Breeding highly productive corn has reduced its ability to adapt
“What we were trying to do in this study is to measure whether by doing that we have also limited the ability of the genotypes to respond to environments when they change.”
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New model reveals possibility of pumping antibiotics into bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has the potential to bring them in as well, opening new lines of research into combating the bacteria.
New study shows how cells can be led down non-cancer path
Wei Xu and Lingjun Li are research colleagues involved in the study.
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
Sushmita Roy and Jean-Michel Ané will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how some plants partner with bacteria to create usable nitrogen and to transfer this ability to the bioenergy crop poplar.
UW–Madison to partner in $20 million cell-based therapy center
The UW–Madison team includes professors of biomedical engineering William Murphy, Randolph Ashton and Krishanu Saha; cardiology Professor Timothy Kamp; medical history and bioethics Professor Linda Hogle; and Mary Fitzpatrick, director of diversity research and initiatives for the College of Engineering.
UW–Madison to partner in $20 million cell-based therapy center
The UW–Madison team includes professors of biomedical engineering William Murphy, Randolph Ashton and Krishanu Saha; cardiology Professor Timothy Kamp; medical history and bioethics Professor Linda Hogle; and Mary Fitzpatrick, director of diversity research and initiatives for the College of Engineering.
App helps farmers make the most of their corn harvest
A new tool developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison by Rebecca Willett and Brian Luck could save farmers time and money during the fall feed-corn harvest and make for more content, productive cows year-round.
New measure of insulin-making cells could gauge diabetes progression, treatment
Matthew J. Merrins and colleagues used a PET scanner to detect minute levels of a radioactive chemical in the mouse pancreas.
Taking the genomic revolution to corn fields to improve crops
By bringing the genomic revolution into corn fields, Genomes2Fields aims to improve the nation’s corn crop by uncovering how genomes — the blueprints for plants — are turned into yield, stress resistance, and all manner of different traits.
New campus initiative targets microbiome research
The initiative, which focuses on the microorganisms living in specific environments such as the human body, is part of a series of strategic initiatives launched by the UW–Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education.