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UW receives $17 million to speed protein research

September 28, 2001

Shape is key to understanding how proteins make life work. Each gene in every organism contains information to make a specific and often unique protein. Researchers now want to catalog the three-dimensional structures of those proteins, and a UW–Madison team has received a four-year, $17 million grant to accelerate the process and reduce its cost. Read More

Advances

September 25, 2001

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More

WARF amends stem cell suit

September 24, 2001

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation filed an amended complaint in federal court today, Sept. 24, to ensure broad access to the pharmaceutical, medical, scientific, research and development communities of the stem cell research products to which Geron Corporation of Menlo Park, Calif., asserts it has exclusive rights. Read More

Ecologists to showcase research at campus symposium

September 13, 2001

Current faculty research will be the focus of the UW–Madison Ecology Group's Seventh Annual Symposium Sept. 20-21. Read More

Ceremony to mark assembly of Thai pavilion

September 12, 2001

A traditional ceremony known as "Yok Sao Eak," which means "stand up the first pillar," will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, at 9 a.m. as Thai artisans begin construction of the Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The first day of assembly will involve the next day. Read More

Gene transfer in primates a success

September 11, 2001

By successfully inserting a gene from a jellyfish into the fertilized eggs of rhesus monkeys, scientists have managed to make transgenic placentas in which the inserted gene functions as it does in the jellyfish. Read More

Advances

September 11, 2001

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More

UW ranks eighth best in nation

September 7, 2001

The university has been named the eighth-best public university in the 2002 "America's Best Colleges" guidebook published by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

With a tweak, flu virus is a killer

September 6, 2001

By incorporating the slightest change in the arrangement of its molecules, the virus responsible for a brief but frightening influenza outbreak in Hong Kong several years ago can quickly morph from a relatively benign virus to a killer. Read More

Memorandum of understanding

September 5, 2001

Memorandum of Understanding between WiCell Research Institute, Inc. and Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This Memorandum Of Understanding (hereinafter… Read More

WiCell signs stem cell research agreement

September 5, 2001

The National Institutes of Health and the WiCell Research Institute, Inc., of Madison announced today, Sept. 5, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for research use of WiCell's existing five human embryonic stem cell lines. Read More

Stem cells guided down blood’s developmental pathway

September 4, 2001

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells can be teased down a developmental pathway to become blood cells. Read More

Freshman class of 2001 is a record-setting group

September 4, 2001

The incoming freshman class could be the largest and most talented in the 153-year history of the campus. Read More

Prof studies nuclear safety in deregulated landscape

September 4, 2001

A study of deregulation's past impact on several safety-critical industries provides valuable insight into the factors affecting safety of deregulated nuclear power plants. Read More

Families working longer in downturn

September 2, 2001

The national economic slowdown is hitting Wisconsin hard, according to a report released this Labor Day holiday weekend. Read More

Children’s Museum to host energy exhibit

August 30, 2001

The College of Engineering has teamed up with the Madison Children's Museum to present 'Making Electricity without Making Smoke,' an exhibit to help children understand energy and energy sources. Read More

Does estrogen improve memory in women with Alzheimers’?

August 28, 2001

In a small but carefully designed study, a Medical School geriatrics researcher has found that high doses of a particular form of estrogen are associated with measurable improvements in both attention and memory in women who already have Alzheimer's Disease. Read More

Advances

August 28, 2001

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More

For counseling psychologist, work brings an emotional rebirth

August 28, 2001

One day, when Bruce Wampold was 5 years old, he happily went off to play in the woods near his house in Bellevue, Wash., as he often loved to do. But that day turned out to be tragically different for Wampold and reverberated throughout much of his life. Read More

Margaret Atwood to give reading Sept. 14

August 22, 2001

Margaret Atwood, the internationally known author of "The Handmaid's Tale," will read from her latest novel, "The Blind Assassin," at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, in the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. Read More