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.
Blockages in nerve-cell protein ‘factory’ ipmlicated in neurodegenerative disease
A molecular basis underlying the neurodegenerative condition hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) has been identified in a study by University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers. The research, published in Cell Reports, shows how a mutation in the TFG gene – one of several linked to HSP – impairs neurons from forming the structures needed to transmit signals properly.
Coon Recipient of HUPO Award
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry Josh Coon has been awarded a HUPO by the Human Proteome Organization in recognition of outstanding effort and achievement in the field of proteomics. Press release
Catherine Fox elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry Catherine Fox has been elected a Fellow to the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society of Microbiology, are …
Butcher/Brow Labs Piecing Together the Spliceosome Puzzle One Subunit at a Time
BMC Professor Lewis, IPiB Student Klein accept Cancer Research Awards.
BMC Professor Peter Lewis and IPiB graduate student Mark Klein accept cancer research funding awards sponsored by The Ride and the Carbone Cancer Center. 22 February, 2018
BMC’s Heidi Dvinge featured in “New Faculty Focus”
Keck to Receive 2017 Kellett Mid-Career Award
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry James Keck has been selected as a recipient of a 2017 University of Wisconsin Kellett Mid-Career Award. The Kellett awards recognize outstanding UW faculty 7 to 20 years past their first promotion to …
Audhya Awarded 2017 Romnes Fellowship
Associate Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry, Jon Audhya has been awarded the 2017 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. As a double bonus, Prof. Audhya’s wife, …
Harrison Featured in Local Media Story on Senate Passage of 21st Century Cures Act 94-5
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry Melissa Harrison was interviewed and her lab featured by local television station WKOW as part of its story on U.S. Senate passage of the 21st Century Cures Act 94-5. You can read the …