Hoskins Lab reveals key insights into how a therapeutic drug tackles spinal muscular atrophy, a deadly genetic disease.
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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.
SpliceCon 2021: Steenbock Symposium 41
The Department of Biochemistry is hosting its first virtual Steenbock Symposium April 22 – 23, 2021. This year’s international symposium, entitled “SpliceCon 2021,” brings together 17 invited speakers and over 200 scientists from across the …
Henderson earns 2019 Paul Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry
Biochemistry postdoctoral scholar Kate Henderson has received the 2019 Paul Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry.
Scientists provide new insight on how gene expression is controlled
New research on transcriptional pausing, which helps control gene expression in cells, will aid in the understanding of the enzyme RNA polymerase — a key player in the process and an important drug target.