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Morgridge Institute for Research
Aquatics Specialist
The Morgridge Institute for Research maintains an Aquatics Research Center utilized by multiple labs to study fish for the advancement of human health. This facility uses specialized recirculating aquaculture systems to house and care for different fish species. This position will work to provide husbandry care and facility maintenance to support fish health and research. This is a full-time position that requires working in-person at multiple sites. The primary location for the position is the Morgridge Institute.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Fan Lab
The Fan lab at Morgridge Institute for Research and University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to study the metabolism of macrophages and neutrophils. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, interdisciplinary team investigating the dynamic metabolic regulation during immune cell activation and how metabolic pathways influence immune cell function.
Civic Science Fellow – Science Communication
There will be two Rita Allen Civic Science Fellows at the Morgridge Institute; each is a full time 18-month fellowship position focusing on evidence-based approaches to communicating about science in polarized political or information environments. The fellows will develop and empirically evaluate real-world strategies for public engagement with science that meaningfully connects communities across different ideological or value-based fault lines.
Morgridge scientists and staff are deeply engaged with a world-class public university. We are a catalyst to take science further in collaborations with UW–Madison.
Life at Morgridge
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My goals are to be happy with my work, do the best science I can possibly do, and contribute to the well-being of others. Morgridge allows me to do that.
Johan den Boon Virology Research Investigator
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It’s appealing that Morgridge is at the intersection of a private institute, a great public university, and the Madison bioscience industry. We can take advantage of all three worlds.
Danielle Desa Biomedical Imaging Assistant Scientist
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I enjoy that Morgridge supports execution of new ideas and visions, even if that means altering how we’ve done things in the past.