2024
Three new grants for Welsh Lab members
2023
Welsh wins 2023 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science
Welsh Lab MSTP student Akansha Jain defended her dissertation, "Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins protect human airway epithelial ciliated cells from oxidative damage." Congratulations!
2022
Welsh wins 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine
- Shaw Prize Lecture "Fixing CFTR to Treat Cystic Fibrosis" by Dr Paul A Negulescu and "What Goes Wrong in Cystic Fibrosis and Can It Be Repaired?" by Professor Michael J Welsh
Congratulations to Wenjie Yu, 1st place PBI Best Paper Competition for Postdocs
2021
Rounding@IOWA podcast: Gerry Clancy, MD, and JP Clancy, MD; David A. Stoltz, MD, PhD; and Michael J. Welsh, MD; discuss how decades of committed research are improving quality of life and life expectancy for patients with cystic fibrosis.
2020
Welsh nominated for Sanford Lorraine Cross Award for pioneering cystic fibrosis research
UI cystic fibrosis researchers receive $11.5 million NIH grant to develop new therapies
Congratulations to Yuliang Xie, 2nd place PBI Best Paper Competition for Postdocs
2019
HHMI renewals for Campbell and Welsh
2018
Welsh among team of scientists sharing 2018 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
- Acceptance speech (Oct 4, 2018)
Congratulations to Ian Thornell, 1st place PBI Best Paper Competition for Postdocs
2017
Cystic fibrosis alters the structure of mucus in airways