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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Being a Badger has always been a dream for Bailey Lindner. Hailing from Linden, Wisconsin – population 549 – she is quick to point out […]

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 […]

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 […]

On a rainy day last fall, chemist Scott Wildman left his office on the UW– Madison campus and drove to a retirement community on the city’s west […]

Biochemistry assistant professor Srivatsan “Vatsan” Raman has received a Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $2.2 million-grants fund high-risk, high-reward research performed by early stage […]