Scholarships & Awards
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Seminars & Symposia
Engage with experts from around the world during our seminar series and symposia.
The UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry was founded in 1883. Since then, we've provided a world-class education and innovative and collaborative research environments to thousands of students, faculty, and staff. Our researchers study virtually every area of biochemistry — propelling this rapidly-moving discipline forward.
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Undergraduates Enrolled
Spring 2023
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$91.7 Million
Grant Funding
2019-2021
News
Meet Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez
Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez is a senior majoring in biochemistry and global health.
NMRFAM Installs New 1.1 GHz Magnet
Researchers across the country will use the magnet to investigate molecular structure, motion, and interactions faster and at higher resolution than was previously possible.
Judith Kimble Awarded 2024 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Kimble received the Wiley Prize alongside her collaborators for their discovery of the stem cell niche.
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Events
- March
- March 21
- Biotechnology Training Program Winter Banquet 2024Keynote Speaker: Lisa Johnson, CEO of BioForward, Inc.March 21, 5:00 pm, Great Hall, Memorial UnionPlease register by Thursday, March 7, 2024 https://go.wisc.edu/2024btp_reg . . .
- March 22
- IPiB Seminar Series: Andrea Hunger - Seminar CancelledA novel chemostat screening platform for investigating nutritional dependencies of human cancersMarch 22, 12:00 pm, 175 DeLuca Biochemistry LaboratoriesAndrea is in the Cantor lab. . . .
- April
- April 1
- Biochemistry Colloquium: James BardwellStructural Insights into Phase Transitions and Unpublished Experiments from my time in Betty Craig's labApril 1, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences BuildingJames Bardwell is from the University of Michigan. This seminar is a rescheduling of his Feb 12 seminar that he . . .
- April 5
- IPiB Seminar Series: Sarah McMillanStructural insights into replicative helicase loading in E. coliApril 5, 12:00 pm, 175 DeLuca Biochemistry LaboratoriesSarah is in the Keck lab. . . .