When Robert Kirchdoerfer was offered a faculty position in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry, it was a bit of a homecoming. The 2006 undergraduate alumnus and Oregon, Wisc. native will be arriving back …
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Biochemistry Ph.D. Alumnus Combines Interest in Science, Humanities in Career as Patent Agent
Dan Blasiole’s career is a synthesis of his two intellectual passions: the sciences and the humanities. After honing his science knowledge with a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the lab of professor Alan Attie, he found …
Screen Using Blood-based Fingerprints for Colon Cancer Shows Promise
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have identified blood-based fingerprints – human protein markers – associated with the pre-cancerous forms of colon cancer that are most likely to develop into disease. They say their findings …
Relieving Two Headaches with One Process
With a new method to synthesize a popular pain-relieving medication from plants rather than fossil fuels, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a way to relieve two headaches at once. A …
A Trojan Horse? Immune Cells Ferry Deadly Fungus from Mouse Lung into the Blood
A report today (June 27) in PLOS Pathogens shows how inhaled fungal spores exit the lung and trigger a fatal infection in mice. The study solves a mystery of mycology: Why are spores of a …
Venturelli Receives Gates Grand Challenges Grant for Exploratory Work on Microbiome and Malnutrition
With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to …
IPiB Announces Awards for Teaching and Mentoring, SFLC 2019-20 Officers
The Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) is pleased to continue its commitment to teaching and mentorship by announcing the 2019 graduate student awards that celebrate these important aspects of the program. The awards were given out at …
Pagliarini Awarded 2019 Romnes Fellowship
Biochemistry professor and Morgridge Institute for Research investigator David Pagliarini received a 2019 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. Eleven total University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty received the fellowship, which recognizes faculty up to six years past their …
Researchers Reveal the Pioneering Role of Zelda in Zygotic Gene Activation
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have developed a novel strategy to address the role of vital proteins during early embryonic development. In all animals, early development is controlled by …
Brow Develops Improved Method for Tracking Molecular Signals in Living Cells
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has established a new approach to understanding how protein and RNA molecules in a cell cooperate to direct the proper expression of genes. The approach improves upon a well-established method called …