A $750,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. announced Sept. 6 establishes the Forward BIO Initiative, a collaborative effort to make Wisconsin a recognized center of excellence for biomanufacturing. The new initiative “leverages one …
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Reading the signals: NIH award helps McClean decode cellular responses
When a stimulus descends upon a cell, it sets off a flurry of activity. Sensors on the surface take in information and relay it inside to other proteins, which perform computations and transmit their findings. …
Nanoparticles improve tumor treatment in mice
In the treatment of cancer, chemotherapy is a cleaver, not a scalpel. By attacking rapidly dividing cells, chemotherapy effectively fights tumors, but it also ravages healthy cells in the gut, bone marrow, the scalp and …
Lipids in blood and liver offer insights into metabolic health
Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and high levels of fats such as triglycerides or cholesterol in the blood are cited as just one of several risk factors. Millions of …
Sussman to lead Genome Center of Wisconsin
Mike Sussman, longtime director of the UW–Madison Biotechnology Center and BTP trainer, has announced that he is stepping down from that position to serve as director of the Genome Center of Wisconsin, located within the Biotechnology Center. “With …
BTP mentors earn Vilas Professorships
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) faculty trainers have been honored with Vilas professorships. The professorships, totaling 40 this year, honor extraordinary members of the UW–Madison faculty with awards supported by the estate …
Wild Wisconsin yeast find their way into bread, beer, and class
Your next bite of local bread or gulp of Madison beer might just have a little piece of Sheboygan in it. Sheboygan yeast, anyway. That yeast will have traveled on collection swabs, been scrutinized in …
A hidden world of communication, chemical warfare, beneath the soil
The soil supporting a field of crops teems with life. Untold numbers of bacteria and fungi strive for space and food. Most are harmless. Many are vital to creating healthy soil. But farmers worry about …
Metastasis enablers: Findings could unlock new ovarian cancer treatments
In order to spread their destruction, ovarian cancer cells must break free from their tumor home, travel through the fluid in the peritoneal cavity and attach to the outside of the abdominal organs—surfaces that are, …
UW–Madison announces UW2020 funded projects, with BTP mentors on several
Numerous University of Wisconsin–Madison Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) faculty trainers are on recently awarded UW2020 Round 4 projects. The goal of UW2020 is to stimulate and support cutting edge, highly innovative, and groundbreaking research at …