Research from the Hoskins Lab uncovers new details about the careful way our genetic material is processed to produce proteins.
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Research Follow-up: Preventing Fungal Infections
New research from the Hoskins and Hull Labs points to a promising new avenue for treating harmful fungal infections.
New Faculty Profile: Hannah Wayment-Steele
Wayment-Steele, who joined the faculty in August 2025, will build and experimentally test deep learning models that better predict the dynamics and functions of biomolecules.
New Research Sheds Light on Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder
Hoskins Lab reveals key insights into how a therapeutic drug tackles spinal muscular atrophy, a deadly genetic disease.
Telomere Researcher Ci Ji Lim Named Pew Biomedical Scholar
As a Pew Biomedical Scholar, Lim will develop innovative methodologies to study the profile of protein distributions at telomeres.
Hoskins Investigates Mutations in Protein Linked to Blood Disorders
Hoskins will work in collaboration with a Stanford professor using new technology to catalog the biochemical function of thousands of mutations.
Hoskins Elected to RNA Society Board of Directors
Hoskins, whose research focuses on the eukaryotic spliceosome, was elected to serve a two year term spanning 2024-2025.
Madison Startup Offers New Tools for Analyzing Protein Synthesis
Biochemistry teaching faculty Erica Shu’s company, EzraBio, Inc., has developed improved technology to gain new insights into how protein synthesis is initiated and how it can go awry.
Hessen visit highlights research cooperation between UW and Germany
The governments of Wisconsin and the German state of Hesse have had a sister state relationship for nearly 40 years. In November 2022, three leaders in RNA biology visited UW–Madison Biochemistry.
How a narrow-spectrum antibiotic takes aim at C. diff
Most antibiotics are double-edged swords — while killing bacteria, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. The answer to this problem might be narrow-spectrum antibiotics. UW–Madison scientists took a close look at one such antibiotic using cryo-EM. Their findings are detailed in Nature.