharmacology could be harnessed to set policies…
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BTP trainee-mentor pair awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for research, inclusion initiatives
Aldo Arellano, a Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) trainee and PhD candidate in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, and Kerri Coon, assistant professor of Bacteriology, have received Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from…
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Two generations of BTP trainees intern, work at same company
When Maya Venkataraman, a third-year chemical and biological engineering graduate student in the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP), started grad school, she knew she wanted to study something related to synthetic biology, a…
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Biochemistry Professor and BTP mentor James Ntambi re-elected to ASBMB Council
Biochemistry Professor and BTP mentor James Ntambi was recently re-elected to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Council. Ntambi has served as a member of the ASBMB Council since…
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Six BTP trainees awarded 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Congratulations to six Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) trainees who have been awarded 2021 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Aldo Arellano from the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program under BTP…
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Ashton Receives Prestigious WARF Invention Award, McClean a finalist
Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best inventions at UW–Madison. From more over 350 innovation disclosures, and six finalists, the WARF 2020 Innovation Awards winners include the team…
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A Tribute to BTP Faculty Mentor, Professor Jennie Reed
BTP Faculty Mentor Jennifer L. Reed, Professor of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , passed away on July 5, 2020, after a long illness. With great sorrow over the loss of…