Medical College of Wisconsin Physiology News
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Collaboration Helps Stroke Survivors Regain Use of Muscles
Drs. Matt Durand and Allison Hyngstrom have shown that a simple intervention can help stroke survivors increase muscle strength.
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To Protect the Heart from Chemotherapy, Researcher Looks to Genes
The Chun Liu Lab examines why some heart cells survive the cardiotoxicity caused by chemo – and how that insight can help prevent heart disease.
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MCW Scientist Takes Dual Approach to Heart Regeneration Research
Dr. Ziqing Liu works to understand how to spur heart muscle cells and blood vessels to grow and regenerate in the body.
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Ziqing Liu Laboratory Receives a NIH NHLBI R01 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Ziqing Liu and her entire laboratory staff on the receipt of a NIH NHLBI R01 entitled "Post-transcriptional regulation of vascular homeostasis by RNA-binding proteins."
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Melinda Dwinell, PhD, Named Associate Dean for Research
The Office of Research is pleased to announce that Melinda Dwinell, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Eminent Scholar, has been named Associate Dean for Research effective August 1, 2025.
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Dr. Curt D. Sigmund Honored with Presidential Outstanding Service Award from the American Physiological Society
Curt D. Sigmund, PhD, was honored with the 2024 Presidential Outstanding Service Award from the American Physiological Society.
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Dr. Matthew Hodges Receives the Harry Beckman Basic Science Teaching Award
Congratulations to Matthew Hodges, PhD, professor of physiology for being chosen by the Senior Class of 2023 to receive the Harry Beckman Science Teaching Award.
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Department of Physiology Predoctoral T32 Training Grant
Matthew Hodges, PhD, professor of physiology, receives highly competitive renewal of a Predoctoral T32 Training Grant.
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Dr. Justin Grobe Awarded a Competitive Renewal of an NIH R01
Justin Grobe, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biomedical engineering, has been awarded a competitive renewal of an NIH R01 grant.
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Global Biodata Coalition Announces its First Set of Global Core Biodata Resources
The Global Biodata Coalition announced its first list of Global Core Biodata Resources. One of the resources selected was the Rat Genome Database, which is led by Anne E. Kwitek, PhD.
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A Fresh Perspective on Research
MCW graduate student Amanda Marks, who dropped out of school at 16, will defend her doctoral thesis soon.
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Dr. Ranjan Dash Awarded NSF Grant for Development of Advanced Ion Channel Modeling and Computational Tool with Application to Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel and Mitochondrial Model
Dr. Ranjan Dash of the Marquette-MCW Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering has received a $600,000 NSF grant to develop computational modeling parameters for VDAC transport across the outer mitochondrial membrane.
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Caitlin O’Meara, PhD, Named 2022 Cullen Healthy Heart Scholar; Steve Cullen Healthy Heart Run/Walk Raises $50,000 for Cardiovascular Research
Caitlin O’Meara, PhD, is the recipient of the 2022 Steve Cullen Healthy Heart Scholar Award to fund her research investigating heart cell regeneration as an alternative therapy for treating heart failure.
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A New Puzzle Piece
MCW scientists are the first to demonstrate a role for transfer RNA fragments in hypertension.
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