Scholarships & Awards
Learn about our scholarships and awards for students and scientists at all levels of training.
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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Grant Funding
2019-2021
News
Lauren Clark, Graduate Student in the Attie Lab, Awarded F31 Grant
Clark’s research will examine how changes in gene expression impact insulin secretion.
McLester-Davis becomes UW’s First Director of Indigenous Science Advocacy
McLester-Davis, a scientist in the Simcox Lab, will research aging-related diseases among Indigenous populations and other groups often underrepresented in research.
Raman Funded by WARF Accelerator to Commercialize Technology
The award will help to commercialize technology that maps how changes to phage genomes affect how the phage interacts with its host for therapeutic use.
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Events
- December
- December 4
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Joan BroderickRadical SAM: How Nature Generates and Controls Reactive Radical IntermediatesDecember 4, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences BuildingThis is a David E. Green Lecture in Enzyme Chemistry, sponsored by the David E. Green Memorial Lecture Fund. . . .
- December 6
- IPiB Thesis Review: Jyotsna MisraCognate Z. mobilis IspG and IspH enzymes are required for heterologous complementation of the terminal step of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway in E. coliDecember 6, 11:00 am, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building. . .
- December 7
- IPiB Thesis Review: Katherine SennRegulation of pre-mRNA splicing efficiency and fidelity in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeDecember 7, 2:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building. . .
- December 8
- IPiB Seminar Series: Bianca ChavezThe Telomeric D-Loop Dilemma: Can Telomerase Efficiently Access the Telomeric D-Loop?December 8, 12:00 pm, 175 DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories. . .