Tag: Genetics
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Food Flaw Fighters
In The Promise of Safe Food for Billions (Grow, Fall 2021), Jori Skalitzky BS’22 highlighted a new food safety product called D-Tox, which was […]
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Posted on October 18, 2022
Eco-Friendly Pest Control
Wisconsin has a long history of vegetable production. It’s a leading producer of the nation’s processing vegetables, such as snap beans, sweet corn, carrots, […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
Season of Learning
Summer courses are an abiding tradition at UW. They’ve long been the boon of undergrads looking to stay on track to graduation, lighten their […]
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Posted on November 8, 2021
Six Reasons Why Life Might Exist on Venus
The ingredients for life are adrift in the Venusian clouds. Life is primarily composed of six chemical elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and […]
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The Promise of Safe Food for Billions
Outside of agricultural and scientific circles, few people would hear the word “mycotoxin” and fully understand the reference. But they probably should. This menace […]
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These Scientists Have Sequenced the Cranberry Genome. Now They’re Looking to Share It.
Juan Zalapa is building a library. But it doesn’t house classic literature or thick textbooks. This one is all about cranberries. Zalapa’s construction materials […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
The Race to the Animal Vault
The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before […]
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Research Creates Teaching Opportunities
In 2015, genetics professor Francisco Pelegrí launched a course called Developmental Genetics for Conservation and Regeneration that ties directly to his ongoing research program. […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
The New Frontiers of Potato Tech
It’s the number one vegetable crop in the United States. Wisconsin happens to be its third largest producer (after Idaho and Washington), with 3.1 […]
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Posted on October 1, 2020
The Genetic Leanings of Autism
When Donna Werling was growing up, she often babysat her younger cousin. He was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder when Werling was in […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020
A Missing Piece in the Genetic Puzzle of High Cholesterol Risk
Precision medicine has the potential to tailor treatments to a patient’s unique genetic sequence. But achieving this precision — or developing new drugs — […]
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Posted on February 25, 2020
‘The Sweeping Landscape of Her Work’
It took a hard-fought battle, but in 1919, after decades of petitions, demonstrations, and arrests, women finally won the right to vote. The passage and […]