News & Stories
Megan Spurgeon: How a mild-mannered virus becomes a cancer culprit
Merkel cell carcinoma is the most recently discovered example of a cancer triggered by exposure to a virus. Morgridge Investigator Megan Spurgeon discusses how this rare and deadly form of skin cancer has become a major focal point of her research.
The Art of Seeing More: a Fearless Science Forum
At "The Art of Seeing More" on March 10, a panel of experts came together for the Morgridge Institute’s Fearless Science Forum series to explore how scientists and artists challenge the limits of human perception.
Rising Sparks: Corinne Moss, metabolism
Moss uses mass spectrometry to analyze human biofluids, work that helps scientists extract valuable biomedical details out of complex biological systems.
In just 17 amino acids, a master regulator of viral genome replication
New research out of the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology at Morgridge reveals a starring role for a short, 17 amino acid sequence in viral replication. The results will likely ramify across an enormous class of viruses with related replication machinery.