The Department of Chemistry celebrated its annual Teaching Award Symposium, through which the recipient of the Taylor Award for Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award winners were honored. Recipients of the Outstanding …
Department News
‘Christmas in the Lab’ celebrates 50 years of chemistry and comedy
PHOTO GALLERY December 2, 2019 First published here. What began as a holiday treat for long-suffering freshman chemistry students has turned into a 50-year tradition. Professor Bassam Shakhashiri took to the stage to perform “Once Upon a …
New Chemistry Tower Grows More Every Day
By John Moore and Bob McMahon Project Leaders We have come a long way since groundbreaking in September 2018, but there is more to do before construction and renovation are completed in 2022. A great …
UW-Madison Chemist works to develop new bioengineering strategy
By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 …
Mob Mentality: Bacteria send signals before massing for an attack. Helen Blackwell has discovered how to listen in, and block deadly cells’ ability to swarm.
by LOUISA KAMPS for Sift & Winnow, first published here When Helen Blackwell describes how disease-causing bacteria become virulent, it’s hard not to imagine the little buggers whistling to each other in a dark alley, like bad …
Detailed PICture reveals how tooth enamel is strong enough to last a lifetime
September 26, 2019 By Sarah Perdue For news media First published here. Break any bone in the human body, and the body can repair the tissue and fix the damage. Yet tooth enamel — the strongest tissue in …
Department welcomes Tina Wang, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Tina Wang arrived at UW-Madison on July 8, to conduct research in chemical biology, exploring the interplay between protein folding and function, and development of robust sensors and gene circuits. Wang received a …
Making biominerals: nature’s recipe is old, evolved more than once
August 19, 2019 By Sarah Perdue For news media Original posting here. In recent years, scientists have teased out many of the secrets of biomineralization, the process by which sea urchins grow spines, mollusks build their shells and …
Department welcomes Yang Yang, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Yang Yang arrived at UW-Madison August 19, 2019, to conduct research in theoretical and computational chemistry with the Department of Chemistry. He encourages students and postdocs, interested in quantum chemistry, to contact him …
Construction Update 08/05/2019 – Loading Dock Closure 8/7
New Tower. The main activity of the past week was the preparation for a day-long session (4:30 am – 4:30 pm) of pouring concrete on Wed July 31st. The first major section to be poured …