Researchers in the UW–Madison biochemistry department and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will utilize a $2.1 million grant from the United States Department of Energy to elucidate the properties of a potentially useful and understudied class of genes and enzymes in important bioenergy crops, such as poplar, sorghum, and switchgrass.
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Coyle, Weeks join biochemistry to investigate molecular machines, proteome
Amy Weeks and Scott Coyle, two new assistant professors in the Department of Biochemistry, will work to understand cells and even smaller molecular machines.
Hoskins earns grant to study splicing inhibitors, connection to cancer
With a grant from the Edward P. Evans Foundation, biochemistry associate professor Aaron Hoskins is searching for new treatments for myelodysplastic syndromes — a type of blood cancer — by being able to screen for RNA splicing inhibitors using “humanized” yeast.
Major microscopy project coming to life with new talent, technology additions
The UW–Madison effort to launch a shared cryo-electron microscopy facility for the bioscience community is gathering momentum, with two new faculty hires and key technology investments this summer.
New Biochemistry Optical Core manager joins department as campus resource
A new manager joins the Biochemistry Optical Core. The BOC is a resource for all campus researchers using microscopy.
Biochemistry alumnus combines interest in science, humanities in career as patent agent
Dan Blasiole, a Ph.D. alum of the biochemistry department and the Attie Lab, now works at a law firm in Madison, Wisconsin.
Screen using blood-based fingerprints for colon cancer shows promise
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have identified blood-based fingerprints – human protein markers – associated with the pre-cancerous forms of colon cancer that are most likely to develop into disease. They say their findings are a promising start to what could ultimately lead to a new blood test for the cancer.
Relieving two headaches with one process
With a new method to synthesize a popular pain-relieving medication from plants rather than fossil fuels, biochemistry and energy researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a way to relieve two headaches at once.
2019 Frontiers in Metabolism meeting explores advances in metabolic research
The Morgridge Institute for Research is convening international leaders in metabolic research at the third Frontiers in Metabolism meeting, to be held this fall.
Venturelli receives Gates Grand Challenges Grant for exploratory work on microbiome and malnutrition
With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to combat malnutrition in developing countries.