The Annual Biochemistry Awards Reception included two new awards this year, made possible by the generosity of Arnold E. and Catherine M. Denton. Graduate Teaching Excellence Award: Michael D. Hobbs This award is intended to recognize a Biochemistry graduate student who has consistently shown evidence of quality, commitment, and innovation in teaching. Graduate students who …
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Brendan Orner is the recipient of the 2004 Paul D. Boyer Postdoctoral Excellence Award
Brendan will speak on the topic of The Design and Fabrication of Arrays for the Combinatorial Exploration of Cell Adherence on Monday January 26th at 3:30 in room B1118 Biochemistry.
Winter weather turns on flowering gene
In four months, when flower buds spring up from the ground, you may wonder how plants know it’s time to bloom. This question has baffled plant biologists for years. Now, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have an answer: a gene that functions as an alarm clock to rouse certain plants from a vegetative state …
James Ntambi is the recipient of the 2004 Osborne Mendel Award given by the American Institute of Nutritional Sciences
This award recognizes Professor Ntambi’s outstanding scientific contributions towards understanding adipocyte differentiation and the regulation of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism, and the profound influence this work will have on the field of obesity research in the coming years. A formal presentation of the award will take place at the ASNS Awards Programin Washington, …
Collaboration Could Help Chart the Protein Universe
The billions of proteins that compose life on Earth remain one of the truly uncharted territories in the biological universe, due mainly to the slow and arduous techniques their exploration requires. Now, a research partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Japanese university and company aims to develop a technology that may allow scientists …
Ron Raines Receives an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Ron Raines has been named a 2004 recipient of the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society. The Cope Scholar Award is given to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry, and consists of $5,000, a certificate, and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant. Raines has won several other national awards for his …
Mouse Resists Diabetes
An engineered mouse, already known to be immune to the weight gain ramifications of a high-calorie, high-fat diet, now seems able to resist the onset of diabetes. Read More
Mother of all NMR Magnets to Bolster UW-Madison Lab
Now, with support from the National Institutes of Health, UW-Madison’s National Magnetic Resonance Facility will be home to a machine capable of generating the largest NMR-quality magnetic field possible with current technology. A $5 million award from NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences paves the way for the fall deployment of an 11-ton, 900-megahertz …
Dave Nelson nominated for an Alliant Energy Underkofler Teaching Award
In addition to the Distinguished Teaching Awards presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison each year, the UW System also recognizes classroom excellence by way of its Alliant Energy Underkofler Teaching Awards. This year, David L. Nelson, professor of biochemistry, and Michael J. Smith, Robert Ratner Professor of Industrial Engineering, are candidates from the Madison campus.
Judith Kimble receives 2002-3 Hilldale Award in the Biological Sciences
The Hilldale awards are presented each year to four faculty members, one from each faculty division, in recognition of a distinguished contribution ot teaching, research, and extension/outreach while a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Hilldale Awards are made possible by the Hilldale Fund, which receives income from the operation of …