Joshua Mitchell, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) and a member of BMC’s Deane Mosher Lab, was among the first recipients of the UW-Madison Graduate School’s Graduate Student Service Scholarships announced …
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Dr. John Denu among the inaugural class of ASBMB Fellows
Dr. John Denu, Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry and Epigenetics Theme Director at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, was among the first class of Fellows announced today by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology …
Lewis Lab alumnus Dr. Sid Jain receives inaugural Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Award
Dr. Sid Jain, an alumnus of the Peter Lewis lab in BMC and of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program (CMB), was awarded the 2020 Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Award. This was the …
Statement of Support for Asian Communities
Dr. Christina Hull, in her capacity as Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) issued the following statement in response to the regrettable recent rise in hate …
Gaelen Hess joins the faculty of Biomolecular Chemistry as new Assistant Professor
The Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine are pleased to welcome Dr. Gaelen Hess, who joined our faculty this month as an Assistant Professor. As a postdoctoral scholar …
Engin Lab paper among 2020 research highlights selected by UW Research Communications
Despite the challenges of 2020, researchers in BMC and across the university continued to make breakthroughs and publish new findings. As the year concluded, the Research Communications team from UW’s Office of University Communications highlighted …
BMC Chair Patricia Kiley Named 2020 AAAS Fellow
BMC Chair Patricia Kiley was among six UW-Madison Scholars elected as 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). According to AAAS, Dr. Kiley is being recognized for her distinguished contributions …
BMC Faculty Josh Coon and Melissa Harrison honored with 5-year UW awards
BMC faculty members Dr. Joshua Coon and Dr. Melissa Harrison were among the 2020-2021 winners of prestigious UW-Madison awards in recognition of significant achievement and strong trajectories in their respective careers. Dr. Coon received the …
Deleting a gene prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice by disguising insulin-producing cells
Removing a gene from the cells that produce insulin prevents mice from developing Type 1 diabetes by sparing the cells an attack from their own immune system, a new UW–Madison study shows. The cellular sleight …
A Trojan Horse? Immune cells ferry deadline fungus from mouse lung into the blood
A report today (June 27) in PLOS Pathogens shows how inhaled fungal spores exit the lung and trigger a fatal infection in mice. The study solves a mystery of mycology: Why are spores of a certain fungal strain deadly while the yeast form of that same fungus is harmless? Study leader Christina Hull, professor of biomolecular chemistry and medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, focuses on Cryptococcus, the most deadly inhaled fungus. The short answer, she says, is that lung macrophages abandon their posts as bodyguards and begin smuggling spores into the bloodstream.