Tag: Genetics
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Posted on April 10, 2014
Scientists firm up origin of cold-adapted yeasts that make cold beer
As one of the most widely consumed and commercially important beverages on the planet, one would expect the experts to know everything there is to […]
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Posted on April 8, 2014
“Your Inner Fish,” with strong UW connections, premieres on PBS
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor wants to help more people get to know their ancestors. Sean B. Carroll, Allan Wilson Professor of molecular biology, genetics […]
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Posted on January 10, 2014
Skop elected to board of Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Ahna Skop, associate professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to the board of the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and […]
- Posted on December 3, 2013
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Posted on November 19, 2013
New technology could help food crops thrive in crowded fields
With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, the world’s farmers are going to need to produce a lot more food — […]
- Posted on October 15, 2013
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From football to flies: lessons about traumatic brain injury
Faced with news of suicides and brain damage in former professional football players, geneticist Barry Ganetzky bemoaned the lack of model systems for studying the […]
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Posted on October 2, 2013
UW-Madison launches national Agricultural Innovation Prize
As the world’s population continues to increase, so does the need for sustainable and secure food systems. A new student contest run by UW-Madison advances […]
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Posted on August 26, 2013
Unprecedented genome editing control in flies promises insight into human development, disease
In an era of widespread genetic sequencing, the ability to edit and alter an organism’s DNA is a powerful way to explore the information within […]
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Posted on July 12, 2013
Phytochromes: the most important twitch on the planet – Audio
/RSS FeedPhytochromes helping plants use light Richard Vierstra, Professor Department of Genetics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences vierstra@wisc.edu (608) 262-8215, (608) 262-0307 8:30 – […]