UW–Madison Science

Treatments for congenital heart defects heading to a clinical trial. Read more: orip.nih.gov/about-orip/r... @mayoclinic.org @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social

Congrats to @ahnaskop.bsky.social and MRSEC's Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, great and creative — genetics coloring books! improv theater! — advocates for science outreach. research.wisc.edu/uncategorize...

Our latest paper on ancient microbes and nitrogen is featured on the NASA website today! 🚀🔬Way to go, @hollyrucker.bsky.social! Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth www.nasa.gov Paper link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #astrobiology @uwmadscience.bsky.social

"You’re all hard-working people, all with your own goals, working together in the same environment, and it just helps you get that drive. It’s just a great community and environment to grow in."

Anchoring helpful genes away from parts of their chromosomes that were more likely to be remixed made saltwater crustaceans better prepared to survive in freshwater ecosystems — like the Great Lakes. news.wisc.edu/uw-researche...

New findings from @cijilim.bsky.social in @uwbiochem.bsky.social identify a protein essential to maintaining the end-caps on chromosomes — helping doctors around the world connect a genetic mutation to their patients' illnesses. biochem.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/r...

Two extraordinary UW–Madison professors — nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe and atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza — have been named 2025 MacArthur "genius grant" fellows by @macfound.org. Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!

Have you heard somewhere that people may soon live to be 150 years old? Well, big gains in life expectancy may instead be on the wane. lafollette.wisc.edu/news/new-res...

When H5N1 avian influenza made a jump into dairy cattle in early 2024, the development prompted health and economic concerns. Since then, a team of researchers at UW–Madison has been working to answer important public health and food-safety questions: news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-v...

100 years ago, a ‪@uwmadisoncals.bsky.social discovery sparked the founding of WARF. Today, that partnership continues to drive innovation‬. Here's to a century of impact and the future ahead! #WARF100 https://grow.cals.wisc.edu/departments/features/a-century-of-research-partnerships

Ecological restoration at the UW–Madison Arboretum helps create and manage the land's healthy native plant communities, and volunteer work parties are a vital part of the ongoing work.

James Dahlberg received the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s American Innovator Award for his commitment to advancing federally funded inventions from the laboratory to real-world applications, including bringing several types of health screenings to homes and hospitals everywhere.

'Baby' stars are typically surrounded by disks loaded with gas, but it isn't long before that mass starts to drift away. #UWMadison astronomers say that might mean gas giants like Jupiter need to form earlier than rocky planets like ours. news.wisc.edu/measuring-ga...

For decades, we've known a handful of changes to an otherwise unremarkable stretch of our genes upped the risk of coronary artery disease. But it took #UWMadison stem cell scientists in @valels.bsky.social's lab to figure out why. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-r...

Want a listen that will, as @kacarlab.bsky.social puts it, 'wire you up?' "I will never forget that: I can hold a pen. And I can write. So, now, what do you do with it? What is the biggest question you can ask? What is the most important thing you can do with you life?"

How much can family history impact one's Alzheimer's risk? Drs. Sterling Johnson and Jessica Langbaum join #DementiaMatters to discuss the latest research on family history and genetic risk factors, focusing on the APOE gene as a risk factor. Listen 🎧 go.wisc.edu/665xnq

With proposed changes to NIH support, potentially life-saving research at UW–Madison would become slower and less ambitious. And the true cost would fall on those waiting for the next medical breakthrough, who would have to wait even longer.

Congratulations to UW chemistry professor Martin Zanni on election to the @nasonline.org! Zanni pioneered a technique called ultrafast two-dimensional spectroscopy and has received many honors for his research and teaching. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-c...

Scientists at UW-Madison have reprogrammed a microbe that eats toxins from broken down plant fiber while leaving the sugars untouched. A major step forward in biofuel production! Read more: energy.wisc.edu/news/rewired... #biofuels #bioenergy #uwmadison #microbe

Before you leave campus for the summer (or for a brief post-commencement breather) enter your most remarkable, surprising and revealing science images in the 2025 Cool Science Image Contest. news.wisc.edu/enter-your-a...

Join alum and Science Journalist in Residence @alecluhn.bsky.social, carbon removal researcher Rob Anex and Floodlight News editor Dee Hall for "Beyond 1.5°C: Covering Controversial Climate Solutions." Thursday, April 17. 4 p.m. Memorial Union. news.wisc.edu/uw-grad-and-...

Ann Palmenberg was a trailblazer in virology and infectious disease research — but that was just for starters. A great scientist, mentor and friend, she lived every day to its fullest. news.wisc.edu/remembering-...

No surprise UW–Madison's incoming dean of engineering works on supersonic flight and cutting-edge power cycles. He's all energy and can't wait to get up to speed. news.wisc.edu/devesh-ranja...

Public mass shootings push alcohol sales upward for years in the surrounding community, though similar violence in private settings does not. news.wisc.edu/communities-...

The 2024 WARF Innovation Awards go to early cancer detection and a process to break down "forever chemicals," #UWMadison research developments with some great potential impact. www.warf.org/news/2024-wa...

Wow! UW–Madison is now 6th in national research ranking, surpasses $1.7 billion in research expenditures news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-6...

Creating bespoke tests to detect small molecules like opioids or environmental contaminants can be a long, expensive "bio-prospecting" slog ... until now? @uwbiochem.bsky.social researchers have sped up the process. news.wisc.edu/new-tool-mak...

OK, it was seconds. Hello, @zacfreedman.bsky.social, whose lab is moving cool soil microbe science by the ton.

We are almost certainly just minutes away from stumbling upon our 100th faculty member On Here. Hello, UWMadSky.

Muscle cells grown from stem cells safely integrated into monkey hearts in a new study from #UWMadison and Mayo Clinic researchers — good news for kids with congenital defects at risk of heart failure and facing a shortage of donor organs. news.wisc.edu/human-stem-c...

Love the tree silhouette aurora shot. This stunner is a winner from our 2024 Cool Science Image Contest shot by astronomy and physics undergrad Samuel L. Warfel. news.wisc.edu/2024-winners...

Pollution from the high-profile 2023 train derailment and fire in Ohio fell across 1.4 million square kilometers in 16 states, according to monitoring and analysis from the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene-based National Atmospheric Deposition Program. www.slh.wisc.edu/new-nadp-fin...

Light from the bright disk around a black hole 10 billion light years away tells @grieratron.bsky.social's lab at #UWMadison that wind from the quasar is pushing gas out into its galaxy — giving the black hole a say in the creation of stars. news.wisc.edu/wind-from-bl...

What's the deal with No Mow May? Maybe just a good opportunity to think about the many ways to make a lawn more pollinator-friendly. hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/wha...