Gloria Freschl wins Instructor of the year Award

Students in the UWM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry voted to award Gloria Freschl the department’s annual “Outstanding Instructor” award in recognition of her work. The award was presented at the Department’s 2024 Research Symposium. Nominating students describe her as… Read More

Michelle Meyer awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship

Michelle Meyer has been awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship award for 2024-25. Michelle’s research mostly focuses on developing novel agents and treatments for asthma, atopic dermatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. She also works on several other research projects; for example,… Read More

Kayode Medubi awarded UWM Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship

Kayode Medubi has been awarded a Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship award for 2024-25. Kayode is starting his third year as a graduate student in the Arnold research group. His research focuses on developing new drug candidates for asthma and inflammatory bowel… Read More

Dr. Saha awarded a UWM Discovery and Innovation Grant (DIG)

Cytokines are very important inflammatory signaling molecules that have been intensively studied since their identification in 1957.  Crystal structures and recently electron microscopy structures of cytokines in complex with their receptors have been reported but their quaternary structures involving several… Read More

Drs. Arnold and Rodriguez receive Faculty of the Year Awards

Students in the UWM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry voted to award Prof Arnold and Prof Rodriguez  “Outstanding Faculty Mentor” awards in recognition of their contributions, The awards were presented at the Department’s 2024 Research Symposium. Nominating students describe them as… Read More

Professors Cook and Dietz Earn New Patents

Dr. James Cook has earned a patent which is part of a portfolio of drug compounds targeting the GABAA receptors of the brain and is focused on aiding cognition and depression. Major depressive disorder affects 350 million people globally, ranking… Read More