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Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center
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Molecular and Environmental Toxicology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison focuses on biochemistry, carcinogenesis, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, genomics, immunology, neurobiology, proteomics, and xenobiotic fate and metabolism research in a collaborative, interdisciplinary community of high-caliber students, faculty members, and facilities.
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center
777 Highland Ave STE 2233 Rennebohm Hall
Madison WI 53705-2222
608-263-4580
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METC promotes research at UW-Madison and the UW System that addresses fundamental mechanisms through which toxicants produce adverse effects; provides ways to assess or predict the impact of these agents on humans and other species; develops biological and physicochemical processes that can control releases or deplete the environment of these harmful agents. Programs of the METC are supported in part by grants T32 ES07015 and T35 ES07295 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
PROFESSOR WINS INAUGURAL SCHUSTER PRIZE
May 2008
MADISON - Timothy Kamp, a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been awarded the inaugural Schuster Prize for excellence in advancing cardiovascular medicine at the school.
Kamp received the award today (May 8) in a ceremony at Blackhawk Country Club. His research focuses on cardiac ion channels and stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.
The award was established through a gift from renowned cardiologist and UW-Madison alumnus Benjamin Schuster of Dayton, Ohio.
Schuster is the retired medical director of the Kettering Cardiovascular Institute in Dayton. The prize may be awarded to a deserving UW-Madison student, fellow or faculty member.
"The Schuster Prize is a great honor," Kamp says. "It recognizes the work of many students, trainees and researchers working in my lab to advance our understanding of how the electrical system in the heart works and what goes wrong in arrhythmias and heart failure.
"Additionally, our research over the last decade has pioneered the use of stem cells as a model system to generate human heart cells both for research applications and for pilot studies of cardiac regeneration of injured or failing hearts."
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