University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Center News

Hires, appointments, retirements, in memoriam, director news, milestones.

David Abbott retires after decades of field-changing PMOS/PCOS research

After more than three decades of groundbreaking research, mentorship, and leadership at UW–Madison and the WNPRC, David Abbott, PhD has retired leaving behind a legacy in reproductive science. This interview reflects on Abbott’s contributions to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovary Syndrome (PMOS, formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS), his students and trainees, and a career …

UW launches new research center to examine aging (Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center)

Welcome Dr. Ricardo Carrion, Jr.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has named Ricardo Carrion Jr. as the next director of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center.

Graduation Feature: Hutcherson completes MS in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology program

Beverly Hutcherson completed her master’s in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology after a 21-year journey, with a PCOS thesis rooted in monkey-model research mentored by WNPRC’s David Abbott.

Jon Levine concludes 14 years as Wisconsin National Primate Research Center Director

Ei Terasawa Grilley marks 50 years as a scientist and teacher at the University of Wisconsin

WNPRC neuroendocrinologist Ei Terasawa Grilley marks 50 years as a scientist and teacher at UW–Madison, where her research in nonhuman primates helped define how the brain triggers puberty.

Casey Ostheimer knows how to nurture

Casey Ostheimer — a UW–Madison neurobiology and genetics graduate and the Primate Center’s outreach and editorial intern — balanced stem cell research, patient care, and science outreach on her way to medical school.

Charles T. Snowdon (Chuck) 1941–2023

A science trailblazer retires: stem cell researcher James Thomson

Toni Ziegler, expert on nonhuman primate hormone assays, retires

Amidst a small gathering of friends and coworkers keeping their distance from one another on March 14, 2020 at the Fluno Center, UW–Madison Distinguished Scientist Toni Ziegler celebrated her retirement as head of Assay Services at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. Many of us will remember this as our last event before hunkering down …