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UW scientists create a recipe to make human blood-brain barrier

Posted on November 9, 2017

The blood-brain barrier is the brain’s gatekeeper. A nearly impenetrable shield of cells, it keeps toxins and other agents that may be in circulating blood from gaining access to and harming the brain. A critical …

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UW–Madison to partner in $20 million cell-based therapy center

Posted on September 13, 2017

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, to support a new engineering research center that will develop transformative tools and technologies for the …

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Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice

Posted on September 12, 2017

“Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do,” says Federico Rey, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Then we get their leftovers — or their waste. The problem, …

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Tim Donohue named interim director of the Wisconsin Energy Institute

Posted on September 12, 2017

Tim Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and UW Foundation Chairman Fetzer-Bascom Professor in bacteriology, will serve as the new interim director of the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI). WEI is the …

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Mike Sussman & Melanie Ivancic: Blood work

Posted on November 9, 2016

Madison, Wisconsin, may have become ground zero in the war against one of the deadliest cancers on the planet. Local biotech company Exact Sciences made headlines in 2014 when it received FDA approval for a …

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Yeast knockouts peel back secrets of cell protein function

Posted on September 26, 2016

Proteins are the hammers and tongs of life, with fundamental roles in most of what happens in biology. But biologists still don’t know what thousands of proteins do, and how their presence or absence affects …

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Four engineers receive UW-Madison Romnes fellowships in 2016

Posted on May 20, 2016

Four engineers of twelve total promising young members of the UW–Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. Two of these faculty members, Bill Murphy and Kristyn Masters, are trainers in the Biotechnology Training Program. Romnes …

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