Tag: Genetics
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Posted on June 19, 2019
Deibel Family Gift Cultivates Grad Student Discoveries
Scientists-in-training at the UW Food Research Institute (FRI) are identifying better probiotics and improving food safety with the help of a generous gift from retired […]
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Posted on February 25, 2019
To Live and Learn Together
The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community […]
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Five Things Everyone Should Know about … Mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade […]
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Posted on June 20, 2017
The “Icing” on the DNA
Xuehua Zhong uses plants to study epigenetics, an exciting new field that is broadening our understanding of how some traits might be passed down from one generation to the next.
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Posted on February 13, 2017
Catch up with . . . Jacquelynn Arbuckle BS’91 Genetics
Dr. Jacquelynn Arbuckle’s exposure to the medical field began when her younger brother Adrian was born with cystic fibrosis. Arbuckle, only six at the time, […]
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Posted on March 4, 2016
A Fitting Tribute
How best to honor a towering eminence in one’s field?
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A Jolt to the System
For CALS geneticist Barry Ganetzky, insight into the genetic underpinnings of traumatic brain injury began by knocking out fruit flies.
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Posted on March 2, 2015
Forever Rising
We depend on yeasts for products ranging from beer and biofuel to forage and pharmaceuticals. But according to Chris Todd Hittinger and his colleagues at CALS, we’ve only begun to understand and mine the possible uses of these hardworking model microbes
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Posted on June 19, 2014
Made for the Shade
New technology could help food crops thrive in crowded fields
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Posted on November 20, 2013
An Astonishing World Revealed
Microbes inhabit our bodies by the trillions, yet how they benefit us mostly remains a mystery. As scientists work with animals to illuminate that complex dynamic, they are excited about the potential microbes may hold for human health.
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Making It Personal
A CALS capstone class in genetics encourages students to explore their own genomes.
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Posted on June 18, 2013
The Value of GMOs
A long-term study sheds light—and numbers—on benefits to farmers