The following scholarly articles were published by Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff during February 2020: Affenzeller S, Wolkenstein K, Frauendorf H, Jackson DJ. Challenging the concept that eumelanin is the polymorphic brown banded pigment …
Pattnaik Research Group News
Undergraduate Students Receive UW Sophomore Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the following undergraduate students on their receipt of a UW Sophomore Research Fellowship. Each student will receive $2,500 in unrestricted funding and $500 is awarded to the faculty advisor to cover research expenses …
Pattnaik Lab Uses Stem Cells, Gene Therapy to Correct Errors in Retinal Cells
A research team led by Bikash Pattnaik, PhD (Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Investigator, McPherson Eye Research Institute) has shown that two novel approaches to …
Dr. Bikash Pattnaik Awarded 2-Year Research Grant
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was recently awarded a 2-year research grant of $250,000 from Ateres Avigail in support of his project, “Restoration of potassium channel function using mouse models of Lebers Congenital Amaurosis (LCA16) as a …
Katie Beverley Receives Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Training Grant Support
Congratulations to Katie Beverley, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, who was recently selected as a Trainee on the National Institutes of Health-funded T32 Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology (ERP) Training Grant, …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Collaborating on UW2020 Grant
Krishanu Saha, PhD (Biomedical Engineering), will lead a team of investigators, including Co-PIs Shaoqin Sarah Gong, PhD (Biomedical Engineering), Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, and David Gamm, MD, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences), and other collaborators, to …
Pawan Shahi, PhD, Receives McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Award
Congratulations to Pawan Shahi, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in the Pattnaik Lab, who has been awarded a McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Award. This award provides funding for graduate students and postdocs from McPherson …
Meriter Foundation Awards Three Grants to Neonatology Researchers
Congratulations to Eileen Cowan, MD, Principal Investigator, and Adam Bauer, MD, Co-Investigator, on the funding of their project, “Point of Care Ultrasound Use in the NICU.” This one-year project in the amount of $63,236 supported …
Student in Pattnaik Laboratory Wins Science Awards
Anaka Srinivas, a sophomore at Middleton High School who is mentored by Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, received three awards at the Capital Science & Engineering Fair held on Feb 17, 2018 in Madison. She presented her …
Postdoctoral Fellow Pawan Shahi, PhD, Receives UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Award
Pawan Shahi, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, received a 2018 UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center post-doctoral award. The award provides one year of salary support for Dr. …