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Carmella Whittaker Winter 2024

Neurocarto: Thinking About Thinking About Maps

By: Carmella Whittaker New UW-Madison research group connects psychology to cartography Close your eyes and picture the last map you used. While it might be tempting to envision your last geography class, maps are everywhere, unnoticed. From navigation apps to building floor plans, we all use maps in everyday life without much thought. Now, imagine […]

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Carmella Whittaker Fall 2024

Shaping STEM Cells: UW-Madison’s Bioinspired Materials Lab 

UW-Madison’s legacy in stem cell research continues – molding cell behavior through material, ex-vitro modeling made in-vitro Just over 26 years ago, developmental biologist James Thomson of UW-Madison isolated human embryonic stem cells for the first time, ushering in a new age of medical research, controversy, and possibilities. Less than a year after his breakthrough, […]