Category: Highlights
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Posted on May 30, 2017
Blue Sky Science video: What is water scarcity?
When a Madisonite posed the question “What is water scarcity?,” the Blue Sky Science team turned to CALS bacteriology professor Trina McMahon for the answer. Watch McMahon’s […]
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Posted on May 22, 2017
From test tube to plate, UW program keeps potatoes clean
Years before that french fry landed on your plate, the plant that would eventually give rise to the spud your fry was cut from was […]
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Tom Brock’s new book gives personal account of pioneering Yellowstone research
Above photo: In 2013, Tom Brock walks in 140 acres of restored prairie, oak savannah and woodlands that he and his wife established as the […]
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Biochemistry department leads effort to establish Cryo-EM facility on campus
Structural biology and collaboration are two strong points at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In keeping with this tradition, a concerted cross-campus effort partly spearheaded by […]
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Posted on May 15, 2017
Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass
Above photo: Hongjie Li, a UW-Madison postdoctoral researcher, was the first to observe close-up the symbiotic system that unites termites with the fungus Termitomyces. Photo: […]
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Antibiotic alternatives, delivered by friendly microbes
Microbiologist Jan Peter van Pijkeren looks at probiotics — those microbes thought to provide health benefits in our bodies — as more than just friendly […]
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Advances breathe new life into Madison infection-detection company
Above photo: Isomark CEO Joe Kremer demonstrates the steps needed to measure carbon isotopes in a specimen container in Isomark’s instrument. Isomark is a spinoff […]
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Posted on May 8, 2017
Faculty and staff invited to participate in CALS commencement event
CALS faculty and staff are invited to participate in a CALS commencement-related event at Allen Centennial Garden on Saturday, May 13. The pre-commencement gathering will […]
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CALS Organizational Redesign Committee co-chairs provide update
On Tuesday, May 2, Leann Tigges and Mark Rickenbach, co-chairs of the CALS Organizational Redesign Committee, provided an update to the CALS Academic Planning Council […]
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Support beginning farmers at Ride to Farm bike ride – June 3
Above photo: WSBDF Cyclists will ride through the rolling hills of Green County on Saturday, June 3 to support the next generation of dairy and livestock […]