Archived News
2009
UW October 1, 2009

Sara Simonson officially joins the Gardner Lab as a postdoctoral fellow.



UW October 1, 2009

Tom Milac officially joins the Gardner Lab as a research scientist.




NIH September 4, 2009

Rich Gardner and Tim Randolph have been awarded an R21 grant from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Institutes of Health. The award will help fund research aimed at using integrated computional and experimental methods to discover substrates for ubiquitin-protein ligases. The award is for $375,000 over a 2 year period.


NIH September 4, 2009

Rich Gardner has been awarded an ARRA administrative supplement for an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health. The award will help fund research aimed at identifying the pathways that allow import of misfolded proteins into the nucleus. The award is for $122,555 over a 2 year period.


EMF July 1, 2009

Rich Gardner has been awarded a New Scholar Award in Aging from the Ellison Medical Foundation. The award will help fund research aimed at discovering new protein quality control mechanisms in the nucleus that are important for maintaining nuclear protein homeostasis with age. The award is for $400,000 over a 4 year period.

UW June 15, 2009

Michelle Oeser officially joins the Gardner Lab as a graduate student.



UW June 1, 2009

Melissa Locke officially joins the Gardner Lab as a research scientist.



NIH February 10, 2009

Rich Gardner has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health. The award will help fund research aimed at identifying and characterizing the protein quality control degradation mechanisms within the nucleus that protect it from the accumulation of abnormal proteins. The award is for $1,025,000 over a 5 year period.
2008

UW July 8, 2008

Rich Gardner has been awarded a Marian E. Smith Junior Faculty Research Award from the University of Washington. The award will help fund research aimed at understanding how the nucleus protects itself against the accumulation of abnormal proteins that can be detrimental to nuclear functions. The award is for $25,000 over a 1 year period.


UW
June 16, 2008

Eric Fredrickson and Pamella Gallagher officially join the Gardner Lab as graduate students.



Kimmel Scholar April 9, 2008

Rich Gardner has been awarded a Kimmel Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research. The award will help fund research aimed at understanding the role of the deubiquitinase Ubp10 in regulating critical nuclear functions that impact tumorigenesis. The award is for $200,000 over a 2 year period. Read the press release.

JCB Cover April 7, 2008

Ruth Williams interviews Rich Gardner about nuclear protein quality control degradation in the "People & Views" section of the Journal of Cell Biology.




UW
March 13, 2008

Catherine Konopka officially joins the Gardner Lab as a postdoctoral fellow.



UW January 10, 2008

Rich Gardner has been awarded a Royalty Research Fund grant from the University of Washington. The award will help fund research aimed at understanding how the toxicity of protein aggregation in the nucleus can be prevented. These studies will be important for developing ways in which we can prevent diseases such as Huntington's. The award is for $37,200 over a 1 year period.
2007

UW
June 16, 2007

Lauren Richardson and Joel Rosenbaum officially join the Gardner Lab as graduate students.


UW
April 9, 2007

The Gardner Lab finally moves into their larger space.

2006

UW
October 18, 2006

Carrie Garrett-Engele officially joins the Gardner Lab as the lab manager and senior research scientist.


UW
September 5, 2006

The Gardner Lab is launched!!