A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields.

From tropical tomato viruses to stressed-out pre-med students, about 25 undergraduate research projects from the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will be presented at a symposium on Saturday, April 30, at the J. F. Friedrick Center, 1950 Willow Drive, from 8 until noon.

University of Wisconsin students who participated in a recent study abroad program in Uganda returned to Madison with more than the usual suitcase full of souvenirs–they brought home a cause.

Just as people clean up after dinner by running food scraps down the garbage disposal, cells get rid of proteins they no longer need by breaking them down with a special chemical pathway. Although it’s a simple concept a cell’s ability to clean house is very important, and it may hold the key to problems ranging from rotten tomatoes to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

A National Institutes of Health grant–the largest of its kind in the country–that promotes graduate training in biotechnology has been renewed for an additional five years.

Professional athletes, including cyclists and distance runners, will soon have a powerful new tool to predict energy expenditure and performance over a race. The technology also has potential medical applications, including helping to treat obese children and adults and cardiac patients.

A CALS research partnership with a local manufacturer of cycling products has resulted in a generous donation of new equpiment for University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine physical therapy patients.

With childhood obesity on the rise, parents are paying more attention to what their children eat at school.

Nine years after earning her bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the College, Tracey Ryan has risen to one of the top positions in her field, chief clinical dietitian at the renowned Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee.

Rod Nilsestuen, the new secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, will be the featured speaker at an Agricultural Issues Forum, Feb. 27 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.