Dan Thoma, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently selected as a 2021 Honorary Member of AIME. Thoma was chosen by the board of TMS, …
Research
Experts Say Cold Is Unlikely To Cause Power Crisis In Wisconsin, But There Are Still Lessons From Texas
More than half a million Americans from Oregon to Virginia dealt with power outages Thursday as winter storms continued in parts of the country. Earlier this week, Texas was hit particularly hard. Frigid temperatures caused …
2021 Vilas Associates Competition awardees announced
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education has announced 23 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. …
Andrea Hicks Named Interim Director of Sustainability Education and Research for the Office of Sustainability
Nelson Institute affiliate and assistant professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Andrea Hicks will be joining the Office of Sustainability as the interim Director of Sustainability Education and Research in 2021, following the retirement of …
MULTIPLE GENE EDITS AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS COULD HELP TREAT RARE GENETIC DISEASES
The lab of Kris Saha at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has developed an innovative combination of gene-editing tools and computational simulations that can be used to develop new strategies for editing genes associated with genetic disorders. …
Cell and Gene Therapy: Bringing Cutting-Edge Therapies to Wisconsin
Gene therapy has captured the public’s imagination as several products have now been approved for therapeutic use and hundreds more are being tested in clinical trials. In pursuit of this great potential, biomedical engineering associate professor Krishanu …
Research effort driving advances to combat traumatic brain injuries
Many concussions don’t produce noticeable symptoms, leaving them likely to go undiagnosed and putting the injured at increased risk for lasting complications like brain damage. A team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineer Christian …
Multiple gene edits and computer simulations could help treat rare genetic diseases
The lab of Kris Saha at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has developed an innovative combination of gene-editing tools and computational simulations that can be used to develop new strategies for editing genes associated with genetic disorders. In …
New solvent-based recycling process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste
Multilayer plastic materials are ubiquitous in food and medical supply packaging, particularly since the specific properties of layered polymers can keep moisture from fouling sterile syringes or light and oxygen from making potato chips stale. …
Dianomi Therapeutics’ Presentation at Internat’l mRNA Health Conf. Highlights Strategies to Improve mRNA-based Therapies
MADISON, WIS., USA, November 17, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Dr. William Murphy, Chief Scientific Officer of Dianomi Therapeutics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, recently presented at the International mRNA Health Conference. Murphy …