University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Research

New Hewlett-Packard System Boosts Waisman Storage Capacity

A new storage area network (SAN) that was installed here last month vastly elevates our storage capacity-from 75 gigabytes (GB) to 4,200 GB. This much-needed increase was crucial because of the center’s explosive research storage requirements-for imaging and visualization techniques, as well as our other storage demands. Just a single imaging scanning session, for example, …

Evening of Hope Benefits ALS Research at the Waisman Center . . .

Proceeds of $105,000 from the Evening of Hope, a fund raiser held in Milwaukee earlier this year, will support the ALS research of Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., a UW-Madison professor of neurology and anatomy and an investigator in the Waisman Center’s Molecular and Genetic Sciences Unit. Svendsen’s lab is pursuing multiple scientific tracks involving stem cells …

Study shows preschool can prevent child abuse

In one of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, a little girl with pigtails and a denim jumper stands in front of a table and fingers the shape of wooden letters as she fits them into a puzzle.

Albee Messing – Mouse Model Instrumental in Muscular Dystrophy Study

Waisman Center scientist Albee Messing participated in a recent study that pinpointed the cause of certain types of muscular dystrophy that involve brain abnormalities. Messing’s lab created one of the critical strains of mice utilized in the study, which was reported in the July 25 issue of the journal Nature. Piecing together a biochemical and …

Waisman Center Sponsors Scientific Symposium

"Developmental Science: Genes, Brain, and Behavior," a scientific symposium, will be presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center on Wednesday, September 5.