Graduate students attend multiple conferences during their educational careers. But after his first successful trip to the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) conference, Joseph Kim decided to get more involved and was recently named Communications …
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Senior adds prestigious Marshall Scholarship to string of academic honors
Biochemistry and mathematics major Claire Evensen will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and mathematics, with comprehensive honors (honors in biochemistry and in the liberal arts). Evensen has won a Marshall Scholarship.
Ingraham to give Biochemistry’s 2019 Steenbock Lectures in December
Holly Ingraham of the University of California, San Francisco will give the 2019 UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry Steenbock Lectures
Biochemistry and medical training leads to exciting career in oncology research and development
Biochemistry is the foundation of what Kevin Sokolowski does every day in his career. Armed with an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as an M.D., he has embarked on …
Pagliarini Lab members attend mitochondrial disease walk, interact with patients
It’s easy for scientists toiling in a laboratory to forget the impact their work might have on those outside the important science they are performing. However, events hosted by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation have enabled many members of the Pagliarini Lab to connect with those who may directly benefit from the findings of their research: patients with mitochondrial disease.
Bill Hoekstra, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, dies at 91
University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences and Ph.D. alumnus William G. “Bill” Hoekstra died on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 at 91.
Kirchdoerfer joins department, campus virology community to utilize cryo-EM technologies
Robert Kirchdoerfer is returning to UW–Madison as an assistant professor. His position in the Institute for Molecular Virology is part of a cluster hire. Kirchdoerfer studies coronaviruses.
Peering into a more ‘human’ petri dish
Cell culture media, the cocktail of chemicals and nutrients that keep cells alive and thriving in a dish, have been an essential tool of biology for more than 70 years. Jason Cantor is thinking about cell culture media from another angle: Can we make it more human?
Biochemistry affiliate works to develop new bioengineering strategy
Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison and affiliate of the Department of Biochemistry, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 million grant from NIH, could make these processes more affordable for and accessible to scientists with expertise in other backgrounds.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes in ‘locally sourced science’ at Pagliarini Lab in Morgridge Institute
Forward-thinking science and childhood memories came full circle on Wednesday for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who visited a lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research that is carrying on the inspired legacy of her grandfather, David E. Green.