Matthew Merrins, assistant professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — and affiliate of the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) — has been selected for the Veterans Administration (VA) Non-Clinician Intramural Program. …
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Graduate Alum Takes Ph.D. to Vaccine Development
For biochemistry Ph.D. alumnus Frederick Porter, graduate school was a start to a second phase in his career. After beginning a career in the pharmaceutical industry, he came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry in …
Crystallizing Science, One Protein at a Time
It’s square one. It’s step one. It puts the “basic” in basic science. How ever you describe it, understanding protein structure and function through what’s called X-ray crystallography is an important approach in many areas …
Cellular Machine Assembly Process Yields New Insight into Disease, Evolution
Think of the cellular machine known as the spliceosome as being like a car. For a car to function properly, its parts have to be assembled in a particular order. Additionally, many of the car’s …
IPiB Student Receives HHMI Fellowship Supporting Diversity in Science
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) graduate student Sébastien Ortiz recently earned a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship. He is one of just 39 other students across the United States to receive the award to support …
New Measure of Insulin-making Cells could Gauge Diabetes Progression, Treatment
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new measurement for the volume and activity of beta cells, the source of the sugar-regulating hormone insulin. In a study published in the August edition of …
Venturelli Earns Funding from Army Research Office for Biochemistry of Microbiome
Biochemistry assistant professor Ophelia Venturelli recently received funding for her proposal to the Army Research Office Young Investigator Program. Titled “Large-scale mapping and modeling of human gut microbiota stability and activity,” her research project seeks to develop …
Palmenberg Study Shows Men Garner Most Coveted Speaking Slots at Virology Meetings
Ann Palmenberg and Rob Kalejta heard complaints at one too many virology conferences about the perceived lack of women among the invited and keynote speakers. So, they did what all good scientists do: They tracked down …
IPiB Faculty Receive Funding from UW–Madison Microbiome Initiative
Out of a wide range of thirteen projects funded by the UW–Madison Microbiome Initiative, five of them are led or in collaboration with Integrated Program in Biochemistry faculty members. The funding was announced June 20, 2017. …
New Assistant Professor to Join IPiB Fall 2017
The Department of Biomolecular Chemistry is pleased to announce that Heidi Dvinge will be joining the department this fall as an assistant professor. By extension, Dvinge will be a faculty member for the Integrated Program in Biochemistry. …