Group News

May 2018

We are delighted to report that Kevin England and Stephanie Frost, were awarded an REU Summer Research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Way to go, Stephanie and Kevin!!!  Yoo-Jin Song and Tess Carlson have won …

April 2018

Please join us in congratulating Alex Staikos, for winning the prestigious 2018 UW-Madison Biochemistry Summer Research Award.  Very well done, Alex!!!  We are proud to share the news that Matt Dalphin, is a winner of …

November 2017

Matthew Dalphin is a recipient of the 2017 Educational Committee Travel Award to present his research at the 2018 Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco, California. Congratulations, Matt!  Welcome to 1st year graduate students Meranda Masse, Clay Thompson and Rachel …

April 2017

Congratulations to the Cavagnero group alumnus Bryan Mounce, who has become an Assistant Professor at the Medical School of Loyola University (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Chicago, IL. Congratulations, Bryan!   Congratulations to the Matthew Dalphin – …

March 2017

Congratulations to Tess Carlson, the 1st author of a cover article in the Journal of Chemical Education on a new method for the naked-eye detection of protein folding and unfolding via the bright-blue fluorescence of a noncovalently-bound …

February 2017

Research advisor Silvia Cavagnero received the UW-Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative activities. Way to go, Silvia! Congratulations to Miranda Mecha for winning the Chemistry Cookie Contest with her signature Chocolate Covered Peanut …

December 2016

Even more fabulous news…Rayna Addabbo has been selected to give an oral presentation at the 22nd Annual Midwest Stress Response and Molecular Chaperone Meeting in Evanston, IL in January 2017: Congratulations, Rayna!                                   1st year graduate student …

November 2016

Rayna Addabbo has been selected to give an oral presentation at the Protein Stability, Chaperones and Folding Session of the Biophysical Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA in February 2017: Super-cool, Rayna!  1st year graduate …

August 2016

Rayna Addabbo was awarded a UW-Madison Dissertation Completion Graduate Fellowship. Wonderful achievement, Rayna!