In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation. That’s why scientists, investigating an outbreak of respiratory disease in a community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale …
Year: 2017
Biochemistry, Energy Researcher Named to 2017 “Highly Cited” List
John Ralph, biochemistry professor and researcher with the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI), has been named to Clarivate Analytics’ 2017 list of “Highly Cited Researchers.” Ralph’s research areas include biofuels and other bioproducts, as well as plant genetics and …
New Model Reveals Possibility of Pumping Antibiotics into Bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has the potential to bring them in as well, opening new …
Merrins Selected for VA Research Program
Matthew Merrins, assistant professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — and affiliate of the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) — has been selected for the Veterans Administration (VA) Non-Clinician Intramural Program. …
Graduate Alum Takes Ph.D. to Vaccine Development
For biochemistry Ph.D. alumnus Frederick Porter, graduate school was a start to a second phase in his career. After beginning a career in the pharmaceutical industry, he came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry in …
Crystallizing Science, One Protein at a Time
It’s square one. It’s step one. It puts the “basic” in basic science. How ever you describe it, understanding protein structure and function through what’s called X-ray crystallography is an important approach in many areas …
Cellular Machine Assembly Process Yields New Insight into Disease, Evolution
Think of the cellular machine known as the spliceosome as being like a car. For a car to function properly, its parts have to be assembled in a particular order. Additionally, many of the car’s …
IPiB Student Receives HHMI Fellowship Supporting Diversity in Science
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) graduate student Sébastien Ortiz recently earned a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship. He is one of just 39 other students across the United States to receive the award to support …
New Measure of Insulin-making Cells could Gauge Diabetes Progression, Treatment
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new measurement for the volume and activity of beta cells, the source of the sugar-regulating hormone insulin. In a study published in the August edition of …
Venturelli Earns Funding from Army Research Office for Biochemistry of Microbiome
Biochemistry assistant professor Ophelia Venturelli recently received funding for her proposal to the Army Research Office Young Investigator Program. Titled “Large-scale mapping and modeling of human gut microbiota stability and activity,” her research project seeks to develop …