Saeed Roschdi, a graduate student in the Butcher Lab, has been awarded the Louis and Elsa Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship.
Students
Biochemistry Grad Students Recognized for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
Students gathered at the annual IPiB Summer Reception to announce and celebrate the recipients of this year’s awards for excellence in teaching and mentoring.
Biochemistry Students Earn Summer Research Awards
Sixteen undergraduate students and nineteen graduate students have received 2023 summer research awards to continue their rigorous biochemistry research.
2023 NSF GRFP Awards Announced
Several graduate students in labs in the Department of Biochemistry have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GFRP) award or honorable mention.
Alejandro Oñate Receives L&S Dean’s Prize
Graduating senior Alejandro Oñate has received the College of Letters & Science Dean’s Prize, one of the College’s highest academic honors.
Parallel tracks: A nutritional biochemistry vision
Professor James Ntambi promotes health education in East Africa — from rural villages to university labs.
Talented biochemistry students, faculty mentors receive campus awards to pursue research
Eighteen undergraduate students in the Department of Biochemistry have received 2022 campus awards for research and scholarly excellence. The students are a mix of talented biochemistry majors and students who perform research in laboratories run by biochemistry faculty.
IPiB welcomes incoming class for 2020-21 year
The Integrated Program in Biochemistry welcomed its newest class of incoming students for the 2020-21 year. This year will be different, with masks, physical distancing, and online teaching.
Biochemistry majors inducted into historic Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Department of Biochemistry is pleased to announce six undergraduates as 2020 inductees to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society: Sarah Doughty, Seamus McWilliams, Jacob O’Hearn, William Raskopf, Jinan Sous, and Elizabeth Sumiec. The historic society honors excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, including demonstrated breadth and depth of study, and the knowledge of …
Undergraduate research continues despite COVID-19 restrictions
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 Professor Aaron Hoskins and carried out largely by undergraduate students across the department, is vital to research in biochemistry. “All …