Congratulations to Paul Goetsch and Dr. Seong Min Lee for their recognition at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 31st Annual meeting. Pike lab.
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James Ntambi: Scientist of the Week
What is the best way to encourage science in Africa? Some African scientists come to the United States to train and then return to their home countries to teach and perform research. James Ntambi took …
Department mourns loss of faculty member
Professor Emeritis Ross Inman, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2009. Ross was a faculty member in Biochem and the Institute for Molecular Virology for more than 42 years, retiring from active science only last December. …
Perry Frey Awarded The Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lectureship
Professor Perry Frey, whose penetrating analyses of enzyme mechanisms have captivated the scientific community for more than 45 years, has been selected to present the second Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lecture at the 2010 ACS …
Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target
A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis. Kiessling Lab. Read More
Chris Mayne Earns Young Investigator Award
Dr. Chris Mayne, from the Hayes laboratory, won the Young Investigator Award at the recent international ACTRIMS (Americas Committee for treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis) meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations Chris! Read More
Tom Record Recipient of the 2009 Hugh M. Huffman Award
Dr. Hugh M. Huffman (1899-1950) was one of the founders of The Calorimetry Conference and a pioneer in the field of heat capacity measurements. This prestigious award bearing Hugh’s name honors those individuals who through …
Joe Binder Recognized for Biofuels Advance
Graduate student Joseph B. Binder has won the 2009 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award in Green Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. This national award honors a graduate student for furthering the goals of green …
Kamaluddin Ahmad Distinguished Graduate Scholarship
Gift aims to build bridge to Madison for Bangladeshi scientists There was no well-worn path leading the late Kamaluddin Ahmad to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's biochemistry department, but come he did. Born and raised in …
2009 CALS faculty and staff awards
Congratulations to Biochem recipients: Excellence in Research Fariba Assadi-Porter WALSAA Outstanding Advisor Award David Nelson Excellence in International Activities Award James Ntambi