University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Students

Undergrads, grad students, fellowships/scholarships, student awards, posters, symposia.

Brooke Meidam and Erin Schoenbeck win AMP/Michael D. Hayre Fellowship

University of Wisconsin-Madison seniors Brooke Meidam and Erin Schoenbeck have both been named this year’s winners of the AMP/Michael D. Hayre Fellowship in Public Outreach. Both are students of Allyson Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, and WNPRC affiliate. Congratulations, Brooke and Erin!

2016-2017 awards and recognition

2017 2016

Friedrich lab contributes genetic analysis to H7N9 influenza research

WNPRC scientist Tom Friedrich and graduate student Louise Moncla provided deep genetic sequencing and analysis for studies of H7N9 avian influenza — a flu strain shown to be both lethal and transmissible, and capable of developing drug resistance, in a nonhuman-primate model. Their work supported the Kawaoka team’s research on this pandemic-potential virus.