Antibiotic resistance is one of the great public health problems of our time. Since Peyton Spreacker joined IPiB as a member of the Henzler-Wildman Lab, she has been studying the role multidrug efflux proteins play …
A New Tactic in the Superbug Battle
Associate professor of biochemistry Vatsan Raman is “supercharging evolution” to create an army of bacteria-killing phages that can combat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
IPiB Thesis Defense Nov. 4: Miguel Angel Osorio Garcia
Cell survival hinges on a host of processes, one of which is DNA repair. Though research has shown that the RadD protein plays an important role in processing damaged or branched DNA in E. coli, …
IPiB Graduate Student Named Recipient of First CALS B.R. DasGupta Graduate Award
Nithesh Chandrasekharan has been named one of the first recipients of the B.R. DasGupta Graduate Award. The award provides $5,000 to an international graduate student enrolled in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in …
Two Biochemistry Professors Look to Unravel Secrets with NIH New Innovator Awards
With support from the National Institutes of Health 2022 High Risk, High Reward New Innovator Awards, University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professors Ci Ji Lim and Amy Weeks are pursuing some of their most unconventional ideas about …
New Study Allows Scientists to Test Therapeutics for Rare Disease Affecting Young Children
For the first time, scientists will be able to test therapeutics for a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases that affect infants and young children thanks to a new research model created by scientists at the …
IPiB Thesis Defense Oct. 5: Nathaniel Kuch
If you’ve heard of bioethanol or biodiesel, you’ve heard about a biofuel. Adopting biofuels, which are fuels produced directly from plants or biowastes, can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And as IPiB graduate student Nathaniel …
IPiB Graduate Aryel Clarke Earns Science Communication Award
Recent IPiB graduate Aryel Clarke has received a 2022 Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy (WISL) Award for Communicating Ph.D. Research to the Public for including a chapter in her dissertation to describe her research to …
IPiB Thesis Defense Aug. 24: Dana Dahhan
IPiB graduate student Dana Dahhan studies how proteins are trafficked into and out of cells. She’s defending her Ph.D. research on Aug. 24.
IPiB Thesis Defense Aug. 29: Aidan McKenzie
Aidan McKenzie is defending his Ph.D. research on Aug. 29.