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The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is proud to share that Dr. Toni Ziegler will be honored with the Midwest Primate Interest Group (MPIG) Distinguished Primatologist Award at the 23rd Annual MPIG Meeting, taking place October 2-3, 2026, at the University of Notre Dame. A Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, …
Congratulations to Dr. Marina Emborg for being awarded the Steenbock professorship!
Graduate student research news Samuel Dettle, a graduate student in the lab of Igor Slukvin, M.D., Ph.D., won a 2024 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Graduate Research Training Award. His research focuses on developing a differentiation system capable of generating engraftable hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These cells have …
WNPRC scientist David Abbott received the UW Department of OB-GYN’s Curet Award for Educational Excellence, honoring his teaching and mentorship.
So many awards, so much to celebrate! If we’ve accidentally omitted someone from this story, please let us know! And congratulations to all our graduates! The 25th Undergraduate Research Symposium occurred April 28 at Union South and included abstracts by 24 students mentored by WNPRC faculty. We are also excited to share that Marina Emborg, M.D., …
By Jordana Lenon Congratulations to Toni Ziegler, WNPRC distinguished scientist emerita, on winning the 2022 American Society of Primatologists Distinguished Primatologist Award! Ziegler accepted the award at the 2022 ASP meeting in Denver Aug. 25-28. The Distinguished Primatologist Award recognizes a primatologist who has had an outstanding career and made significant contributions to the field. …
Congratulations to WNPRC scientist Thomas Friedrich, recipient of a Kellett Mid-Career Award from UW–Madison. Friedrich studies how viruses like influenza and Zika evolve and spread.
Jacob Blanchar, mentored by David Abbott and Molly Willging, has been awarded a Sophomore Honors Summer Apprenticeship for his project, “Which beta-adrenergic receptor enables stimulation of thermogenesis in female rhesus monkey brown fat?” He will look at aspects of diminished thermogenesis in brown fat from experimentally manipulated female rhesus monkeys deprived of either estradiol action …
Samuel Neuman, an undergraduate in WNPRC’s Emborg lab, was among four UW–Madison students awarded 2022 Goldwater Scholarships.
The Androgren Excess & PCOS Society has awarded its 2021 Ricardo Azziz Distinguished Researcher Award to David Abbott. The award was created through an endowment to recognize distinguished leadership in the field of androgen excess and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) research. The award supports the vision of the Society as an international leader in fostering the highest …