Online education can help instructors provide these additional learning opportunities and Lynne Prost, a faculty associate, used a university professional development grant to expand her expertise in this area.
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Conserving helium, a scarce nonrenewable resource, and reducing costs at NMR facility
The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison’s equipment requires helium, and with worldwide supplies dwindling, has recently installed a helium recovery system to increase sustainability and cut costs.
Undergraduate combines biochemistry, environmental studies with community engagement in Rwanda
It’s easy to make a difference through an award that’s named after the Wisconsin Idea, and Jacob Olson is doing just that. The biochemistry and environmental studies major traveled to Rwanda this past summer through a Morgridge Center for Public Service Wisconsin Idea Fellowship that helped him combine his education with public service and community engagement.
Raman earns prestigious NIH award to fund research on protein function
Biochemistry assistant professor Srivatsan “Vatsan” Raman has received a Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $2.2 million-grants fund high-risk, high-reward research performed by early stage investigators.
Sussman heads UW2020 awarded project for state-of-the-art sequencer
Biochemistry professor Michael Sussman is the principal investigator on a recently awarded UW2020 Round 4 project. The project will help boost UW–Madison’s DNA sequencing capabilities as it supports the purchase of a “next generation” DNA sequencer.