In Madison, Wisconsin, May is typically a great time to experience the city’s four large lakes; while the air temperature warms up, the water is still relatively cool and clear, making it ideal for boating, fishing or lounging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s famed lakeside terrace.
In this episode, we sit down with Kaiping Chen, Assistant Professor in Life Sciences Communication at UW–Madison. She leads us down the path to what she does now, from exploring political science to diving into the computational methods that drive her communications research.
Wisconsin’s wild weather has been on full display in 2023 with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, wildfire smoke, heavy precipitation and extreme drought.
Whether it's unraveling the mysteries of newly synthesized polymers on a microscopic level or finding order amidst the chaos of a busy life, today's guest, Whitney Loo, is always finding ways to integrate the macroscopic with the microscopic.
The cell envelope plays an important role in the life cycle of bacteria, controlling its shape and creating a physical barrier to protect it from the environment. Bacteria must manage cell growth and division to survive and reproduce. Disrupting that process leads to release of fatty acids, or lipids. Two new studies shed light on the process in one, and likely other, species.
Do you remember who first sparked your interest in science? In this episode, we sit down with Aurora Munguía López, postdoctoral researcher in Zavalab in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UW-Madison.