Projects filed under: Writing

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide, and treating it isn’t easy. The disease wreaks havoc on patients’ blood vessels and can require complex bypass surgery. Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research are working toward a dream...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Reporting

Year

2019
The Wisconsin Science Festival is a four-day statewide event, launched in 2010, that annually engages communities in the enterprise of science and discovery and aims to communicate the power of knowledge and creativity, promote innovation and cultivate the next generation...

Source

Wisconsin Science Festival

Skills

Photography, Writing, Social Media Management

Year

2018
Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden International PhD Program in Germany, and Liz Haynes, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won first...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Editing, Reporting

Year

2018
It’s rare when a single discovery ushers in a new era of science, placing a clear “before” and “after” signpost on the timeline of scientific progress. The development of the first vaccine in 1797. The discovery of the structure of...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Reporting, Writing, Editing, Video Editing, Graphic Design

Year

2018
When Ava VanDommelen was seven, she asked for her first microscope for Christmas. Now, at 17-years-old, she’s using microscopy to explore cancer tumors and the immune system at the Morgridge Institute for Research. “Imaging is so important during cancer research...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Reporting, Editing, Video

Year

2018
Imagine your chances of developing an invasive cancer were the same as a coin toss. Do you opt for aggressive treatments like surgery and chemotherapy, or do you take your chances that the cancer will never manifest? This is the...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Reporting, Editing, Photography

Year

2018
Many life-changing discoveries have come from unexpected places. Scientific studies on the fruit fly catapulted our understanding of human genetics. E. coli led to applications for pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Genes involved in cell division and cancer growth were first discovered...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Videography (flockhouse virology video)

Year

2017
In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing and understanding the battleground is essential. Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have, for the first time, imaged molecular structures vital to how a major class of viruses...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Reporting

Year

2017
From Rosalind Franklin to Edwin Hubble, history has shown that athleticism and scientific prowess are not mutually exclusive traits. Two scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research are proving this once again, challenging both their minds and bodies in a...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Writing, Reporting

Year

2016
From artist to microbiologist, Desirée Benefield has always been a very visual person. Before she was in graduate school studying the structure of bacterial toxins, Benefield was a glass blower. “I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was a...

Source

Morgridge Institute for Research

Skills

Videography, Writing, Reporting

Year

2016