In 2020, chemistry graduate student Erin Birdsall received a unique opportunity — to the live the life of a conservation chemist as an intern at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). “I’ve always been interested …
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2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipients announced
Two graduate students in the Biotechnology Training Program have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) awards. The five-year NSF GRFP program supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are …
Jose Martinez connects science and policy as a BTP trainee
While working as a health care administrator in Santa Cruz, California during the 2015 Zika virus outbreak, Jose Martinez realized his background in chemistry and pharmacology could be harnessed to set policies that are grounded …
BTP trainee-mentor pair awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for research, inclusion initiatives
Aldo Arellano, a Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) trainee and PhD candidate in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, and Kerri Coon, assistant professor of Bacteriology, have received Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes …
Two generations of BTP trainees intern, work at same company
When Maya Venkataraman, a third-year chemical and biological engineering graduate student in the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP), started grad school, she knew she wanted to study something related to synthetic biology, a field that combines …
Biochemistry Professor and BTP mentor James Ntambi re-elected to ASBMB Council
Biochemistry Professor and BTP mentor James Ntambi was recently re-elected to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Council. Ntambi has served as a member of the ASBMB Council since 2018. “I feel …
Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) provides message on ‘The Endless Frontiers Act’ for attendees of BTP 2021 Virtual Winter Banquet
Ashton Receives Prestigious WARF Invention Award, McClean a finalist
Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best inventions at UW-Madison. From more over 350 innovation disclosures, and six finalists, the WARF 2020 Innovation Awards winners include the team of BTP Faculty …
A Tribute to BTP Faculty Mentor, Professor Jennie Reed
BTP Faculty Mentor Jennifer L. Reed, Professor of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , passed away on July 5, 2020, after a long illness. With great sorrow over the loss of a brilliant scientist, …
Biotechnology Training Program Awarded NIH T32
The Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) was awarded a T32 Predoctoral Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The award provides a total of $4.8 million over five years to support 20 doctoral students from …