Top beer from student competition to be sold at Terrace this spring! The beer—a red lager that will be called “Inaugural Red”—was selected this past Thursday during a competition held in food science professor Jim …
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Danielle Lohman Represents for UW-Madison at AAAS CASE Workshop
This April the Graduate School will send two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students to learn about science policy and advocacy at the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington D.C. The workshop, …
Julia Nepper Selected for the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Julia Nepper from the Weibel Lab has won an award from the National Science Foundation to attend the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. A record number of 70 laureates and 672 young scientists from 88 …
Fox Lab: Understanding competitive protein-protein complex formation in oxidative multicomponent enzymes
The controlled generation of reactive oxygen has allowed certain organisms to grow in a multitude of harsh environments. The ability of these organisms to oxidize C-H bonds allows them to obtain carbon from otherwise inert …
Bioenergy center’s research leads to 100th patent application
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), one of three bioenergy research centers established in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), recently celebrated the filing of its 100th patent application. In recently developed …
Pagliarini lab: An ancient kinase required for mitochondrial CoQ biosynthesis
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles whose functions are essential for nearly all human cells. Numerous human diseases, ranging from rare inborn errors in metabolism to common cancers, have been linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. However, our ability …
Dave Nelson helps found-and fill-the new Madison Science Museum
Generally it’s a bad thing to be called a “hoarder.” In Dave Nelson’s case, however, his pack rat tendencies are for a good cause—and will soon come to a very good end. Nelson, an emeritus professor …
Outreach Programs – Project CRYSTAL
The Department of Biochemistry hosts several outreach programs aimed at making science accessible to young students and the general public. As an example, Project CRYSTAL, established in 2009 in the laboratory of Professor Hazel M. …
Dave Pagliarini Named Vilas Associate
The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional Research Committees on the basis of a detailed proposal. Congratulations Dr. Pagliarini Read …
BioHouse brings opportunity for students in science
BioHouse is the newest of 10 UW–Madison residential learning communities — clusters of students in residence halls who choose to live with others active in a common interest area — three of which are designed for …