For scientists looking to explore living things on an atomic level, there’s a decades-old but nevertheless astounding tool at their disposal. With biomolecular nuclear magnetic […]

It might seem like Lynne Maquat had the deck stacked — or maybe the test tubes racked — against her. The first-generation college student was […]

On a rainy day last fall, chemist Scott Wildman left his office on the UW– Madison campus and drove to a retirement community on the […]

Leah Johnson BSx’19 didn’t have cable TV until her freshman year of high school. Even after the box arrived, her parents enforced a daily one-hour […]

Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special In […]

Making strides with stem cells

Meet the “designer phage,” a potential assist or alternative to antibiotics

There’s a lot we don’t know about the tiny engines that reside in nearly every living cell. But CALS biochemist David Pagliarini is shedding light on more of their functions and behavior— with important implications for human health.

Biochemist Ron Raines and colleagues are developing an enzyme that identifies and destroys cancer cells

A novel method for replacing defective proteins offers a new way to treat diseases

A challenging after-school class keeps middle schoolers interested in science

Biochemist Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease that takes millions of lives each year