Stories indexed under: Biochemistry

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• Biochemistry complex blends old with new May 1, 2012 The Biochemistry Complex located next to Henry Mall looks a lot different than decades ago. But you wouldn’t necessarily know that at first glance.
• Patience paying off for long-term diabetes project Oct. 18, 2011 A decade of research in any field presents challenges, but for Alan Attie's lab group, years of persistence have opened up a new avenue to understanding diabetes.
• Decade of effort yields diabetes susceptibility gene Oct. 6, 2011 Ten years of meticulous mouse breeding, screening and record-keeping have finally paid off for Alan Attie and his lab members.
• Eleven professors appointed to named professorships Oct. 6, 2011 Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty.
• Innovation awards go to biochemist, micro-engineer at UW–Madison Sept. 20, 2011 Two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have received the prestigious National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
• In cell culture, like real estate, the neighborhood matters Aug. 28, 2011 Ever since scientists first began growing human cells in lab dishes in 1952, they have focused on improving the chemical soup that feeds the cells and helps regulate their growth. But surfaces also matter, says Laura Kiessling, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who observes that living cells are normally in contact with each other and with a structure called the extracellular matrix, not just with the dissolved chemicals in their surroundings.
• Eight UW-Madison faculty honored as AAAS fellows Jan. 11, 2011 Eight members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), it was announced today (Jan. 11).
• Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance Aug. 23, 2010 In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
• Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis March 22, 2010 For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.
• UW-Madison scientists create super-strong collagen Jan. 12, 2010 A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has created the strongest form of collagen known to science, a stable alternative to human collagen that could one day be used to treat arthritis and other conditions that result from collagen defects.
• Regulatory network balances stem cell maintenance, differentiation Jan. 11, 2010 While much of the promise of stem cells springs from their ability to develop into any cell type in the body, the biological workings that control that maturation process are still largely unknown.
• Project CRYSTAL brings middle-school students to UW-Madison lab Oct. 22, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry professor Hazel Holden and Edgewood Campus School middle-school science teacher Daniel Toomey met for the first time because Holden's daughter was in Toomey's science class.
• UW-Madison symposium addresses science's holiest grail: building life from scratch July 23, 2009 While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968.
• Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target June 22, 2009 A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis.
• UW faculty recognized by American Academy of Microbiology Feb. 23, 2009 Two members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty are among 72 scientists from around the world who have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology.
• Stealth drug idea snags Gates Foundation support Nov. 12, 2008 A proposal to create a stealth drug, one that remains cloaked inside a cell until activated by a pathogen, has snared a high-profile $100,000 award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• The biology of obesity: Do these genes make me look fat? Aug. 15, 2008 Scientists are probing the complex relationship between our DNA and our diets to unravel the root causes of obesity. But for those seeking a simple solution to the worldwide fat epidemic, their answers may be hard to swallow.
• Facility to house new instrument to speed biomedical research July 17, 2008 Already home to one of the world's most impressive collections of huge research instruments, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) is about to add another giant.
• Lignin expert chooses to pursue biofuels research at UW-Madison July 1, 2008 A UW-Madison biochemistry professor will stay at the university to join its Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
• Studies of cell traits nets big award for UW-Madison researcher June 24, 2008 UW-Madison biochemist Doug Weibel has received a prestigious Searle Scholar Award.