Stories indexed under: Biosciences

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• UW-Madison researcher wins White House science award July 9, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist and evolutionary biologist is one of the country's brightest young scientific minds, according to the White House.
• Five big ideas to fill out Wisconsin Institute for Discovery portfolio June 30, 2009 Capping an intensely competitive process, five proposals from University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been selected to form the intellectual heart of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID).
• Sequencing effort to chart ants and their ecosystem June 26, 2009 Nestled within the twisting fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants exists a complex symbiotic web that has evolved over millions of years. Now, with the help of a major genomic sequencing grant from Roche Applied Science, scientists at UW-Madison will be able to analyze these interactions at the molecular scale.
• Major study links malaria mosquitoes to Amazon deforestation June 25, 2009 In one of the most field-intensive efforts to explore the connection between malaria and tropical deforestation, a team led by Jonathan Patz, a specialist in the link between environment and health at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, has established a strong correlation between the extent of forest destruction and the incidence of the Amazon's most dangerous malaria vector, the mosquito Anopheles darlingi.
• Expert on relationship between animals and bacteria wins Guggenheim honor June 18, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison developmental biologist Margaret McFall-Ngai has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, a one-year grant that will support her investigation into how animals interact with their natural complement of microbes.
• UW-Madison researchers study salt's potential to store energy June 2, 2009 At UW-Madison, researchers see potential for storing heat in a mineral found on kitchen counters and restaurant tables worldwide. They're studying salt.
• Notable graduates: Krista Stewart — Collaborating her passion for music with a fervor for research May 14, 2009 Krista Stewart, a UW-Madison senior majoring in molecular biology, has not only managed to graduate in two-and-a-half years with a bachelor degree, but also has managed to juggle her intensive undergraduate research with her love for music.
• Graduate student recognized for biofuels advance May 13, 2009 In recognition of the earth-friendly biofuel technology he helped develop, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has been selected to receive a prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society.
• Thirty-plus medical inventions debut at undergraduate design competition April 30, 2009 On Friday, May 1, some 150 University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering students will showcase 34 novel devices that address myriad real-world medical challenges.
• Sustainability to be focus of annual bioethics forum April 20, 2009 Sustainability will be the focus of the eighth annual International Bioethics Forum to be held in Madison Thursday and Friday, April 23 and 24.
• UW-Madison students strive to improve medical care around the world April 16, 2009 When Amit Nimunkar returned to his home in India for a visit with family, the University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering (BME) graduate student told his grandmother about the exciting BME projects he was working on.
• Breakthrough device to debut at National Eye Institute’s 40th anniversary kickoff event March 25, 2009 A portable vision device that provides blind individuals sensory input similar to vision will be presented at the 40th anniversary celebration for the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, on Friday, April 3.
• Prominent ecologist to speak on campus March 25, 2009 The Center for Limnology has announced that Jim Collins, assistant director of biological sciences at the National Science Foundation and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Arizona State University, will give the 2009 Kaeser Scholar Lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, in 145 Birge Hall.
• UW-Madison narrows field of potential WID research themes Feb. 23, 2009 The research direction of the rising Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is coming into sharper focus as UW-Madison this week (Feb. 20) announced the list of successful pre-proposals for the public half of the new public-private institute.
• Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing Feb. 18, 2009 Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose.
• Course builds community of biomedical entrepreneurs Feb. 16, 2009 A new multidisciplinary course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing entrepreneurial graduate students to bring biomedical innovations to the patients who need them.
• Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy Feb. 12, 2009 The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
• Mathematical models reveal how organisms transcend the sum of their genes Feb. 6, 2009 Molecular and cellular biologists have made tremendous scientific advances by dissecting apart the functions of individual genes, proteins, and pathways. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering are looking to expand that understanding by putting the pieces back together, mathematically.
• UW-Madison to host bash for Darwin’s 200th birthday Feb. 4, 2009 Feb. 12 marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the founding father of evolution, and scientists, historians and other Wisconsin scholars are planning a daylong celebration in honor of the British biologist and his legacy.
• Paper industry executive to lead Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative Feb. 3, 2009 Troy Runge, research director at Kimberly-Clark Corp., has been named director of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI).