CMADP News & Upcoming Events


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Current News

Axonal growth cones in C. elegans worms. When src-1 is gone (this picture) the growth cones are large and cannot focus where they are going.

Study reveals same genes that can drive cancer also guide neural-circuit growth

In new research appearing in PLOS ONE, Erik Lundquist and colleagues from his KU lab have added new specifics to the role oncogene Src plays in our biology, showing the gene is required for normal development of the nervous system.
Photo of researchers involved in the NIH award to KU

KU establishes $11 million biomedical center to advance women’s health using big data

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a multidisciplinary biomedical center at the University of Kansas to research big data’s potential to improve women’s health. It will fund KU’s fifth Center of Biomedical Research Excellence.
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Neurodegeneration Mini-Symposium at KU

On Wednesday, June 12, COBRE CMADP and the Adams Institute will host a neurodegeneration mini-symposium featuring a series of short talks by researchers from KU, Trinity College and the University of Catania, Italy. Registration is not required to attend, but those registered by June 10 will be included in a...

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Presentation to share PIVOT, a KU patient-researcher advocacy initiative

Hope Krebill, assistant director of community outreach and engagement at the KU Cancer Center, will be discussing “the value of patient engagement in the research process from bench to bedside.”

10th Anniversary Symposium

Our Center held an Anniversary Symposium on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to celebrate 10 years of advances in biomedical research. This half-day event featured a keynote speaker and 5 short talks by COBRE CMADP alumni, and was followed by a poster session and lunch. Thank you to all who attended!