Nathan York, graduate student and research assistant in the lab of De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, and Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, recently received a travel award sponsored by the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute (NIH-NEI). This …
Pattnaik Research Group News
Nine Students and Mentors Chosen by the Shapiro Summer Research Program
The following nine students and their mentors were recently awarded Shapiro Summer Research Awards. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for first-year medical students to participate in eight- to 12-week summer research projects with …
New Therapies for Inherited Retinal Disease LCA16?
A new grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative will allow Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, to identify new therapeutic pathways for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), an inherited retinal degenerative disease …
Neonatology Researchers Receive $120,000 in Meriter Foundation Grants
Congratulations to five investigators from the Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery who were recently awarded nearly $120,000 in total funding from the Meriter Foundation Research and Education Grants Program. The awards will support four …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded NIH/New Investigator R01 Grant
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was recently awarded a 4-year New Investigator R01 award through the National Eye Institute (NEI) Audacious Goals Initiative from the National Institutes of Health/NEI for his project entitled, “Molecular Therapies for Lebers …
Eleven Students and Mentors Chosen by the Shapiro Summer Research Program
The following eleven students and their mentors were recently awarded Shapiro Summer Research Awards. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for more than 60 first-year medical students to participate in eight- to 12-week summer …
Neonatology Researchers Receive $115K in Meriter Foundation Grants
Four investigators in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery were recently awarded nearly $115,000 in total funding from the Meriter Foundation Research and Education Grants Program. The awards will support four …
Undergraduates Receive Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the Department of Pediatrics recipients of the 2014-15 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. These student researchers were awarded $3,000 and faculty mentors received $500 to sponsor the students’ independent research. Each student will …
Researchers Awarded Meriter Foundation Funding
Congratulations to the following researchers on their awards from the Meriter Foundation: Pamela Kling, MD, received $35,000 for her project, “Iron-Regulated Proteins in Newborns Born After Obese Pregnancies” De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, received $35,000 for …
Advancing Therapy for LCA16
In his laboratory, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, investigates potassium channel mutations in retinal cells—mutations that are associated with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a genetic disease that causes blindness at birth. Now, thanks to a $1 million-plus …