The Integrated Program in Biochemistry — the joint graduate program of the Department of Biochemistry and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry — is proud to announce its recent award winners. Tyler Stanage earned the Sigrid Leirmo Memorial Award in Biochemistry and Michael Kelliher and …
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Study Sheds Light on Function of Protein Associated with High-Risk Breast Cancers
The function of a protein associated with breast cancer development and metastasis is now better understood, based on a new study by University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) researchers. The study identified how the protein, CARM1, …
Venturelli Earns Shaw Scientist Award for Work in Biochemistry, Microbiome
Ophelia Venturelli, assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of two researchers in the University of Wisconsin System to earn seed funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Shaw Scientist Program to pursue innovative …
Cryo-EM Facility Coming to Department to Serve Campus Researchers
Structural biology and collaboration are two strong points at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In keeping with this tradition, a concerted cross-campus effort partly spearheaded by the Department of Biochemistry is working to bring a cryo-electron …
Faculty Lead, Collaborate on Numerous UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative Projects
Numerous faculty members of the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) are leading or collaborating on multiple projects that recently earned UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative awards. The recent awards represent the third round of UW2020 funded projects since …
Biochemistry’s Pagliarini Earns Distinguished Early Career Honor from Protein Society
Dave Pagliarini, associate professor of biochemistry and lead investigator of metabolism for the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is being recognized for major early-career achievement by The Protein Society. Pagliarini will receive one of the …
Bacterial Supermachine Reveals Streamlined Protein Assembly Line
There are many processes that take place in cells that are essential for life. Two of these, transcription and translation, allow the genetic information stored in DNA to be deciphered into the proteins that form …
Palmenberg Summarizes Biochemistry and Evolution of Rhinovirus C in Virology Review
The term “rhino” is derived from the Greek word for “nose.” Hence, human rhinoviruses are those responsible for the common cold and some can even pose a serious threat to those with asthma. In a …
Keck Recognized with Kellett Mid-Career Award
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) faculty member James Keck recently won a Kellett Mid-Career Awards. Hailing from the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, he was one of 11 faculty members at the Univeristy of Wisconsin Madison to earn …
Enzyme Structures Illuminate Mechanism Behind Bacteria’s Bioremediation Prowess
Bacteria, like humans and animals, must eat. Sometimes, they consume a pollutant in the environment that humans want to get rid of, a process called bioremediation. Investigating the enzymes used by bacteria to carry out …