Beyond genetics: Ideas from a flowering plant
Xuehua Zhong, Assistant Professor in WID’s Epigenetics Theme studies the epigenetic connections mammals share with plants.
Featured Science
Stories about discoveries, advancements, and forward-thinking ideas from WID’s research areas, hubs, and key collaborators.
CSI: Discovery
An emerging collaboration between the Living Environments Lab at WID and the Dane County Sheriff’s office is bringing crime scene investigation into the 21st century with 3D scanning technology.
Discovery Fellow Aims to Predict Healthcare Outcomes
David Page tackles relational databases and algorithms to predict and improve patient health.
Microbial Diversity: Waging War for Coexistence
Kalin Vetsigian’s paper published today in Nature sheds light on how antibiotic production and degradation contribute to diversity in microbial communities.
Cracking the (Zip)code of Neural Cells
Published today in Stem Cell Reports, researchers led by Randolph Ashton and Ethan Lippmann present a unifying protocol to create neural stem cells from diverse regions of the hindbrain and spinal cord.
With New Tools, Researchers Aim to Broaden Understanding of Toxins’ Effect on the Body
Through an Environmental Protection Agency initiative, WID researchers are playing a key role in learning how toxins impact human health and the environment.
UW-Madison Researchers Sift and Winnow Data Faster with Advanced Computing Initiative
The Advanced Computing Initiative (ACI) links researchers and computing resources to maximize productivity.
Flipping the Switch on Pluripotent Stem Cells
Rupa Sridharan, Assistant Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery explains how she increased reprogramming efficiency to get pluripotent stem cells.
UW–Madison and Department of Public Instruction Partnership Builds Creative Tech in Wisconsin Classrooms
New Field Day Lab, based in Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, teams with Department of Public Instruction to bring apps, games and context to K-12 education.
New Theory Suggests Alternate Path Led to Rise of the Eukaryotic Cell
A bold new idea of how the eukaryotic cell and, by extension, all complex life came to be is giving scientists an opportunity to reexamine some of biology’s key dogma.
Researchers Search for New Ways to Balance Big Data and Privacy
How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.
Beautiful Data: Cell Biology Yields Microcosms of Art
Peering through lenses, researchers are finding award-winning fluorescent landscapes, artful strokes, and a multitude of cell shapes and signals.
Students Power Up in Classroom with Biofuels Video Game
Students wrestle with the sustainability challenges of making real-world decisions about biofuel agriculture while playing an educational video game developed by WID researchers.
Optimizing the World, One Problem at a Time
What if a computer program could take a problem you’re trying to solve and send back the most efficient solution?
Spreading the Benefits of Stem Cell Advances
Researchers are working on ways to standardize how stem cells are harnessed to advance therapies and study disease.
Harvesting the Power of Big Data in Agriculture
Harvesting data and harvesting crops? There’s an app for that.
WID and New York Hall of Science Team Collects Museum Data to Drive Learning and Collaboration Research
WID and the New York Hall of Science team up to collect data on learning and games.
Growing Epigenetics Community Gives “Nurture” Deepened Meaning
At the first Midwest Chromatin and Epigenetics Meeting, WID researchers and scientists around the country are giving new meaning to the “Nature versus Nurture” debate.
WID Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award to Improve the Genetic Engineering of Stem Cells
Kris Saha has received the NSF CAREER Award for developing methods to more easily produce stem cells to model human disease.
National Computing Collaboration: WID and UW Expand Advanced Computing in Research
Learn about WID and UW–Madison’s role in a national effort to enhance research computing.
WID Collaboration Visualizes Neutrino Data in 3D
To better understand the cosmos, WID and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center researchers are examining activity at the world’s largest neutrino detector in the Institute’s immersive virtual reality environment.
WID Stem Cell Advance Yields Mature Heart Muscle Cells
WID and UW-Madison researchers are finding ways to program stem cells to behave more like heart muscle cells.
WID and UW-Madison Partner in National Effort to Retool U.S. Manufacturing
WID and UW-Madison are national partners for the newly formed Digital Lab for Manufacturing, a White House initiative to develop digital tools to enhance manufactured products, from conception to production.
“Greener” Aerogel Technology Holds Potential for Oil and Chemical Clean-Up
A WID team examines greener materials to offer a cheaper and more sustainable way to absorb oil from water.
Mining the Mind: High Throughput Computing and the Future of Brain Research
WID and Morgridge Institute for Research’s high throughput computing allows scientists to look at brain data in new ways.