“The squid system is exquisite for being able to actually watch the bacteria enter the host,” said Mark Mandel, a microbiologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who studies microbial symbiosis in bobtail squids as an analogue for other systems and was not involved in this study.
With mosquito spawning rates reaching record highs in the Madison area and West Nile virus posing a looming threat along with it, University of Wisconsin researchers may have discovered a repellent that far-surpasses the efficacy of those used today.
University of Wisconsin biologist James Thomson and his lab attained the first laboratory-made human embryonic stem cells 20 years ago. Ever since, researchers have been building on this discovery, progressing the world’s knowledge of cellular biology and its potential in treating diseases.
University of Wisconsin at Madison: J. J. Watt, the football player.
The Student Services Finances Committee approved a $94 increase in student segregated fees to fund the Nicholas Recreation Center Monday.
The committee assigned with giving out the awards evaluated funding proposals on a variety of criteria, including creativity, innovation and planning. The most important criteria, however, were how the individual’s work affected the community and how it contributed to the art form, Mark Hetzler, a UW trombone professor who chaired the awards committee, said.
The University of Wisconsin’s 2019 Midwest Manure Summit is being held Feb. 27 in the Lambeau Field Atrium, 1265 Lombardi Ave., Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin’s Office of Educational Opportunity approved a plan to bring a new charter school to Madison that would open in 2020, with several contingencies attached.
Three people died and 11 became ill in November at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. Tests of the hospital’s hot-water systems revealed elevated levels of the bacteria. The hospital applied high doses of chlorine and continues to test water systems. The hospital, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and CDC are investigating. A report has not been completed.
Quoted: Kapinus’ story is not unusual for young female athletes, according to Dr. Pamela Lang with UW Health. “It seems that anywhere from kind of twice as likely to even four times more likely to have ACL tears with women compared to men.”
UW Health distinguished psychologist shares four ways to bring more love into your life.
Quoted: “I think it’s a very significant advance,” said Mike Bassetti, an associate professor in the department of human oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “Up until this point, there has been no way to directly visualize the tumor and the surrounding tissue as we are treating the tumor.”
One such athlete who has remained consistent is Marsha Howard, a senior and forward on the University of Wisconsin at Madison women’s basketball team. During the anthem, when the rest of her teammates line up and stand with their hands over their hearts, Howard stays seated on the sidelines. She does not look up. She bows her head in silent prayer, protesting gun violence and racism.
The University of Wisconsin athletic board on Friday unanimously approved a budget of $159.4 million for the 2019-’20 fiscal year.
We have a liver selection meeting every Wednesday to consider which patients will get transplants. Each patient is listed by name, age, weight, diagnosis and MELD score — a number, based entirely on lab values, that predicts how bad their liver is and correlates with how likely they are to die waiting for a transplant.
Joshua Mezrich is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is author of “When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon.”
Noted: Nelson and Steele both started their journalism careers at the Daily Cardinal student newspaper at UW-Madison.
