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 …
Students
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 …
Biotechnology Training Program awarded NIH T32
The Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) was awarded a T32 Predoctoral Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The award provides a total of $4.8 million over five years to support 20 doctoral students from across campus, including biochemistry.
Students recognized by NSF
Three students in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program grants.
Two biochemistry undergrads have earned Goldwater Scholarships
Two biochemistry majors have received 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarships.
ASBMB Student Chapter hosting Midwest Undergraduate Research Conference
The University of Wisconsin–Madison student chapter of the American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) invites undergraduate researchers to participate in the Molecules in the Midwest conference on Saturday, March 7, 2020.
Wright Lab member serves on Microscopy Society Student Council
Graduate students attend multiple conferences during their educational careers. But after his first successful trip to the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) conference, Joseph Kim decided to get more involved and was recently named Communications …
Senior adds prestigious Marshall Scholarship to string of academic honors
Biochemistry and mathematics major Claire Evensen will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and mathematics, with comprehensive honors (honors in biochemistry and in the liberal arts). Evensen has won a Marshall Scholarship.
Biochemistry undergraduate earns 2019 Goldwater Scholarship
Biochemistry major Claire Evensen was one of just three University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates to receive a prestigious 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in the sciences.
Biochemistry majors bring home numerous campus research awards
Thirty-one University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry majors earned 2019 undergraduate campus awards for research and scholarly excellence. These students made up close to 20% of the overall winners across the different awards.