2023 recap: The Werling Lab gained 2 new graduate students, welcome to Kyle Schaubroeck and Roy Wang, both from the CMB PhD program! We also want to recognize Genetics PhD student Liz Nouel, who successfully …
Welcome Liz!
A belated welcome to Liz Nouel, a PhD student in UW-Madison’s Genetics PhD program, who officially joined the Werling lab in January! Liz will be working on a study exploring interactions between immune response and …
Welcome Joe!
A warm welcome to Joe Lalli, a MD/PhD student in UW-Madison’s MSTP and Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD program, who joined the Werling lab this month! Joe will be working with genetics and functional genomics …
Pandemic pressures may drive young scientists away from autism research
Dr. Werling is quoted in this article from Spectrum News that highlights the experiences of early career autism researchers during Covid-19 restrictions.
Review by Lee and Donna published in Biological Psychiatry
Review on transcriptomic studies of autism and sex differences in human brain tissue by Lee Kissel and Donna is now published and available online in Biological Psychiatry, Neural Transcriptomic Analysis of Sex Differences in Autism …
Dr. Werling featured in GROW, UW CALS alumni magazine
BrainVar slide featured in Waisman Center slide of the week
In a typical year, the Waisman Center posts a “slide of the week” in the hallways and elevators featuring data images from Waisman Center researchers. This year, due to COVID-19, slides of the week are …
Dr. Werling joins the CGSI
The Center for Genomic Science Innovation recently welcomed Dr. Werling to the Center, a cross-departmental group of UW-Madison faculty working to develop new approaches for genome analysis and interpretation.
New publication: BrainVar
New publication now out in Cell Reports introducing a new data set called BrainVar, which consists of RNA-seq and genotype information from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex tissue of 176 individual human donors ranging in age …
Welcome Nandita!
Welcome to another new lab member who joined us officially a few weeks ago, Nandita Chittajallu, a research specialist in the lab who will be working hands-on in our wet lab to generate new data …