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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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News
Monica Neugebauer Awarded 2024 Packard Fellowship
With funding from the Packard Foundation, Neugebauer looks to improve sustainability in catalysis.
Mixed Media Messaging: Different Cell Culture Conditions Influence Drug Activity in Cancer Cells
The Cantor Lab demonstrated how different cell culture medium conditions impact the effectiveness of drugs.
Biochemistry Affiliate Professor Silvia Cavagnero to Receive 2025 Emily M. Gray Award
Cavagnero is associate director of the Biophysics graduate program.
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Events
- October
- October 18
- IPiB Student Seminar Series: Gina WadeRegulation of energy expenditure by plasma ceramide signalingOctober 18, 12:00 pm, 175 DeLuca Biochemistry LaboratoriesGina is in the Judith Simcox lab. . . .
- October 22
- RNA MaxiGroup - Hani ZaherAll roads lead to Gcn4October 22, 5:30 pm, 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry BuildingHani Zaher is from Washington University in St. Louis. Hani discovered how ribosome collisions can regulate translation. This is now . . .
- October 25
- IPiB Student Seminar Series: James AndonUsing expanded genetic codes to select cyclic peptide inhibitors of amyloid-β 42 aggregationOctober 25, 12:00 pm, 175 DeLuca Biochemistry LaboratoriesJames is in the Tina Wang lab. . . .
- October 28
- Biochemistry Colloquium and Krause Metabolism Seminar - Katy WellenHow nutrients leave their mark: Metabolism, histone modification, and gene regulation in physiology and cancerOctober 28, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences BuildingKaty Wellen Is from Penn State. This seminar is the Biomolecular Chemistry Department's Jim and Katie Krause Metabolism Seminar. . . .