By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created a new way to improve our […]

Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and cause more than 700,000 deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. Diseases […]

Hector DeLuca left his mark on the UW–Madison campus — literally. The professor emerit and former chair of biochemistry has three buildings that bear his name, […]

For an enhanced multi-media experience, read this story at https://news.wisc.edu/growing-the-future/. Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him. He is, after all, […]

The first time Mason Polencheck BSx’25 met a mudpuppy, he was nine years old, on a fishing trip in the waters of Lake Superior. It’s […]

A multi-institution research team led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison received $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) […]

Like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day, bacteria species in a Wisconsin lake are in a kind of endless loop that they can’t seem […]

Betül Kaçar, associate professor of bacteriology, likes mysteries. And there is, maybe, no larger mystery than the origins and early evolution of life.  Now, a team […]

Erica L-W Majumder might be an alchemist. Her goal? Turn trash into environmental gold. This assistant professor of bacteriology believes landfills like the one across from […]

The end of the year is a great time to look back and reflect on the milestones and accomplishments of the CALS community. Here are […]