Douglas Weibel, an assistant professor of biochemistry and biomedical engineering, has received the prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award. Weibel studies how […]

The genome of even a single organism is packed with information. A new paper, building on recent advances in sequencing capability, now reports the complete […]

Every student of basic biology learns that mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell – little factories turning oxygen and food into energy. But when […]

Twelve hybrid teams of faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded the second batch of Intercampus Research […]

Now that the human genome has been deciphered, many scientists are turning to study the myriad proteins that are encoded in tens of thousands of […]

Here’s the situation: Recently, three kids succumbed within a month to a new blood parasite at your hospital, and a fourth child has just been […]

In this video, UW-Madison students talk about their experience visiting Uganda’s Mulago Hospital. The clip is an excerpt from the documentary “Destination Uganda” about a […]

With a long tradition of exploration of medicine and biology, and a research budget that has passed $1 billion, University of Wisconsin-Madison builds on a […]

Biochemists will gather on the UW-Madison campus for the 35th Steenbock Symposium on June 26-28 to discuss advances in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a […]

In the face of a changing climate and a world population forecast to reach 9 billion by 2050, feeding the world is a mounting challenge. […]