Morgridge affiliate Chad Reinstra, a biochemist at UW–Madison, has unlocked the structure of Amphotericin B (AmB), a powerful and reliable drug that saves lives by obliterating serious fungal infections that can’t be diagnosed quickly.
Author: Morgridge Institute for Research
Machine learning guiding early drug discovery process
Morgridge Investigator Anthony Gitter presented at the annual BioForward Biohealth Summit about ways machine learning is having a major impact on the early phases of drug discovery.
Researchers, UW educators see bright future for AI in healthcare
Anthony Gitter, a Morgridge investigator, discussed his lab’s promising new efforts to use AI to create custom-fit chemicals — or as he described it, “a brand new recipe” for treating illnesses.
Coon lab’s ’smart toilets’ project a hot commodity
Morgridge investigator Josh Coon’s unique project marrying mass spectrometry technology to the everyday toilet is tabbed as one of the trends to watch in the Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything” series.
For the sake of rural science students in Wisconsin, we have to get broadband right
A editorial by Kim Kaukl, executive director of the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance, referenced the Morgridge Institute’s Rural Summer Science Camp as an ideal example of the benefits of online and hybrid learning opportunities in science education.