Professor and Chair of Biomolecular Chemistry Patricia Kiley has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to understanding mechanisms that regulate E. coli’s lifestyle in different oxygen environments. Kiley …
Year: 2020
Unraveling the network of molecules that influence COVID-19 severity
While most COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic or mild, severe complications associated with acute respiratory distress have led to more than one million deaths worldwide in just several months. Researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research, …
Pediatric cancers share stalled gene-managing enzyme
A wildly out-of-place protein leads to haywire cells in a particularly troublesome type of rare early childhood cancer, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. Found in the base of the brain, posterior fossa type A …
Scott Coyle Awarded 2020 Packard Fellowship
Scott M. Coyle, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of biochemistry, has been named a 2020 Packard Foundation Fellow in Science and Engineering. Coyle, whose research focuses on understanding and engineering microscale molecular and cellular …
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
MADISON — A national research initiative announced today will place the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the forefront of a revolution in imaging fostered by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography — technologies that can illuminate life at …
IPiB Welcomes Incoming Class for 2020-21 Year
The Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) is pleased to welcome its newest class of incoming students. The 2020 cohort is comprised of 14 students from across the country. Students hail from such undergraduate institutions as …
Peter Lewis Earns Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award
Recognizing research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. The award provides flexible research funding for one year. Link
Students Recognized by NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Three students in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) have been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Christine Hustmyer, a graduate student in Professor Robert Landick’s lab, was awarded a …
Coon Honored with Kellett Mid-Career Award
Josh Coon from Biomolecular Chemistry has been honored with a Kellett Mid-Career Award, as one of 10 distinguished campus researchers receiving them this year. The Mid-Career award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to …
Harrison Earns 2020 Romnes Professorship
Biomolecular Chemistry professor Melissa Harrison has been honored with a Romnes Named Professorship, as one of 11 distinguished campus researchers receiving them this year. This program, funded by WARF in recognition of the leadership of …