Palmer will study interactions within the community of microbes living around the roots of corn plants and how these interactions impact the nitrogen available to the plant.
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New Faculty Profile: Snehal Chaudhari
Snehal Chaudhari, who joined the faculty in August 2023, will investigate relationships between the gut microbiome and metabolic diseases.
Simcox Earns 2024 American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Award
The award recognizes Simcox for her outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids.
Study Reveals Peculiar Movements of Cholesterol in Cellular Membranes
Much remains unknown about cholesterol. New research reveals how these lipid molecules move in cell membranes, which could have broad implications for future studies.
Madison Startup Offers New Tools for Analyzing Protein Synthesis
Biochemistry teaching faculty Erica Shu’s company, EzraBio, Inc., has developed improved technology to gain new insights into how protein synthesis is initiated and how it can go awry.
GROW: Representative Science
In the Summer 2023 edition of GROW, Judith Simcox and her colleagues look to diversify the pool of researchers — and the questions they’re asking — to get answers that address health care disparities.
John Ralph honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry
Professor John Ralph and his group were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry for their work on lignin biosynthesis.
New Biochemistry Faculty to Collaborate on Study of Type 2 Diabetes Therapies
Snehal Chaudhari, who will be joining the department this fall, is collaborating to explore potential treatments for Type 2 diabetes, funded by a one-year pilot grant from Washington University’s Diabetes Research Center.
Venturelli Receives 2023 Early Career Innovator Award
Ophelia Venturelli received the award in recognition of her work to elucidate the molecular and ecological design principles of microbial communities.
Cryo-EM Studies Reveal the ‘High-wire Act’ of Bacterial Replication
Researchers used Cryo-EM to precisely detail how bacterial proteins act like emergency first responders, repairing broken DNA on the fly.