Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of inherited neurologic disorders that cause weakness and stiffness in the leg muscles. Defects in membrane trafficking can contribute to HSP and other neurodegenerative diseases. For her Ph.D. …
How a Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotic Takes Aim at C. difficile
Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. As a result, patients become more prone to reinfection, …
Vatsan Raman Receives Pound Research Excellence Award
Biochemistry assistant professor Vatsan Raman received the 2022 Pound Research Excellence Award. The award, which is supported by an educational development fund created to honor former CALS Dean Glenn S. Pound upon his retirement in …
2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recipients and Honorable Mentions Announced
Several Integrated Program in Biochemistry graduate students received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program honorable mentions this year. Lauren Mazurkiewicz is a second-year IPiB student in the Weeks Lab, Rohith Rajasekaran is a second-year …
Jason Cantor Receives Prestigious American Cancer Society Award
Biochemistry assistant professor and Morgridge Institute for Research investigator Jason Cantor was recently granted a prestigious award from the American Cancer Society to continue his investigation into conditionally essential genes in human cancer cells. Utilizing CRISPR, a …
Department of Biochemistry to Launch New Cryo-Electron Microscopy Centers June 7, 2022
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry will host the grand opening of its Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center (CEMRC) and Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography (MCCET) at 8:30 a.m. on June 7. The grand opening …
A Key Control Knob for Microbiome Metabolism
Researchers are uncovering the complex mechanisms by which human gut bacteria accomplish a variety of functions, from transforming compounds derived from food into nutrition for the host to producing molecules that impact human behavior and …
Building Better Proteins with Machine Learning
Neural networks and machine learning once seemed like far-fetched futuristic concepts but are now proven successful tools that can help scientists approach big problems (and big datasets). A major advantage for machine learning is that …
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 …
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 …