New computer model accurately predicts behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.
CATHERINE NICOLE STEFFEL
Alejandro Oñate Receives L&S Dean’s Prize
Graduating senior Alejandro Oñate has received the College of Letters & Science Dean’s Prize, one of the College’s highest academic honors.
Parallel tracks: A nutritional biochemistry vision
Professor James Ntambi promotes health education in East Africa — from rural villages to university labs.
New cryo-electron microscopy centers help UW researchers uncover mysteries of life
At the Steenbock Symposium on June 7 and 8, 2022, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry opened its doors in celebration of two new research centers that bring to campus advanced biomolecular imaging technology called cryo-electron microscopy.
Searching for better biomarkers for metabolic syndrome
In the US, diabetes occurs more often in Black, Hispanic, and Native American people than in White people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For biochemistry professor Judith Simcox, this is more than a statistic.
Freeman Lan Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2022 Career Award
Postdoctoral researcher Freeman Lan has received a 2022 Career Award at the Scientific Interfaces distributed by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
IPiB announces mentoring and teaching awards, GLDC welcomes new officers
The Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) announced its 2022 awards that celebrate teaching and mentoring.
Talented biochemistry students, faculty mentors receive campus awards to pursue research
Eighteen undergraduate students in the Department of Biochemistry have received 2022 campus awards for research and scholarly excellence. The students are a mix of talented biochemistry majors and students who perform research in laboratories run by biochemistry faculty.
RNA Society Spotlights Aaron Hoskins, BMC Graduate Student
This month, the RNA Society profiled biochemistry associate professor Aaron Hoskins.
Goldwater Scholarship winner Samuel Neuman focuses on research
Biochemistry undergraduate Sam Neuman is using stem cells and regenerative medicine to find solutions to progressive neurodegenerative diseases. Neuman recently received a Goldwater Scholarship.