Anjon Audhya, associate professor of biomolecular chemistry, and 10 other young members of the UW–Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. Audhya. who is also the director of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology program, …
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Keck promoted to Associate Dean for Basic Sciences of UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry James Keck has accepted the position of Associate Dean for Basic Sciences within the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), and stepped into his new role on March 1. Keck was …
From Mice, Clues to Microbiome’s Influence on Metabolic Disease
The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has been shown to work in tandem with the genes of a host organism to regulate insulin secretion, a key variable in …
Hoskins Lab Furthers Understanding of Cancer-causing Mutations in the Spliceosome
Human messenger RNA — the intermediate step between DNA and protein — is a bit like a choose-your-own-adventure book. Any book contains chapters arranged to tell a story. However, in a choose-your-own adventure, random chapters …
Merrins Wins Partnership Grant to Address Diabetes
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine at Public Health has awarded $300,000 through its New Investigator Program. The awards, each $100,000 over two years, support early-career investigators who are taking innovative …
Designer Switches of Cell Fate Could Streamline Stem Cell Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a novel strategy to reprogram cells from one type to another in a more efficient and less biased manner than previous methods. The ability to convert cells …
Holden Wins Prolific Author Award from Biochemistry Journal
With at least 20 articles published in the journal in the last five years, biochemistry professor Hazel Holden was named a selected highly prolific author by the journal Biochemistry. To mark the publication of the one-millionth article …
Gut’s Microbial Community Shown to Influence Host Gene Expression
In our guts, and in the guts of all animals, resides a robust ecosystem of microbes known as the microbiome. Consisting of trillions of organisms — bacteria, fungi and viruses — the microbiome is essential …
Two IPiB Faculty Named 2016 AAAS Fellows
Two Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) faculty members, have been elected 2016 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They are two of five faculty from the University of Wisconsin–Madison named a Fellow …
First Cellular Atlas of DNA-binding Molecule Could Advance Precision Therapies
Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created the first atlas that maps where molecular tools that can switch genes on and off will bind to the human genome. It is a development they say …