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  • Posted on May 12, 2016
    UW expert at White House summit

    On Friday, May 13, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will host an event on microbiomes – communities of microorganisms that live […]

  • Posted on May 3, 2016
    Squished cells could shape design of synthetic material

    Life is flexible. All living cells are basically squishy balloons full of water, proteins and DNA, surrounded by oily membranes. Those membranes stand up to […]

  • Posted on April 4, 2016
    Recent evolutionary change allows a fruit fly to dine on a toxic fruit

    A fruit called the noni — now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits — is distinctly unhealthy for the fruit fly, which […]

  • Posted on March 21, 2016
    Keeping us safe

    It’s hard to believe now, but when the Food Research Institute (FRI) was established in 1946—two years prior to the founding of the World Health […]

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    A new tool to fight cancer?

    A study involving CALS researchers has linked two seemingly unrelated cancer treatments that are both being tested in clinical trials. One treatment is a vaccine […]

  • Posted on February 4, 2016
    Small-scale protein production a big business for UW spinoff

    It’s only a slight oversimplification to say that making proteins is the entire job of the DNA that comprises our chromosomes. Proteins form complex structures. […]

  • Posted on January 26, 2016
    Morgridge and campus partner to power up ‘mass spec’ potential

    Mass spectrometry has become one of the must-have tools of modern biology. The technology brings a new level of precision to challenges such as developing […]

  • Posted on August 4, 2015
    Obama taps biochemist Judith Kimble to head science medal panel

    President Barack Obama has named University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry Professor Judith Kimble to chair the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. Established by […]

  • Posted on March 13, 2015
    New yeast discovery named for Bucky – Audio
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    Bucky yeast joins list of new yeast discoveries Christopher Todd Hittinger, Assistant Professor Department of Genetics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences cthittinger@wisc.edu 3:01 […]