Annual U54 UW-Madison O’Brien Center Symposium
The UW-Madison O’Brien Center hosted its annual symposium on June 5-6, 2024, in the Health Sciences Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. This year’s focus was “Age-Associated Changes …
June 14, 2024Program now available for the 2024 UW-Madison O’Brien Center Annual Symposium
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June 4, 2024Registration Now Open: UW-Madison O’Brien Center Annual Symposium
Registration is now officially open for the upcoming UW-Madison O’Brien Center Annual Symposium on June 5th-6th, 2024. The deadline to register is June 4th, 2024. This year’s symposium will feature presentations on “Age Associated Changes …
May 14, 2024Congratulations to former Ricke Lab/O’Brien Center SPUUR, Anna Brooks, on her acceptance to UW-Madison SMPH
Congratulations to Anna Brooks who was accepted into our very own medical school here at UW-Madison. Anna was a former Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research (SPUUR) student in the Ricke Lab/O’Brien Center. Way to …
January 11, 2024New Publication in the American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology
Avan Colah, PhD Candidate in Dr. William Ricke’s Lab and former Ricke Lab members, Dr. Dalton McLean and Maggie Stangis have recently published in the American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology. The manuscript explores …
January 11, 2024New Publication in the Journals of Gerontology
Congratulations to Ricke Lab/UW O’Brien Center member Teresa Liu, PhD, who was recently published in the Journals of Gerontology. In the manuscript, young and old mice were assessed for voiding function and aspects of frailty …
January 10, 2024Ajinkya Limkar ties for Best Abstract at the 2023 Annual CAIRIBU Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab MD/PhD candidate Ajinkya Limkar, who tied for best abstract with his research, “Exploring the Mechanism of Thalidomide’s Alleviation of Age-Related Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Mice: Highlighting Prostatic Fibrosis and Smooth …
December 11, 2023New Publication in Journals of Gerontology
In a new publication in the Journals of Gerontology, Dr. William Ricke (UW O’Brien Center Director), Dr. Teresa Liu (Ricke Lab K12 Scholar), and Ricke Lab PhD candidate Alexis Adrian study the issue of mitochondrial …
November 16, 2023Han Zhang receives Travel Award to attend the 2023 Annual SBUR Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab PhD candidate Han Zhang for receiving a travel award from the UW-WISH program to present his research at the Society of Basic Urology Research (SBUR) annual meeting in San Antonio, TX. …
November 9, 2023Avan Colah receives Travel Award to attend 2023 Annual SBUR Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab graduate student Avan Colah, who received a travel award to attend the Society of Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) Annual meeting in San Antonio, TX. Great job, Avan!
November 7, 2023MD/PhD Candidate, Ajinkya Limkar, receives Travel Award to attend 2023 Annual SBUR Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab graduate student Ajinkya Limkar, who received a travel award to attend the Society of Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) Annual meeting in San Antonio, TX! Great job, Ajinkya!
November 1, 2023Alexis Adrian Receives Travel Award to Attend the 2023 Annual CAIRIBU Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab PhD candidate Alexis Adrian for receiving a travel award to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting for CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology) in Kansas City, MO. …
October 11, 2023Stephanie Li receives Travel Award to Attend 2023 Annual CAIRIBU Meeting
Congratulations to Ricke Lab undergraduate student Stephanie Li for receiving a travel award to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting for CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology) in Kansas City, MO. …
October 11, 2023Dr. William Ricke’s proposal selected for funding by the UW-Madison SPORE
Congratulations to the UW-Madison O’Brien Center’s very own Dr. William Ricke for his proposal on “Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of DDX3X in castration resistance” that was selected for funding by the UW-Madison Prostate Specialized …
September 26, 2023SPUUR Summer Students present their Research at CAIRIBU Jamboree and KUH Undergraduate Symposium
Congratulations SPUUR Summer Student, Megan Pearce, for her CAIRIBU Jamboree presentation: Effects of Exercise in Mice with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Nice job, Megan! Congratulations SPUUR Summer Student, Anna Brooks, for her CAIRIBU Jamboree presentation: Antifibrotics …
August 21, 2023Research Intern, Lydia Agnew presents at CAIRIBU Jamboree
Congratulations to research intern, Lydia Agnew, for her CAIRIBU Jamboree presentation: Program Development for MALDI-MSI Data Processing. Great work, Lydia!
August 21, 2023Hannah Miles presents at 2023 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Meeting
Congratulations to Hannah Miles, Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD candidate in the laboratories of Dr. William Ricke and Dr. Lingjun Li for presenting her research “On-tissue Visualization and Quantification of Steroid Hormones using MALDI-2 in Animal Models …
June 27, 2023Dr. William Ricke presents at 2023 CUMC Symposium
Dr. William Ricke (UW O’Brien Center Director) presented “Identifying New Cellular and Molecular Targets for the Medical Treatment of BPH/LUTS” at this year’s Columbia O’Brien Center Symposium in New York, NY. Great work, Dr. Ricke!
April 10, 2023Dr. Teresa Liu presents at 2023 CUMC Symposium
Dr. Teresa Liu (UW Department of Urology K01 Scholar/Scientist I in the laboratory of Dr. William Ricke) presented her work “Age-dependent Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Voiding, Cellular Senescence, and Frailty-related Mechanisms” at the 2023 …
April 10, 2023Dr. Teresa Liu presents at 2023 Keystone Symposium on Fibrosis in Banff, Canada
Dr. Teresa Liu (UW Department of Urology K01 Scholar/Scientist I in the laboratory of Dr. William Ricke) presented her work “Halofuginone Decreases Fibrosis and Improves Urinary Function in Aged Mice” at the 2023 Keystone Symposium …
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