Game-changer: New tech could transform biotechnology

The Joshua Coon Lab has united the power of two major tools in biotechnology. In research published April 27 in Nature Communications, the lab describes a game-changing advance that marries mass spectrometry and electron microscopy (EM). “This work is the culmination of a nearly five-year effort to couple mass spec technology to EM,” says Coon, …

How a narrow-spectrum antibiotic takes aim at C. diff

Most antibiotics are double-edged swords — while killing bacteria, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. The answer to this problem might be narrow-spectrum antibiotics. UW–Madison scientists took a close look at one such antibiotic using cryo-EM. Their findings are detailed in Nature.

Jae Yang receives 2022 Boyer Award

The Department of Biochemistry is pleased to announce Jae Yang as the winner of the 2022 Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry. The award recognizes and rewards excellence in research accomplishments in the Department of Biochemistry. A cryo-electron microscopist and virologist by training, Jae has developed and used innovative workflows and tools for cryo-electron …