The Laboratory of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry (LBMS), launched in summer 2015, accelerates the university’s ability to apply this powerful technology to high-impact projects, says Joshua Coon, UW–Madison professor of chemistry and biomolecular chemistry and LBMS director.
Author: Brian Mattmiller
Sarah Erickson-Bhatt: Bridge to a breakthrough
When Sarah Erickson-Bhatt lost her mother to breast cancer before she began undergraduate study in 2001, the physics student determined that fighting cancer would become her life’s work.
Course aims to prepare scientific postdocs for leadership
Postdoctoral trainees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have an opportunity to refine their professional leadership skills through a six-session course starting in fall 2016.
Mitochondrial maps reveal new connections to poorly understood diseases
Mitochondria are the engines that drive cellular life, but these complex machines are vulnerable to a wide range of breakdowns, and hundreds of their component parts remain a functional mystery.
Plumbing the possibilities of ‘seeing around corners’
The Morgridge Institute for Research and University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are working to optimize a camera capable of a slick optical trick: Snapping pictures around corners.
