Category: Around CALS
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Posted on August 29, 2022
Video: A welcome message from Dean Glenda Gillaspy
Glenda Gillaspy, dean of UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, addresses the college’s faculty and staff at the start of the Fall 2022 semester.
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Posted on August 22, 2022
How to time travel without fear
Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar devised a molecular time machine to help us understand the origins and evolution of early life on Earth. Her life, and her […]
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Posted on August 15, 2022
CALS researchers partner with artists for the Flow Project
In 2022, the Flow Project paired undergraduate student artists with water professionals from across the state of Wisconsin to create art inspired by water. This […]
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Posted on August 8, 2022
Q&A: CALS Dean Glenda Gillaspy on joining the college, her research, hobbies and more
Glenda Gillaspy’s first day as the new dean of the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences was Aug. 4. She comes to the college […]
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Posted on August 1, 2022
The promise of safe food for billions
A new product developed at CALS could help eliminate dangerous fungal toxins that afflict crops, animals, and humans worldwide.
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Posted on July 25, 2022
Human neurons aid in understanding autism
This confocal microscope image depicts a human neuronal organoid — a minute assembly of human brain cells — growing on a patterned substrate. The axons […]
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Posted on July 18, 2022
Potato industry invests in future harvests
Back in 2017, Wisconsin’s potato producers made a big commitment to CALS. In January of that year, industry leaders announced their intention to raise $5 […]
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Posted on July 11, 2022
Listeria’s archnemesis
Tu-Anh Huynh is uncovering how a single molecule can help fight a common pathogen — and its resistance to antibiotics.
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Posted on June 27, 2022
Six key facts about lab-grown meat
Plant-based protein and “meat-alternative” products have streamed into the marketplace in recent years. This trend has been driven in part by world population growth and […]
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Posted on June 20, 2022
Photos: Biochemistry celebrates two new cryo-electron microscopy research centers
At the Steenbock Symposium on June 7 and 8, 2022, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry opened its doors in celebration of two new […]