People who eat a high-fat, high-sugar “Western” diet typically exhibit physiological changes associated with type 2 diabetes. However, not everyone responds the same way to the Western diet; genetics plays a strong role in determining …
Month: April 2018
Three IPiB Students Receive NSF Fellowships
Three Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) students are recipients of 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awards. Aidan McKenzie, Keck Lab Nathan Murray, Pagliarini Lab Delia Scoville, Raman Lab The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recruits high-potential …
Cryo-EM Expert Elizabeth Wright Joining Biochemistry to Direct New Facility
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry will welcome Elizabeth Wright in July as a faculty member and director of the department’s newly established cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility. Wright is an expert in cryo-EM, a technique able to …