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August 6, 2008
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NMRFAM assists local company in screening for lethal heparin contamination
When a heparin scare nearly brought a Wisconsin drug manufacturer's work to a grinding halt earlier this year, only a few places in the country could offer the kind of help the company needed to get going again.
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August 1, 2008
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Rick Amasino Named Hilldale Professor
Hilldale Professorships are given to faculty who excel in scholarly activity and have records of outstanding research and show promise of continued productivity.
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July 15, 2008
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2008 Hilldale Award Winners
Congratulations Young Biochemists:
Sean McMaster (Weibel Lab)
Anneka Wiersma (Clagett-Dame Lab)
Charles Burns (Weibel Lab)
Khian Hong Pua (Raines Lab)
Sarit Klugman (Cox Lab)
Timothy Wendorf (Record Lab)
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July 15, 2008
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ASM Honors Doug Weibel
The 2008 ICAAC Young Investigator Awards recognize and reward early-career scientists for their research excellence and potential in microbiology and infectious diseases.
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July 15, 2008
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Professor Ansari Earns NSF Career Award
Career award: Exploring the Role of Kin28/Cdk7 in Triggering Sequential Histone and Polymerase Modifications
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June 26, 2008
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Louis and Elsa Thomsen Fellowship: Paul Cook
Paul Cook has been chosen to receive the Louis and Elsa Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship based on his excellent academic performance and research productivity during his graduate studies.
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May 27, 2008
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Dr. Kiessling Elected to the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
This represents the highest level of recognition conferred by the Academy. Fellows of the Wisconsin Academy are elected for their high levels of
accomplishment in their fields as well as a lifelong commitment to
intellectual discourse.
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May 27, 2008
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Doug Weibel Named Searle Scholar for 2008
In selecting the Scholars, the Board looked for individuals who have
already done important, innovative research and who have the potential
for making significant contributions to biological research over an
extended period of time.
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April 23, 2008
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Professor Ansari Earns Pound Research Award
Aseem Ansari is the recipient of the UW-College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Pound Research Award.
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April 7, 2008
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Laura Kiessling receives the 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship
Laura, Hilldale Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and Laurens Anderson Professor of Biochemistry, received the 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship for Chemoselective reactions for biology.
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April 1, 2008
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Marvin Wickens receives 2008 Hilldale Award
Marv, Max Perutz Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, is among four UW-Madison faculty members to receive 2008
Hilldale Awards
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March 10, 2008
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Professor Weibel earns 3M award
Congratulations to Dr. Weibel for being awarded a 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant from 3M's Research and Development sector, in partnership with the Corporate Giving Program.
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February 28, 2008
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Department outreach plays positive role
Stuart Ballard, 17, a senior at West High School and a participant in
the apprenticeship program, is working in the UW-Madison biochemistry
department 's Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, which studies
proteins. After a year in the lab, he has been given more tasks and
greater freedom.
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February 15, 2008
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Judith Kimble elected to Council of the National Academy of Sciences
Judith Kimble has been elected to a three-year term on the Council of the National Academy of Sciences
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January 25, 2008
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Professor Kiessling recipient of the 2008 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal
Professor Laura
Kiessling has been selected as a recipient of the 2008 Wilbur Lucius
Cross Medal from Yale University.
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January 24, 2008
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2007 Holiday Gift Drive is a Success!
The Biochemistry Department generously donated to the Child Life program. Child Life benefits sick children (newborn
through 18) and their families through a variety of programs to meet
the social, emotional and educational needs of the children during a
stressful time.
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