With an Oct. 23, 2023 announcement that Wisconsin has received a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) designation focused on biohealth, the University of Wisconsin–Madison expands its national leadership as a collaborative powerhouse in …
BTP News
Breaking Through the Noise of Cellular Signaling
Professor Scott Coyle will use a NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to tune into cellular signaling and explore dynamics of signaling pathways in tumors.
Summer Interns Build Skills, Relationships at Life Science Biotech Companies
Graduate students in life science fields across campus can apply to get a taste of life after graduation through UW’s Graduate School Industry Internship Program.
Internship Paves the Way for New Collaborations
BTP student Liz Appelt completed an internship at Afrigen in South Africa in 2022. The internship opened the door for a new relationship with BTP, campus partners, and Afrigen.
Venturelli Receives 2023 Early Career Innovator Award
Ophelia Venturelli received the award in recognition of her work to elucidate the molecular and ecological design principles of microbial communities.
Fueled by new chemistry, algorithm mines fungi for useful molecule
A newly described type of chemistry in fungi is both surprisingly common and likely to involve highly reactive enzymes, making the genes involved useful signposts pointing to biological compounds with medical and chemical applications.
The start-up experience: Conducting fertility research at Proov
UW–Madison graduate student Andrea Wegrzynowicz studies proteins implicated in antibiotic resistance using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. But something else was always at the back of her mind — how could she help people who …
2023 NSF GRFP awards announced
Julie DuClos, a Biotechnology Trainee Program (BTP) trainee and second-year Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology graduate student in the Venturelli Lab, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GFRP) award this year. DuClos’s …
Tiny antennas open door to injectable electronics for brain monitoring
By creating a miniscule device that translates brain activity into radiowaves, University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroengineers have taken a key step toward enabling injectable sensors for wireless, localized recording in the brain. The work, detailed in …
BTP advances career exploration, predoctoral opportunities in industry
The Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) at UW–Madison is one of the oldest and largest biotechnology training programs in the United States. Over the past 34 years, it has provided approximately 250 trainees with training and …