Keller Lab Mines Fungi for Useful Molecules
A newly described type of chemistry in fungi is both surprisingly common and likely to involve highly reactive enzymes, two traits that make the genes involved useful signposts pointing to a potential treasure trove of …
July 20, 2023UW Chancellor Response to Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
To our campus community, Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that Harvard University’s and the University of North Carolina’s use of an applicant’s race as a factor in their admissions processes …
June 29, 2023Gaglia Lab and Colleagues Reveal How Key Protein Might Help Influenza A Infect its Hosts
June 22, 2023 By Will Cushman For news media Influenza A is one of two influenza viruses that fuel costly annual flu seasons and is a near constant threat to humans and many other animals. …
June 29, 2023MMI Researchers Image Adaptive Immune Systems at Work in Fish
June 15, 2023 By Will Cushman For news media A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison offers a first-of-its-kind visual of a non-mammal species’ adaptive immune system in action. The advance holds …
June 19, 2023Mark Mandel Honored with Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award!
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Vilas Distinguished Achievement …
April 12, 2023Bruce Klein Receives National Science Foundation and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Grant
New funding to protect bats from fungal epidemic hinges on UW–Madison discoveries March 22, 2023 | By Will Cushman | For news media University of Wisconsin–Madison pediatrician Bruce Klein is trying to save bats. At first blush, …
March 23, 2023Letter from Dean Golden: Our Commitment to Gender-Affirming Health Care
Dear Colleagues, Yesterday afternoon a group opposed to gender-affirming health care began a social media campaign on Twitter that targets the UW Health Gender Services Program. Currently the most direct impact is on our colleagues …
September 28, 2022Caitlin Pepperell and Lab Published in eLife
Rapid adaptation of a complex trait during experimental evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tracy M Smith, Madison A Youngblom, John F Kernien, Mohamed A Mohamed, Sydney S Fry, Lindsey L Bohr,Tatum D Mortimer, Mary B O’Neill, Caitlin S Pepperell Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused …
June 29, 2022SMPH Response to Supreme Court Decision
The following statement comes from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dean Robert N. Golden, MD. The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health …
June 24, 2022UW-Madison Response to Uncertainty Created by Supreme Court Decision
The following statement comes from University of Wisconsin–Madison interim Chancellor John Karl Scholz: This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health that overturns the precedent …
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