Three University of Wisconsin–Madison Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) students recently earned 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with two additional students receiving honorable mentions. Aryel Clarke and Jennifer Peotter, both of the …
Year: 2019
Powerful in Vivo Studies Allow Researchers to Glimpse Biological Processes ‘Within the Living’
Numerous researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry perform in vivo biochemical studies. Meaning “within the living,” these studies focus on understanding a particular molecular process in the context of an entire organism rather than …
IPiB Trainer Named Simons Fellow in Mathematics
Three professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison — including one Intregrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) faculty member — are among the 2019 class of Simons Fellows in Mathematics. Gheorghe Craciun of IPiB, along with Autumn Kent …
IPiB Students Give Back by Volunteering at Wisconsin Science Olympiad
Students in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) all love science — but also don’t forget how they came to love it. A group of IPiB students spent a Saturday in February helping judge the …
Venturelli Makes ‘Future of Biochemistry: The International Issue’ List
Assistant professor of biochemistry Ophelia Venturelli was recently named to a list of 34 young researchers featured in the journal Biochemistry’s “Future of Biochemistry: The International Issue” special issue. “I am excited to be included in this list …
Two IPiB Faculty Members Receive Funding for Cancer Research from The Ride
On a beautiful September Sunday, hundreds of bicyclists pedaled the roads of eastern Dane County on The Ride to raise money for cancer research. This weekend, their fundraising came home to support cancer research at the University of …
The Director’s Cut: Heidi Dvinge Looks at RNA Splicing With a Film Critic’s Eye
After filming a movie, scenes are cut and rearranged to tell the director’s story. A similar editorial process occurs in our cells in a process called RNA splicing. Before the DNA code is translated into …
Metabolism Scientist Wins Prestigious AAAS Fellowship
For Danielle Lohman, her passion for science policy began when she heard a Ph.D. chemist speak at a career conference about the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellowship at the State Department in Washington, …
Simcox Joins Biochemistry to Study Lipid Signaling, Cold Exposure as IPiB’s Newest Faculty Member
In high school, Judith Simcox pored over scientific literature to try to understand the link between her sister’s Down Syndrome and type 1 diabetes. It was the first time she asked a question that didn’t …
New Biosensor Highlights Best Biofuel-producing Microbes
In search of the best biofuel-producing microbes, scientists may need to make millions of variants via genetic modifications. But only a handful of these variants are likely to produce large amounts of biofuel. To identify …