Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on March 1, 2024
James Ntambi receives 2024 Global Research & Outreach (GRO) Award
James Ntambi is the 2024 recipient of the Global Research & Outreach (GRO) Award. The GRO Award seeks to advance sustainable agriculture and the life sciences through […]
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Erica Phillips receives 2024 Krishna Ella Global Innovation Award
Erica Phillips is the 2024 recipient of the Krishna Ella Global Innovation Award. The Krishna Ella Global Innovation Award seeks to catalyze “5i” projects led by CALS […]
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Posted on February 23, 2024
New faculty profile: Adela Oliva Chavez studies tick vector biology and disease control
Adela Oliva Chavez joined the UW–Madison faculty in January 2024 as an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology. What is your hometown? Where did […]
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Posted on February 12, 2024
Researchers with CALS connections featured in story about UW–Madison’s overlooked scientists
From medicine to ecology, engineering to computer science, the University of Wisconsin has for 175 years made valuable innovations that help people and communities across […]
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Vanessa Leone and Joe Pierre contribute to study on gut hormones and the microbiome
Research shows that immune epithelial cells in the intestine produce a peptide that prevents a dangerous form of fungus from flourishing in the gut while […]
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Federico Rey part of team studying link between gut inflammation, aging and Alzheimer’s disease
A new study suggests a link between gut inflammation and changes in the brain and declines in memory, further supporting a connection between the gut […]
- Posted on February 7, 2024
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Posted on February 5, 2024
Development in fertility research questions obesity as the leading cause of infertility
A project on high-sugar diet spearheaded by scientist Rodrigo Dutra Nunes in the lab of Daniela Drummond-Barbosa opens the door for breakthrough advancements in fertility research. In a recent study published in the journal Development, Dutra Nunes and Drummond-Barbosa’s research uniquely analyzes the effects of a high sugar diet, obesity and water intake on metabolism, oogenesis and fertility in Drosophila melanogaster, otherwise known as the common fruit fly.
- Posted on February 2, 2024
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