Congratulations to the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) students who successfully defended their theses this fall. Read a bit about each of these four new graduates and the research that went into receiving their Ph.D. …
Year: 2019
Pagliarini Lab Members Attend Mitochondrial Disease Walk, Interact with Patients
For people that suffer from rare mitochondrial diseases, there aren’t many places to turn. The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) is one organization providing resources that allow them to find community — and also connect …
Can ‘Smart Toilets’ be the Next Health Data Wellspring?
Wearable, smart technologies are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity — the humble toilet — may have potential to outperform them all. That’s the conclusion of a team …
Peering into a More ‘Human’ Petri Dish
Cell culture media, the cocktail of chemicals and nutrients that keep cells alive and thriving in a dish, have been an essential tool of biology for more than 70 years. Remarkably, the composition of these …
Biochemistry Affiliate Works to Develop New Bioengineering Strategy
Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison and affiliate of the Department of Biochemistry, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 …
Sen. Tammy Baldwin Takes in ‘Locally Sourced Science’ at Pagliarini Lab in Morgridge Institute
Forward-thinking science and childhood memories came full circle on Wednesday for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who visited a lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research that is carrying on the inspired legacy of her grandfather, …
IPiB Thesis Defense Nov 4: Katarzyna Dubiel
The lab of Professor Jim Keck is broadly interested in bacterial genome maintenance, and IPiB student Katarzyna (Kasia) Dubiel focused her Ph.D. research on single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs), which play a major role in this …
Audhya Named Associate Dean for Basic Research for SMPH
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) faculty member Anjon Audhya has been named the Associate Dean for Basic Research for the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Audhya has been a member of …
IPiB Thesis Defense Oct. 18: Samantha Anderson
Membrane proteins are notoriously difficult to study. It’s why scientists have turned to computational methods to try to predict their characteristics. For her thesis research, Samantha Anderson of the Senes Lab investigated a specific motif …
IPiB Thesis Defense Oct. 4: Thao Nguyen
One project in the lab of IPiB faculty member Michael R. Sussman investigates a proton pump present in plant and fungal cells. The pump converts the chemical energy of ATP into an electrical and chemical …