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.
1,100+
Undergraduates Enrolled
Spring 2023
29
Research Faculty
$91.7 Million
Grant Funding
2019-2021
News
Brian Fox Recognized with Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
The honor recognizes UW faculty whose scholarship has advanced the frontiers of knowledge and whose excellence includes teaching or service.
Paige Henning Receives 2025-26 Boyer Award
Her research in the Sussman Lab has focused on identifying a hormone responsible for distyly a plant species and determining whether the hormone can be developed for use as a herbicide.
Undergrads Use Campus as Living Laboratory to Investigate Root Microbiomes
Undergraduate students lead a project to identify bacteria living in root ecosystems of two native grasses in Lakeshore Nature Preserve.
Phages Mutated in Space Hint at Biomedical Benefits to Humans on Earth
Research from the Raman Lab hints at how space travel may impact bacteria and phages, including those in our guts.
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Events
- February
- February 16Biochemistry Colloquium: Willow Coyote-MaestasDeep Mutational Pharmacology Reveals the Molecular Basis of Opioid Receptor Activity3:00 PM, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- February 19RNA MaxiGroup: Lori PassmoreSpecificity and regulation in mRNA poly(A) tail biogenesis5:30 PM, 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building