The importance of a good role model cannot be understated. One of the most effective ways to inspire more girls to go into science is to show them people who look like them in positions of leadership in the classroom, the lab, and in the office.

Tracey Holloway was in her first semester at Brown University, intent on majoring in political science, when she unexpectedly fell in love with math and science.

We checked in with Manar Alherech. Prior to successfully defending his thesis in January 2021, Dr. Alherech spent six years as a graduate student in Shannon Stahl’s lab at UW–Madison.

GLBRC researcher and University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry assistant professor Vatsan Raman describes a new computation-guided method to optimize the design of split protein systems that can be used to monitor and regulate biological activity.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received recognition for cutting-edge water and energy saving initiatives at the Charter Street Heating and Cooling Plant in the 

Kiley was nominated for distinguished contributions to understanding mechanisms that regulate E. coli’s lifestyle in different oxygen environments, specifically how transcription factors exploit iron-sulfur metal centers for oxygen responses.

Some microbes are skilled at turning plants into biofuels and useful chemicals. Persuade them to do this efficiently enough, and you have the foundation of a bioenergy refinery that generates fuels and chemicals from renewable sources rather than fossil fuels.