Tag: Genetics
- Posted on August 4, 2015
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Posted on July 28, 2015
UW study shows how a kernel got naked and corn became king
Ten thousand years ago, a golden grain got naked, brought people together and grew to become one of the top agricultural commodities on the planet. […]
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Posted on March 23, 2015
Forever rising: Understanding and mining the possible uses of yeast
To begin to understand the outsized potential and sheer weirdness of yeast, it helps to consider the genetics behind one of the world’s most successful […]
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Posted on March 16, 2015
Chris Hittinger names newly discovered yeast for Bucky Badger
When you discover a new organism, you get to name it — but not for yourself. There are rules to the naming business in biology. […]
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Posted on March 13, 2015
New yeast discovery named for Bucky – Audio
/RSS FeedBucky 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 […]
- Posted on December 8, 2014
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Posted on October 27, 2014
Two CALS research teams win WARF Innovation Awards
A discovery that could transform drug production and a fresh strategy for feeding a hungry world have claimed top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research […]
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Posted on September 3, 2014
Probing the mysteries of RNA
For people who know about RNA mostly from its place in the central dogma of biology — DNA ➙ RNA ➙ Protein — this story […]
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Posted on July 29, 2014
Tricking plants to see the light may control the most important twitch on Earth
Copious corn growing in tiny backyard plots? Roses blooming in December? Thanks to technology that the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Richard Vierstra has been developing for […]
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Posted on June 24, 2014
Chris Hittinger named Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher, well known for his work studying yeast fermentation, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the […]
