SFLC Becomes Graduate Leadership and Development Committee (GLDC)
To better describe its purpose and mission, the Student Faculty Liaison Committee (SFLC), has changed its name to the Graduate Leadership & Development Committee (GLDC).
As the group has evolved over the years, its goals have grown beyond just serving as a student voice on faculty committees to include career and professional development events, scientific outreach to the community, departmental social events, recruiting the next class of Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) students, and more.
New Way to Alter DNA, Affect Health Circumvents Gut Bacteria
Our gut microbiome helps us out every day by processing the fiber we can’t digest. The bacteria ferment the fiber into key chemicals known as short-chain fatty acids, or SCFAs, that are essential for human health. SCFAs fight inflammation, help kill dangerous bacteria, protect the lining of the gut, and can even help prevent cancer. …
Professor Jon Audhya Named Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies
Biomolecular chemistry professor Jon Audhya has been named the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s next senior associate dean for basic research, biotechnology and graduate studies. He will serve as the school’s leader for strategic vision and administrative oversight of basic research practices and policies, graduate programs and industry partnerships. Since 2019, …
IPiB Graduate Student Integrates Art with Science, Teaching
Art and science were always blended for Josie Mitchell, whose childhood was filled with oil painting lessons and summer science camps — neither oil paints nor science experiments are kind to those who thrive on instant gratification. “I can see steps of improvement along the way with oil painting,” Mitchell says. “If you layer on …
Unpacking a virus: SARS-CoV-2
Less than a year after he joined the Department of Biochemistry, Robert Kirchdoerfer BS’06 and his nascent coronavirus research program were thrust into the spotlight. The new assistant professor was quickly becoming known around the UW–Madison campus as “the coronavirus guy,” a linchpin of efforts at the university to understand the severe acute respiratory syndrome …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 14: Adam Lewis
Ion channels provide passageways through which charged ions can cross cellular membranes. Some ion channels allow only one type of ion through, while others, called nonselective ion channels, allow multiple types of ions to cross. IPiB graduate student Adam Lewis used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to study how the NaK ion channel adapts its …
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Events
- January
- January 31
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Jonathan SchlebachCoordination of -1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting by Structural Features within the Transcript and Nascent Polypeptide ChainJanuary 31, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Jonathan SchlebachCoordination of -1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting by Structural Features within the Transcript and Nascent Polypeptide ChainJanuary 31, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- February
- February 7
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Andrew BullerEngineering Promiscuous Enzymes for the Synthesis of Non-standard Amino AcidsFebruary 7, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- February 14
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Blanton TolbertBack to the Basics: Studying the Structures of RNA Viruses Offer Clues on how to Inhibit ThemFebruary 14, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- February 21
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Shelby BlytheBuilding Patterning-Dependent Chromatin States during EmbryogenesisFebruary 21, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building