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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
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A Microbial Byproduct May Heal Inflamed Guts
Researchers in the Chaudhari Lab explored why methotrexate is not effective at treating inflammatory bowel disease and identified a promising new treatment strategy in the process.
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Wei Takes a Novel Approach to Studying Aging with Award from American Federation for Aging
Wei will investigate secreted proteins associated with aging using methods he developed to study impacts of exercise.
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Have Your Wrapper and Eat It Too
Biochemists are partnering with food scientists to move toward a compostable option for food packaging that’s also edible. It could keep more plastic out of our waterways and our bodies.
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Neugebauer Receives High Risk, High Reward New Innovator Award
With support from the National Institutes of Health 2026 High Risk, High Reward New Innovator Awards, University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professor Monica Neugebauer is exploring nickel-dependent enzymes that can drive new-to-nature chemical…
Events
November
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November 16Biochemistry Colloquium: John WhetstineEpigenetic Mechanisms Directly Control Extrachromosomal and Integrated DNA Amplification Dynamics
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November 17RNA MaxiGroup: Scott KennedyEukaryotic Systems Enabling Host-Transposon Co-existence5:30 PM, 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building
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November 24Special Seminar in Biochemistry: Scott CoyleSynthetic forms most beautiful: Reading and writing cell dynamics with engineered protein waves