Category: Basic Science
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Posted on December 2, 2022
Cold hard science in the heart of cranberry country
In early March of 2017, Nicole Hansen found herself kneeling in a cranberry bed, drilling into the soil to check the amount of frost in […]
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Posted on October 12, 2022
Two UW biochemists look to unravel secrets with NIH New Innovator Awards
With support from the National Institutes of Health 2022 High Risk, High Reward New Innovator Awards, University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professors Ci Ji Lim and Amy […]
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Time travel without fear: Betül Kaçar devised a molecular time machine to understand the origins and evolution of Earth
Betül Kaçar is a self-described gözü kara. The Turkish term refers to people from the Black Sea region of the country, but it has another translation […]
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Posted on September 19, 2022
Decoding how bacteria talk with each other
Bacteria, the smallest living organisms in the world, form communities where unified bodies of individuals live together, contribute a share of the property and share […]
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Posted on September 8, 2022
A home wherever I go: For grad students of color, this campus community offers the support and feel of a family
“What are you looking for in a graduate school?” That was the question posed to a panel of visiting undergraduates one April afternoon in UW’s […]
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Posted on August 30, 2022
Michael Sussman named first Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair
Michael Sussman, professor of biochemistry, is the first recipient of the Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair at the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This chair […]
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Posted on August 25, 2022
Irish ag minister visits UW–Madison to see U.S. side of research partnership
Research aimed at improving pig health and advancing our understanding of beneficial viruses drew a visit from a foreign minister to the University of Wisconsin–Madison […]
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Posted on August 5, 2022
Virus research recast: To understand SARS-CoV-2, CALS scientists have pivoted projects, launched new studies and banded together
It was a quiet evening in 2012, and Robert Kirchdoerfer BS’06 was missing yet another dramatic sunset over the Pacific Ocean. But it didn’t bother him much. […]
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Posted on August 1, 2022
Enzyme, proteins work together to tidy up tail ends of DNA in dividing cells
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have described the way an enzyme and proteins interact to maintain the protective caps, called telomeres, at the end […]
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Posted on July 22, 2022
The lighter side of the lab
Ed Himelblau PhD’00 leads a double life — and it’s hilarious. As a biology professor at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, students find […]