Clostridioides difficile, an antibiotic-resistant intestinal pathogen, is the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections in the United States. Treatment of a Clostridioides difficile, also known as C. difficile, infection may include courses of antibiotics or fecal …
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Local changes, global effects: Unpacking action at a distance using computers, X-rays and classic biochemistry
When I entered Assistant Professor Vatsan Raman’s office to talk about his group’s latest research study, I didn’t expect that our conversation about proteins would turn toward Rube Goldberg machines. Biochemists like Raman study how …
IPiB Welcomes 2021-22 Incoming Class, GLDC Announces Officers
The Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) is pleased to welcome its newest cohort of graduate students. As all recruiting activities were held virtually due to the pandemic, incoming students and faculty alike seem particularly excited …
Biochemistry Professor James Ntambi Re-elected to ASBMB Council
Biochemistry Professor James Ntambi was recently re-elected to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Council. Ntambi has served as a member of the ASBMB Council since 2018. “I feel proud to be …
IPiB Graduate Student Reflects on Science Communication, Time at UW-Madison
Justin McKetney hadn’t considered joining a biotechnology research group when he first came to UW-Madison as a graduate student in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB). “But Josh Coon’s group was doing big data and …
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 …
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 …