In his UW–Madison lab, Robert Kirchdoerfer studies proteins from six different types of coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS, which caused deadly human outbreaks in recent years. Within two weeks, he expects to get proteins from the new coronavirus that emerged late last year in China, sickening at least 7,711 people, killing at least 170 and …
“Lead author and University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student Jiarong Gao [CMB Student] placed SPF in various concentrations in water and demonstrated that the compound immobilized the cercariae, which promptly sank to the bottom of the water and remained in that state. Further, she showed that cercariae exposed to SPF were unable to infect mice.”
Sherer, who has been a member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center since 2011, and his team use advanced microscopy techniques to watch how viruses interact with living cells in order to better understand the machinery and pathways that govern viral infections. His research largely focuses on HIV – human immunodeficiency virus.
CMB Trainer, Edwin Chapman, was featured in a story By David Tenenbaum, University Communications for his recent paper published in Nature Communications.
With great sorrow, we share the news of the untimely death of Prof. Heidi Dvinge, assistant professor of Biomolecular Chemistry and CMB faculty trainer. Heidi passed away on Friday, September 20. We will miss her enthusiasm for science, her dedication to teaching and mentoring students, and her friendship. We invite you to read more about Heidi’s …
Lab Profile by Christi Binkley, CMB Graduate Student What relates the fields of synthetic biology and transcriptional mechanisms? Answer: gene regulation. The Landick lab studies prokaryotic gene regulation to answer basic and applied research questions, using a variety of biochemical and genetic approaches. While the detailed nature of RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the foundational focus …
We’ve had a busy year, and we’re excited to share some of the highlights with you! A big thank you to all who have donated their time, money, and stories to the CMB Program. You can find the 2019 Alumni Newsletter here.
We are excited to announce that CMB’s Coordinating Committee recently voted to add a new focus group in Physiology to serve as the home for physiology studies on campus going forward. This will bring CMB’s total number of focus groups up to thirteen. Raunak Sinha (Department of Neuroscience) will serve as the chair for the …
Photo by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters Original story by Ed Yong, featuring work by CMB trainer Laura Knoll and CMB student Sarah Wilson, was published by the Atlantic Of the many parasites known to control the mind of their host, none is more famous than Toxoplasma gondii—the single-celled organism known colloquially as Toxo. It can …
With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to combat malnutrition in developing countries. Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) supports innovative thinkers worldwide to explore ideas that can break the …