Stories indexed under: Biosciences

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• Fragile X gene’s prevalence suggests broader health risk June 14, 2012 The first U.S. population prevalence study of mutations in the gene that causes fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, suggests the mutation in the gene - and its associated health risks - may be more common than previously believed.
• Stress may delay brain development in early years June 6, 2012 Stress may affect brain development in children - altering growth of a specific piece of the brain and abilities associated with it - according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Morgridge Institute presents panel on H5N1 influenza research May 30, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research will launch its Ethics@Discovery program on Thursday, May 31, at 2 p.m. with “Campus Conversation: Biomedical Research and National Security—Learning from the H5N1 Influenza Story.”
• New stem cell technique promises abundance of key heart cells May 28, 2012 Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply and abundantly in the laboratory.
• UW plant breeders develop an even heart-healthier oat May 16, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison plant breeders have developed a new oat variety that's significantly higher in the compound that makes this grain so cardio-friendly.
• Forest ecologist receives distinguished award May 16, 2012 David Mladenoff, the Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, has received the 2012 Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award.
• UW-Madison researcher wins Klaus Biemann Medal May 10, 2012 Josh Coon's work has weight. It's right there in the name: mass spectrometry.
• Symposium honors legacy of the late biomolecular chemist Paul Bertics May 7, 2012 A May 11 symposium honors the life and legacy of Paul Bertics, a biomolecular chemist who died last December.
• Science night fosters grade-schoolers’ natural curiosity April 27, 2012 A delighted murmur – a hybrid of “Wow!” and “Whoa!” -- arises as an ultraviolet light illuminates the invisible traces of chemicals on a chromatography paper, and Dave Stevenson knows he’s done his job at Family Science Night at Emerson School on Madison’s east side. Stevenson, a microbiologist at the federal Dairy Forage Research Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, gives an outline of chromatography for 22 students in first through fifth grades.
• Experts suggest steps to stop spread of resistant corn rootworms April 20, 2012 The discovery that more Western corn rootworms are resistant to the toxin contained in widely planted transgenic corn has sparked a warning that farmers must change tactics or lose a valuable management tool against a traditional corn pest.
• Changing brains for the better; article documents benefits of multiple practices April 17, 2012 Practices like physical exercise, certain forms of psychological counseling and meditation can all change brains for the better, and these changes can be measured with the tools of modern neuroscience, according to a review article now online at Nature Neuroscience.
• UW-Madison animal programs achieve highest accreditation April 10, 2012 The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) has continued the "Full Accreditation" status for animal research programs for another three years in three major divisions of the University of Wisconsin-Madison: the Graduate School, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the School of Veterinary Medicine.
• UW wildlife students tweet from the field to let classmates know what they’ve seen March 27, 2012 Now that migratory birds are back in Wisconsin and twittering in the treetops, a group of UW-Madison wildlife ecology students are paying close attention and doing some tweeting of their own.
• Challenge opens doors for grad student research partnerships March 22, 2012 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is looking to draw graduate students into the spirit of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with Discovery Challenge, a grant competition for collaborative research.
• Residential community helps science-minded college women succeed March 20, 2012 The UW-Madison Women in Science and Engineering residential learning community offers a support system for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) that ranges from social connections to academic resources and mentoring connections.
• Unique art and science project displayed at National Science Foundation March 13, 2012 A series of paintings, quilts and other artworks developed through a collaboration between artists and ecologists in Wisconsin is on display at the headquarters of the National Science Foundation in Virginia.
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2012 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
• UW law professor offers look at FDA from the inside out March 8, 2012 UW Law Professor R. Alta Charo was senior policy adviser to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration from August 2009 until June 2011. Now back on campus, Charo spoke reflects on her time with the FDA.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year March 5, 2012 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the innovative 330,000-sqaure-foot public-private facility that opened just more than a year ago on the UW–Madison campus, has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year.
• In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion March 5, 2012 Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by UW–Madison psychology and psychiatry professor Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.