Professor James Ntambi has brought groups of undergraduate students to his native country of Uganda since 2002. The Uganda Program has gained notoriety not only […]

Floral timing has major implications for agricultural crops because flowering is a key stage in their reproductive process. Biochemical pathways that lead to flowering have […]

A new antifungal molecule, devised by tweaking the structure of prominent antifungal drug Amphotericin B, has the potential to harness the drug’s power against fungal […]

Judith Simcox can trace the course of her research career all the way back to high school. Her class was given an assignment to explore a […]

Thailand produces some of the most expensive coffee in the world, as much as $100 a cup or $600 per pound in some countries. The […]

RNA viruses, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, jump into a life-and-death race the moment they infect a cell. These viruses have only minutes […]

You’re in a room, and everyone is talking at the same time. It’s loud and chaotic. You hear many voices, and while you occasionally pick […]

Bacteria have a replication problem. In nearly every attempt to copy their genome, some kind of glitch — it could be exposure to UV light, or an […]

If you walk into the office of biochemistry Professor Judith Simcox — named today to the first cohort of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski […]

Justin Moua, who grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, will be graduating this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a certificate in health and […]