Biochemistry Assistant Professor Tim Grant, also an investigator at Morgridge Institute for Research, is part of a new project supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) that hopes to create a three-dimensional map that aligns …
Research
Venturelli Lab develops computational model to predict butyrate production in the human gut microbiome
Researchers have developed the capability to predict and design the metabolic activities of microbial communities, which has broad implications for human health, agriculture and bioprocessing. In a paper released May 31st in Nature Communications [link], …
Partnership to improve cryo-EM software
Biochemistry Assistant Professor Tim Grant, also an investigator at Morgridge Institute for Research, has teamed up again with a former colleague to update their software program cisTEM. The software program helps turn the literally millions …
Venturelli Lab receives R21 to research antibiotic resistant genes
Biochemistry Assistant Professor Ophelia Venturelli has been awarded an Exploratory/ Developmental Research Grant (R21) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award is in support of the development of new methods to uncover associations …
The Raman Laboratory develops new tool for mapping phage-bacterial interactions
Researchers have developed a new method that reveals the molecular code governing bacteriophage-bacteria interactions. Bacteriophages (phages) – viruses that infect and kill bacteria – have emerged as a promising new frontier due to potential use …
Researchers publish findings on use of a more Human-Like Cell Culture Medium to explore gene essentiality
Biochemists have utilized a new cell culture medium to ask how critical genes are to the survival and reproduction of human cells under different growth conditions. The technique could have important ramifications for the treatment …
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 …
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 …
Computation-guided design of split protein systems for controlling cellular function
In a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology, Assistant Professor Vatsan Raman describes a new computation-guided method to optimize the design of split protein systems that can be used to monitor and regulate biological activity. Split …
Researchers publish insights into transporter EmrE, utilize new method of imaging
Biochemistry Professor Katie Henzler-Wildman and her team of researchers have published findings on the structure and dynamics of EmrE, utilizing a new method to determine the protein’s structure in greater detail than had been previously …