The American Chemical Society (ACS) honored the development of the blood thinner warfarin with the National Historic Chemical Landmark designation in a ceremony at UW–Madison on Oct. 12, 2022.
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Two biochemistry professors look to unravel secrets with NIH New Innovator Awards
With support from the National Institutes of Health 2022 High Risk, High Reward New Innovator Awards, assistant professors Ci Ji Lim and Amy Weeks are pursuing some of their most unconventional ideas about repeating DNA sequences and the way cells reorganize proteins as they receive signals from outside their walls.
Fox and Ralph awarded DOE grant to characterize gene function in bioenergy crop plants
Professors Brian Fox and John Ralph received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to uncover information about how enzymes controlling the composition of plant cell walls behave in vitro and in plants.
Postdoc Sherry Cao receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Xinyun (Sherry) Cao, a postdoctoral researcher in the Landick Lab, was awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the NIH.
Sussman honored with CALS named professorship
Biochemistry professor Mike Sussman is the first recipient of the Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS).
Congressional staff tour cryo-EM research centers in biochemistry department
Legislative staff to members of Congress from the Wisconsin delegation toured UW–Madison the week of Aug. 14, 2022, including a stop at the Department of Biochemistry’s cryo-electron microscopy research centers.
Q&A: CALS Dean Glenda Gillaspy on joining the college, her research, hobbies and more
In this Q&A, new CALS Dean Gillaspy talks about some of her initial tasks as dean and goals for the college. She also shares details about her research program, her hobbies and more.
Biochemistry alum helps sustain ‘another level of molecular clarity’
Less than a decade ago, UW researchers began to gather and assemble the components of a powerful, advanced imaging technology called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) that would allow them to observe the structures of some of …
Enzymes, proteins work together to tidy up tail ends of DNA in dividing cells
Biochemistry researchers have described the way an enzyme and proteins interact to maintain the protective caps, called telomeres, at the end of chromosomes, a new insight into how a human cell preserves the integrity of its DNA through repeated cell division.
Professor Chad Rienstra named 2022 Vaughan Lecturer
Biochemistry professor Chad Rienstra was named the 2022 Vaughan Lecturer at the 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance.