Official Bluesky account of the world-renowned biochemistry research & teaching department at UW–Madison.
Le Tour de RNA was an awesome success! Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Sam, RNA, and NMR!
Inspired by advances in peptide-delivered medications, the Raman Lab is exploring peptides’ potential to disrupt certain cancers. The work is supported by an award from The Badger Challenge. biochem.wisc.edu/2026/06/04/w...
Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison
UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry
Thanks to the Ono Pharma Foundation and The University of Chicago for supporting this amazing symposium! And congratulations to the Weeks lab's own Sopo Jalalishvili for winning a poster prize for her work on phospholyases! 👩🔬🧪@uwbiochem.bsky.social
In the W-S lab's first preprint, we describe how genomic language models know something about RNA thermodynamics. Though we think this is cool, things get tricky!
A growing practice for interpreting LMs is to perturb input tokens, often called "Categorical Jacobian": 👇
Professor Snehal Chaudhari is using innovative techniques to investigate unresolved questions about how our bodies access and use folate. In this video, she addresses the history and importance of folate that drives her lab's research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4PU...
UW–Madison researchers are envisioning what local foods and green fuels could look like in a Jetsons-esque future. One question they’re asking: can photosynthetic organisms be grown using lunar or Martian soils? biochem.wisc.edu/2026/05/13/c...
Heading to Boston soon to celebrate my graduate advisor's (and former @uwbiochem.bsky.social faculty member) birthday. Happy birthday JS! Here she is celebrating with some @uwmadison.bsky.social Babcock Dairy ice cream (orange custard chocolate chip of course!)
Congratulations to 52 exceptional biochemistry students recognized with scholarships, fellowships, and research support this spring! Their achievements are made possible in part by the generosity of donors and strong support from department and campus partners. biochem.wisc.edu/2026/06/01/b...
Amy Weeks
Join us for James Corban's Ph.D. thesis defense on May 26! His research in the Raman Lab developed methods to identify and characterize proteins associated with epigenetic shifts in mammalian cells. Learn more: ipib.wisc.edu/2026/05/08/i...
Congratulations to John Ralph, biochemistry emeritus professor, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! Ralph and his lab studied lignin structure and biosynthesis, decoding lignin biochemistry and identifying biosynthesis pathways. Learn more: biochem.wisc.edu/2026/05/08/e...
UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry
Hannah Wayment-Steele
UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry
Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison
Inspired by new advances in peptide-delivered medications, the Raman Lab is exploring peptides’ potential to disrupt certain cancers.
