University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate programs in biochemistry are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The university ranks 8th in the nation in …
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Amasino Honored with WARF Named Professorship
Biochemistry professor Richard Amasino has been awarded a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Named Professorship. Support for the award is provided by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE) with funding from WARF. …
Romero Targets Wide-ranging Applications with Data-driven Protein Engineering
Phil Romero wants to understand how proteins accomplish that job so that he can eventually apply their power to important problems in medicine, agriculture, chemistry and bioenergy. “Describing how proteins perform a vast array of biological …
IPiB Student, Faculty Member Receive Awards to Fund Cancer Research
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) graduate student Mark Klein and IPiB faculty member Peter Lewis took to the ice during the Wisconsin Badgers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions hockey game on Saturday, Jan. 27 to receive awards to …
New Pyle Chair Honors Morgridge Affiliate Joshua Coon
A new chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research takes aim at osteoarthritis, a debilitating and painful disease that affects more than 27 million Americans. Currently, osteoarthritis is largely treated with palliative care to help …
Raman Named to Journal’s ‘Future of Biochemistry’ List
Assistant professor of biochemistry Vatsan Raman was recently named to a list of 44 young researchers featured in Biochemistry’s “Future of Biochemistry” special issue. “It’s exciting to be invited to be part of this group, but what’s more exciting …
Biochemistry’s State-of-the-Art Imaging Facilities Benefit Campus Researchers and Students
The phrase seeing is believing doesn’t just apply to supernatural phenomenon; biochemists often say the same thing when imaging proteins or other molecules for the first time. Imaging is a powerful tool in many biochemists’ …
Cracking the Code of Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis
Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a vital cog in the body’s energy-producing machinery, a kind of chemical gateway in the conversion of food into cellular fuel. But six decades removed from its discovery, scientists still can’t …