In the search for better ways to fight disease, Jing Fan is pushing the boundaries of immunometabolism.
‘Deep Proteome’ Project Provides Atlas for Human Complexity
A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms — including the universally-studied worm C. elegans — have almost the same number of genes. If not …
IPiB Faculty Named Vilas Associates
Biomolecular chemistry associate professor Feyza Engin and biochemistry professor Elizabeth Wright were named 2023-2024 Vilas Associates.
IPiB Thesis Defense March 21: Alexander Duckworth
Alexander Duckworth joined the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) with the goal of learning more about how scientists ‘solve biomolecular structures’ — that is, how they figure out what essential components to life, such as …
Mass Spectrometry Fueling New Explorations at the Carbone Cancer Center
When biomolecular chemistry professor Josh Coon, also an investigator at the Morgridge Institute, first started developing scientific instruments to measure molecules in living systems, his criteria for finding partners on the UW–Madison campus were simple …
Folds in pUG Molecules Turn Off Genes and Could Provide Clues about Human Disease
Genes. They’re what control the way living things look and even function, what eye color they may have and even what diseases they may live with. Scientists have worked for decades to understand how some …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 12: Josh Mitchell
Eosinophils (EOS) have broad immunomodulatory and inflammatory effects — these white blood cells are implicated in eosinophilic asthma, eradicating parasitic infections, involvement in the gut microbiome and tumor microenvironment, and more — yet scientists still …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 8: Edrees Rashan
Edrees (Eddie) Rashan became interested in the life sciences as a college sophomore. He’d heard of DNA but never really appreciated what it looked like, how it was made, or the characteristics that make it …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 2: Sophie Lewandowski
Insulin is secreted by the pancreas in response to elevated blood glucose levels. Insufficient amounts of insulin can result in Type II diabetes, while excess can lead to hypoglycemia — both life-threatening conditions. Sophie Lewandowski, …
Simcox Receives American Federation for Aging Research Grant for Junior Faculty
The American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research have announced recipients of the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty. The Research Grant …