Dr. Venturelli’s lab seeks to understand how diverse networks of microorganisms living in the human gut communicate to realize key functions that impact health. Her goal is to determine how these microbes process information in …
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NSF grant to Kris Saha and colleagues
Kris Saha with colleagues David Beebe and Christian Capitini aim to develop improved methods for making CAR T-Cells with a two-year grant from the NSF. http://wid.wisc.edu/featured-science/smart-cancer-therapies-teaching-the-bodys-own-t-cells-to-attack-tumors/
Biochemistry Welcomes Venturelli and Romero
Biochemistry Welcomes Two New Faculty Who Will Study Protein and Microbial Systems A car mechanic would have a hard time building a car if he or she didn’t know anything about the car’s parts. The …
Pfleger featured on Blue Sky Science: What is Bacteria?
Blue Sky Science is a collaboration of the Wisconsin State Journal and the Morgridge Institute for Research. The questions are posed by visitors to Science Saturdays at the Discovery Building, a monthly series that features …
Reed Featured in Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Article
Award-winning Engineer Jennifer Reed Models Metabolism for Biofuels
Pfleger and Politz create custom tuning knobs to turn off any gene
UW–Madison engineers create custom tuning knobs to turn off any gene
Kwan and Pharmacy colleague get NIH grant to further anibiotic research
NIH grant allows Kwan and Rose to further antibiotic research
Saha and McClean on SynBio panel for 2015 WI Science Festival
At the “Designer Genes: Should We Be Able To Edit Our Genomes?” panel during the Wisconsin Science Festival, there were three speakers who came to talk about the topic of designer genes. They discussed their …
Raman joins faculty
New faculty profile: Vatsan Raman explores biodesign and biocatalysis
Pfleger presents at Energy Biosciences Institute UC-Berkley
Dr. Brian Pfleger, a chemical and biological engineer from the University of Wisconsin, will present at this Energy Biosciences Institute Fall Series Seminar. His subject: “Sustainability via Synthetic Biology — A Growing Role for Biotechnology …