This award honors IPiB graduate students who have consistently demonstrated commitment to quality, innovative classroom teaching and mentoring in a laboratory setting. Made possible by the generosity of Arnold E. and Catherine M. Denton Congratulations …
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Kim Haupt Earns 2016 Sigrid Leirmo Memorial Award
This award recognizes a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow who best exemplifies the spirit of Sigrid Leirmo, who received her Ph.D. degree in the Department of Biochemistry in 1989 and was a postdoctoral research associate …
Rick Amasino Participates in National Academies’ GMO Report
Last May, biochemistry professor Rick Amasino and life sciences communication professor Dominique Brossard traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the congressional and public briefings associated with the release of a new National Academies of Sciences, …
Laura Kiessling Awarded 2016 Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
Recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. Congratulations Laura. Read More
William Rutter to receive honorary degree
Dr. William J. Rutter, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday, May 13, 2016. Rutter is a founder of the field of biotechnology, having made seminal contributions in both academia …
Gene Editing in the Wildonger Lab
From the Wisconsin State Journal 05/08/2016 UW-Madison researchers are joining scientists around the world in using a powerful gene editing tool that is transforming biology and could improve human health In fruit flies, Wildonger is …
Biochemistry Logistics Tool Team Receives UW Administrative Improvement Award
Charlie Lor, Cathy Michael, David Parker and Kerry Tobin have been selected as one of five teams to receive UW-Madison’s 2016 Administrative Improvement Award for their work developing the Biochemistry Logistics Tool (BLT). The Department …
Katie Brenner’s Promising Innovation
Doubts about their ability to become pregnant affect as many as 25 percent of American women, and solving that problem is the basic business plan for BluDiagnostics. Although the startup company was born in the …
Biochemistry Undergrad Stephen Early Awarded Wisconsin Idea Fellowship
UW-Madison sophomore Stephen Early, in partnership with the the Goodman Community Center in Madison, WI, has been awarded a 2016-17 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship to support an open and all-inclusive scientific community-partnership with underserved communities in …
James Ntambi Receives Peter Bosscher Award
Professor James Ntambi has been honored with one of eight 2016 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards. Professor Ntambi was part of the Village Health Project team honored with the Peter Bosscher Award. The Wisconsin Without Borders …