Category: Basic Science
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Posted on January 31, 2019
Genes behind lager yeast’s cold- and sugar-loving success revealed
Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry — and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide. Behind the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage is a yeast […]
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Posted on January 21, 2019
Conserving helium, a scarce nonrenewable resource, and reducing costs at NMR facility
The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) housed in the UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry is home to state-of-the-art technology for biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy […]
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Posted on January 18, 2019
New biosensor highlights best biofuel-producing microbes
A major goal of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is to harness the power of microbes to create biofuels. But often, it’s an expensive challenge for […]
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Posted on January 9, 2019
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 […]
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Ancient gene duplication gave grasses multiple ways to wait out winter
If you’ve ever grown carrots in your garden and puzzled over never once seeing them flower, don’t blame your lack of a green thumb. Carrots, […]
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Posted on December 4, 2018
New summer program helped Finucane get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison
Skyler Finucane of Algonquin, Illinois, plans to study entomology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It’s a topic near and dear to her heart: back at […]
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New summer program helped Akakpo get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison
Sarah Akakpo of Racine, Wisconsin, has big plans. She wants to earn a biology degree, go to medical school, and become a dermatologist or public […]
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New summer program helped Lindner get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison
Being a Badger has always been a dream for Bailey Lindner. Hailing from Linden, Wisconsin – population 549 – she is quick to point out […]
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New summer program helped Esker get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison
Whether he’s hiking a trail or fragmenting DNA in a laboratory, Aaron Esker of Appleton, Wisconsin, knows how to find excitement. The Appleton East High […]
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Posted on November 8, 2018
Broad genome analysis shows yeasts evolving by subtraction
An unprecedented comparison of hundreds of species of yeasts has helped geneticists brew up an expansive picture of their evolution over the last hundreds of […]