Registration now open for 10th annual Epigenetics Symposium
The event will be held on Monday, October 26, 2026 from 8:30am-5pm at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery in the Discovery Building.
Chang named director of Waisman Center after nationwide search
Qiang Chang, a longstanding member of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Waisman Center’s leadership team, has been named new director of the center following a nationwide search.
Amasino receives named professorship
Richard Amasino, Carlos O. Miller Professor of Biochemistry, studies plant development and biochemistry. (WARF Named)
Zhao, Svaren, Bresnick, and Chang get projects funded
The Cluster Hiring Initiative aims to provide an alternative to departmentally based hiring practices and norms.
Chang Lab studies MECP2/Rett Syndrome
Chang’s lab recently developed a stem-cell-based model that can be used to better understand the underlying mechanisms behind the Rett syndrome and screen new drugs as potential therapeutics.
Sussman joins UW NF1 Translational Research Team
NF1 is a genetic disease caused by changes, or mutations, to a single gene in the human DNA library. Roughly one out of 3,000 babies born in the United States have the disease. Sussman is among the interdisciplinary researchers looking for answers.
Resources from the Epigenetics Symposium
Thank you to all again for another successful Epigenetics Symposium earlier this fall! As a reminder of all of the great resources we have here on …
Waisman leadership transition approaches
Qiang Chang, associate professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison departments of Medical Genetics and Neurology, and associate director of the Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center is one of the finalists.
New study shows how cells can be led down non-cancer path
In the study, Wei Xu and her colleagues found that CARM1 protein modifies a cell metabolism protein, PKM2, and changes its function.
WARF announces annual grant figures and Innovation Award winners
David Jarrard and Bing Yang won a WARF Innovation Award for their work predicting prostate cancer in tissue biopsies.