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Coronavirus education in classrooms and communities

Posted on May 2, 2022

Formally and informally, in lecture halls and online portals, by email and phone, and even on city buses, biochemistry faculty advance greater understanding of COVID-19 and ways to prevent the disease from spreading. Read more …

Posted in NewsTagged education, outreach, pandemic, public engagement, SARS-CoV-2, science communication

SARS-CoV-2 research featured in Grow magazine

Posted on May 2, 2022

As part of the global effort to understand SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19), CALS scientists have pivoted their existing research projects, launched entirely new studies, and banded together to share knowledge and resources. Experts in the Department of Biochemistry are the linchpins of many of these efforts.

Posted in NewsTagged CEMRC, Cryo-EM, NMR, NMRFAM, pandemic, Research, SARS-CoV-2, virology

Unpacking SARS-CoV-2

Posted on November 29, 2021

Less than a year after he joined the Department of Biochemistry, Robert Kirchdoerfer BS’06 and his nascent coronavirus research program were thrust into the spotlight. The new assistant professor was quickly becoming known around the …

Posted in NewsTagged CEMRC, Cryo-EM, NMR, NMRFAM, pandemic, Research, SARS-CoV-2

Resilience: How COVID-19 challenged the scientific world

Posted on September 28, 2021

Tim Grant’s first day at the Morgridge Institute for Research was anything but typical. On the morning of March 16, 2020, he opened his email inbox to find several messages from fellow Morgridge scientists. Many …

Posted in NewsTagged pandemic, Research

NMRFAM co-directors awarded EAGER grant to study COVID-19

Posted on December 2, 2020

Professors Katie Henzler-Wildman and Chad Rienstra, co-directors of the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM), have been awarded a grant to study coronavirus proteins of direct relevance to COVID-19.

Posted in NewsTagged Grant, NMR, NMRFAM, pandemic, Research

Undergraduate research continues despite COVID-19 restrictions

Posted on August 5, 2020

Despite COVID-19 restrictions on in-person campus operations, undergraduate students continue to further research in Biochemistry faculty labs. In particular, computational work is well-suited to being conducted remotely. This brand of telecommuting, coined “tele-science” by Associate …

Posted in NewsTagged pandemic, Research, Students, Undergrads

Research Restart Phase One

Posted on July 9, 2020

Researchers return to working in-person as COVID-19 restrictions shift.

Posted in NewsTagged pandemic, Research

SARS-CoV-2 spike alignment tool

Posted on July 1, 2020

A new bioinformatics tutorial developed in the department will assist researchers in understanding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein sequence while performing multiple sequence alignments with closely related SARS coronaviruses spike sequences.

Posted in NewsTagged pandemic, Research, tutorial

Biochemist Sgro develops COVID-19 coloring book

Posted on April 21, 2020

Are your children tired of coloring bunnies, flowers, or comic characters? Are you seeking a diversion with a scientific bent? Now is your chance to familiarize yourself and your captive youth audience with trimeric spike …

Posted in NewsTagged outreach, pandemic

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