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UW-Madison biochemists take a bead on gene-controlling code
DNA may provide the blueprint for life, but scientists are learning more about the role of a chemical code that governs the way that blueprint is read.
MathBio looks at ‘best picture’
If 2008’s inaugural MathBio Symposium was a big-picture look at collaboration, the focus of this year’s symposium is on the best picture.
Artists may apply to install art at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Artists on campus and across the Midwest are invited to submit an application for the commission of art to be installed in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrate ‘topping out’
On May 26, the construction team of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery held a “topping out” ceremony, traditional in the building industry for recognizing the construction milestone of placing and welding the last beam at the top of a building.
Recent sightings: Eyes on UW
Photo: Two remote-controlled webcams, maintained by the Division of Information Technology and mounted on the roof of the Computer Sciences and Statistics building, document progress of different construction sites on campus.
Wisconsin, Morgridge scientists excise vector, exotic genes from induced stem cells
A team of scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison reports that it has created induced human pluripotent stem (iPS) cells completely free of viral vectors and exotic genes.
For Kim, calculated risk is all in the game
Like many overachievers, Sangtae Kim, who was named last fall to lead the Morgridge Institute for Research, is a calculated taker of risks. He knows chance when he sees it and, importantly, he knows how to size it up.