Led by Katie Brenner, winner of 2014 Women in Science Fellowship, Ms. Autumn Greco from New York, NY and Ms. Jamese Mangum from Washington DC have joined the Weibel Lab for a week of intensive …
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Kimble to chair National Medal of Science Committee
President Barack Obama has named University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry Professor Judith Kimble to chair the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. Since its inception, 11 UW-Madison faculty members have received the award, which …
Gene therapy without the genes
Many human diseases—including cancer—are caused by protein malfunctions. Those malfunctions, in turn, are caused by damaged DNA that gets translated into the damaged proteins. While many clinicians and scientists are trying to treat those diseases …
A New Kind of Antibiotic
Recognition of microbial glycans by human intelectin-1 Scientists seeking to develop the next generation of antibiotics may have found a crucial clue within the human body: a protein that distinguishes between our cells and those …
Raines lab links vaccine and biology in cancer treatment
Cancer discovery links experimental vaccine and biological treatment A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has linked two seemingly unrelated cancer treatments that are both now being tested in clinical trials. Read More
The Department of Biochemistry Welcomes a New Chair
Welcome to our new Chair, Brian Fox. Brian joined the Biochemistry faculty in 1993, and has served the broader University community as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Policy since 2012. Biochem welcomes Brian’s strong leadership …
John Steuart Curry Murals Virtual Tour
Just posted: a virtual tour of John Steuart Curry murals in the Hector F DeLuca Biochemistry Building. Read More
UW Metabolism Researchers Blaze New Paths
Commonly referred to as the “chemistry of life,” metabolism is the process by which the body uses food and oxygen to produce the energy and chemicals needed for essential functions and processes that constitute life. …
Khorana and Bose Programs Welcome New Students
On Friday May 22 the Indian Consulate in Chicago hosted the annual orientation of the Khorana and Bose Scholars, programs that develop research leaders in the US and India through two-way exchange. Khorana MIT News …
Katie Brenner and bluDiagnostics Wins Governor’s Award
Katie Brenner and the Madison startup she co-founded, bluDiagnostics, won the grand prize in the 2015 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan contest. Katie is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Weibel lab. Congrats Katie! Read More