Tag Biosciences
Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging
A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their colleagues describe a molecular pathway that is a key determinant of the aging process. Read More
UW-Madison researchers win White House science awards
Two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are among the country's most promising young researchers, according to the White House. Read More
Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science
Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science. Read More
Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish
Just a few years ago, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's research station in Boulder Junction, Wis., were growing sick of a crustacean delicacy - the rusty crayfish. Roughly 90,000 of the animals had been caught during an intensive trapping program at the nearby Sparkling Lake. Read More
UW-Madison students make “genetic machines” for international competition
As yogurt and other products are marketed as a method for improving health, young biologists at University of Wisconsin–Madison are trying to do something similar by engineering delivery of biological molecules to the intestine. Read More
Online map allows visitors, naturalists to share Arboretum experience
If the UW Arboretum were just a pretty place to take a walk, its new Interactive Map wouldn't need much more than crisscrossing trails, grey blobs for parking lots and symbols marking the restrooms. Read More
Chemists concoct new agents to easily study critical cell proteins
They are the portals to the cell, gateways through which critical signals and chemicals are exchanged between living cells and their environments. Read More
Jahn to step down as UW–Madison ag and life sciences dean
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. today (Oct. 28) announced that Molly Jahn, who has led UW–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences since 2006, will step down as dean of the college, effective Jan. 1. Read More
Go Big Read gets a fast start on campus; author to visit on Oct. 25
Go Big Read, UW–Madison's common reading program, is off to a vigorous start. Some 5,000 copies of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot, were given away in September at the Chancellor's Convocation for New Students. Read More
Plant family tree may help identify species vulnerable to invaders, climate change
Change has been the norm for Wisconsin's forests over the last 50 years, and the next 50 are unlikely to pass quietly. Read More
Invasive shrubs increase spread of tick-borne disease
For a hungry tick, bush honeysuckle is as good as a drive-through. Read More
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
The world's rivers, the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity, are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis. Read More
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hires chief operating officer
Anchored in the basic research of academia and charged with generating new biofuels technologies, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is a bit of a hybrid. Read More
Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance
In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress. Read More
UW-Madison biochemist Henry Lardy dies at age 92
Henry A. Lardy, a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, passed away on Aug. 4 at the age of 92. Read More
H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic
The influenza virus, scientists well know, is a crafty, shape-shifting organism, constantly changing form to evade host immune systems and jump from one species, like birds, to another, mammals. Read More
Canine influenza vaccine found effective against secondary infections
Recent research by Ron Schultz, professor and chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has shown the newly approved Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) vaccine to be effective not only in reducing length, severity and spread of the virus, but also in protecting against secondary infections. Read More
UW School of Veterinary Medicine advances spinal cord injury treatments
A full recovery from a spinal cord injury? Don't hold your breath. Read More