Research from Freedman Lab Reveals Surprising Finding About Common Cause of Kidney Disease
January 5, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |A paper from the Freedman Lab, published this week in Nature Communications, reveals a surprising finding about the way cysts form in PKD organoids, a discovery that could have clinical implications. Read More
ISCRM Researchers Identify Gene With Dual Influence on Bone and Muscle Development
November 29, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |Using zebrafish as a model, researchers from the Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab describe how wnt16 dually influences bone and muscle development and growth. Read More
WRF Fellowships for Two ISCRM Undergraduate Researchers
November 7, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Heart Regeneration |Undergraduate student researchers Dessirée Ortaç and Eesha Murali have received Washington Research Foundation Fellowships that will support their time in the lab through the end of the 2023 school year. Read More
Cascadia Corridor Research Symposium Comes to Seattle
October 10, 2022 | Categories: Announcements, Core Faculty, Research |The symposium will take place November 3-4 on the UW Medicine South Lake Union campus and will feature keynote addresses from ISCRM Associate Director Jen Davis, PhD and David Granville, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Read More
NIH Grant Will Support Collaborative Hemophilia Study
October 7, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty |In a longitudinal study of mothers and babies, a research team led by ISCRM faculty member Jill Johnsen, MD will trace the roots of risk for immune complications caused by a treatment for severe Hemophilia A. Read More
Developing a Neuromuscular Modeling System
October 6, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty |An NIH R03 grant and a UW Royalty Research Fund grant will allow ISCRM researchers and their partners to develop a modeling system that integrates neurons and skeletal muscle tissue. Read More
MSBL Receives NIH Grant to Expand DEIA Mentorship
October 4, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Research |The Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab (MSBL), directed by ISCRM faculty member Ron Kwon, has received a $431,765 award from the NIH in recognition of excellence in DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) mentorship. Read More
Exploring Regenerative Potential in Zebrafish and Humans
September 27, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |A study from the Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab sheds a light on the characteristics of zebrafish cells that are able to differentiate from progenitor cells into bone cells, and then revert back to a progenitor state. Read More
ISCRM Travels to Chehalis for STEM Camp
September 12, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty |More than 45 ISCRM faculty, students, and staff traveled to Chehalis to lead two days of a UW STEM camp offered to more than 50 Lewis County high school students. Read More
Modeling a Muscle Disease in 3D
August 17, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized |A team of investigators led by ISCRM faculty members David Mack, PhD and Nate Sniadecki, PhD have shown that is possible to recreate DMD with much more complexity in a 3D model of engineered heart tissue. Read More