Aug. 6, 2009

by Margaret Broeren

The Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has received $8.099 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide crucial support for plant cell wall imaging and sustainability research.

As colorful as a Venetian glass bead, a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell hovers on a field of black. Created by professor Ahna Skop's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the image provides a window into cytokinesis, the process by which a eukaryotic cell divides into two daughter cells.

Congratulations to Dr. Ronald Raines and Dr. Jeff Hardin!  To read the full news story click here http://www.news.wisc.edu/16338

Feb. 2, 2009
by Dave Tenenbaum

By shifting a normal protective mechanism into overdrive, A University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has completely shielded mice from a toxic chemical that would otherwise cause Parkinson's disease.

Feb. 6, 2009
by Jill Sakai

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.

Dr. Richard Burgess and Dr. Bruce Klein have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  Read the full UW news article at http://www.news.wisc.edu/16098

Nov. 12, 2008
by Terry Devitt
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.

Read the UW news article at:http://www.news.wisc.edu/15707

Explaining the mysterious and sometimes perplexing differences between males and females would seem to be beyond even the province of as exacting a discipline as science.

But recent research from the laboratory of Sean Carroll, a UW-Madison molecular biologist, has at least shed light on what happens at the genetic level to make males and females of any species look so different.

Click here to read the full news article: Sean Carroll honored by Saint Petersburg Society of Naturalists

The Scientific Council of Saint Petersburg Society of Naturalists has awarded UW-Madison professor Sean Carroll with the Alexander Kowalevsky medal in 2008 in recognition of his distinguished contribution to