Researchers in the Chaudhari Lab explored why methotrexate is not effective at treating inflammatory bowel disease and identified a promising new treatment strategy in the process.
Research
Have Your Wrapper and Eat It Too
Biochemists are partnering with food scientists to move toward a compostable option for food packaging that’s also edible. It could keep more plastic out of our waterways and our bodies.
Enlisting AI in the Fight Against Drug-resistant Bacteria
Researchers in the Raman Lab have developed new ways to identify phages that could treat bacterial infections.
Investigating a Microscopic Predator in Madison’s Lakes
Researchers in the Coyle Lab have identified unusual growth patterns and their underlying biochemical mechanisms in a single-celled organism on the hunt.
Research in Brief: The What, Why, and How
Research from the Wei and Simcox Labs investigates regulation of a metabolite linked to metabolic diseases.
With Badger Challenge Award, Raman Lab Explores Peptide Treatments for Fighting Cancer
Inspired by new advances in peptide-delivered medications, the Raman Lab is exploring peptides’ potential to disrupt certain cancers.
Mapping Folate Distribution in Mice Reveals Insights into Gut Microbiota
A recent study from the Chaudhari Lab explores the relationship between gut-dwelling bacteria and folate (vitamin B9).
Can We Grow Food in Extraterrestrial Soil?
The Gisriel Lab is exploring whether lunar and Martian soils can support cyanobacteria that are used as food and fuel additives.
Research in Brief: The What, Why, and How
Research from the Raman and Henzler-Wildman Labs uncovers new details about how bacterial cells balance energetic needs to expel antibiotics.
Undergrads Use Campus as Living Laboratory to Investigate Root Microbiomes
Undergraduate students lead a project to identify bacteria living in root ecosystems of two native grasses in Lakeshore Nature Preserve.