CATHERINE NICOLE STEFFEL

Researchers in the Engin Lab have discovered a mechanism that could one day help people at risk of developing the metabolic disease.

The Cantor Lab demonstrated how different cell culture medium conditions impact the effectiveness of drugs.

Xu, who joined the Biochemistry Department’s faculty in August 2024, will focus on understanding protein-protein interactions between hosts and viral pathogens.

Gisriel, who joined the Biochemistry Department’s faculty in August 2024, will study fundamental aspects of photosynthetic metabolism.

The Hoskins and Hull Labs will be joining forces in the fight against life-threatening fungal infections common among leukemia and lymphoma patients thanks to funding from the Badger Challenge Award.

Nine professors received Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards this year. Among them, biomolecular chemistry associate professor Melissa Harrison. Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards recognize research and teaching excellence at UW–Madison and provide flexible research funding …

Several Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) graduate students received a 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GFRP) award or honorable mention. Jess Davidson, a second-year graduate student in the Simcox Lab, received …

In the search for better ways to fight disease, Jing Fan is pushing the boundaries of immunometabolism.

A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms — including the universally-studied worm C. elegans — have almost the same number of genes. If not …