Dr. Chris Bradfield has been named the new director of the Biotechnology Center, originally founded in 1984 by McArdle Laboratory emeritus faculty member Dr. Richard Burgess.
Dr. Shigeki Miyamoto and Dr. Richard Burgess, faculty in the McArdle Laboratory, are a part of a two-year NIH SBIR grant awarded to the Madison biotech start-up Salus Discovery, working on a novel method of discovering weak and previously inaccessible protein interactions, including interactions relevant to cell signaling during cancer.
Megan Spurgeon, PhD, a scientist at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, is helping lead the charge in the fight against cancer both in the laboratory and as the top fundraiser for the Carbone Cancer Center's Race for Research.
A generous donation from the estate of Mrs. Ruth Birge has helped to provide crucial pilot and bridge funding for cancer research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.
In July, the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research welcomed over 30 grandparents and their grandchildren into the lab to teach them fundamental cancer research techniques and concepts as part of the “Researching Cancer Cures” major for Grandparents University®.
