Cryo research featured in Grow magazine

The Department of Biochemistry is home to two new facilities conducting groundbreaking work in Cryo-EM and Cryo-ET. The UW–Madison Cryo-EM Research Center (CEMRC) is set to open in spring 2021, and the opening of the Midwest Center for Cryo Electron Tomography (MCCET), a national hub, is anticipated in early 2022. Both centers are housed in the Hector F. DeLuca Biochemical …

NMRFAM co-directors awarded P41, pioneer new methods

Professors Katie Henzler-Wildman and Chad Rienstra, co-directors of the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM), have been awarded a P41 grant to pioneer new methods for solid-state NMR. The research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and provides $6.5 million over 5 years. The project builds on existing NMR technology to extend its reach to the …

NIH funds R01 grant to study a model-guided design of next-generation bacterial therapeutics to treat cardiovascular disease

Ophelia Venturelli (Biochemistry) in collaboration with Philip Romero (Biochemistry) and Federico Rey (Bacteriology) were awarded an R01 grant through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The award will provide a total of $2.7M over four years. The team will develop computational modeling and optimization techniques to design next-generation bacterial therapeutics that sense major …

Attie awarded RC2 grant to study genetic variation in response to diet

Professor Alan Attie has been awarded an RC2 grant through the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease to explore the role of genetic variation in the response to two popular human diets. Obesity and related metabolic disorders have reached a historic high worldwide. While health experts have long debated the benefits of two …

New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine

A national research initiative announced today will place the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the forefront of a revolution in imaging fostered by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography — technologies that can illuminate life at the atomic scale. The National Institutes of Health will provide $22.7 million over six years to create a national research and …