Niha Patankar Awarded 2026 Dean’s Prize

Congratulations to Niha for winning the 2026 Dean’s Prize! The Dean’s prize is awarded annually to students for their educational achievement and their exemplification of the Wisconsin Experience. To learn more about why Niha was selected for the Dean’s Prize you can read this article.

Najhee Wins Biochemistry Department Undergraduate Summer Research Award

We would like to congratulate Najhee for winning the Biochemistry Department Undergraduate Summer Research Award. Najhee’s work will focus on exploring the mechanisms in which γδ T cells are able to exert their effector functions on target cells.

Jenny and Dana Win WARF Innovation Award!

Congratulations to our PI Jenny Gumperz and our Associate Scientist Dana Baiu on winning the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s 2020 Innovation Award. Dana and Jenny have focused their work on developing an iNKT-DC conjugate immunotherapy. By combining two kinds of cells found in the body, their technology could open up a potentially transformative new approach …