For the love of the riddle: Industrial engineer’s foundational math makes way for optimal solutions
Del Pia specializes in mixed-integer linear and quadratic programming, as well as binary polynomial optimization.
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Regenerative Landscapes: Exploring Wisconsin’s Ecosystems Through Art
Artists Sonya Sankaran and Richie Morales merge their unique styles to creatively highlight regenerative agriculture in the latest Science to Street Art mural at State Line Distillery.
UW-Madison unveils strategic vision to boost entrepreneurship
Newly appointed special advisor for the entrepreneurial initiative, Jon Eckhardt, will lead efforts to align key stakeholders and explore structures to support the design of a formal campus entrepreneurship platform.
New Insights Into Self-replicating Molecules
New research from the David Baum Lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery sheds light on how autocatalysis, a key process, played a role in the origins and evolution of life on Earth. The study introduces a new mathematical tool that makes it easier to identify Minimal Autocatalytic Sets (MASs) in Chemical Reaction Networks (CRNs), representing a big step forward in understanding this complex process.
Chance leads to breakthrough for UW researchers in fight against cancer
Dr. Krishanu Saha and Dr. Dan Cappabianca are featured on a news clip on Channel3000.
Postdoc Highlight: Combining computation and gene therapy for Alzheimer’s treatments
Postdoc Highlight: Kirstan Gimse has taken her passion for investigating neurodegenerative diseases and pushed it into a new area by working as a Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP) Postdoctoral trainee with Drs. Sushmita Roy and Krishanu Saha.
Unconventional paths and microbial communities
Unconventional paths and microbial communities - postdoc highlight of Margaret Thairu. “The overall goal of my current projects is to better understand microbial community function.”
Serendipity reveals new method to fight cancer with T cells
Cells treated with “metabolic priming” retained their stem cell-like qualities, thus enhancing their ability to kill cancer cells, transform into durable memory cells, and survive longer in the body.
Researchers Develop Advanced Gene Editing Techniques to Boost T Cells in Cancer Treatment
A new study from the Krishanu Saha lab suggests using CRISPR technology to optimize natural immune responses by bioengineering and remodeling T cells. Using a multiplexing technique, the team addresses key challenges in current cancer therapies that could significantly improve treatment outcomes. “We have developed a new way to engineer immune cells to fight cancer more safely and effectively. Think of it as reprogramming the body’s own soldiers (T cells) to recognize and attack cancer cells,” says Cappabianca.
Sticking to Success: Unveiling the Surface-Adhesion Superpowers of Bacteria
Scientists at WID, University of Wisconsin–Madison, find that ‘stickiness’ helps some soil microbes thrive by aiding surface colonization. What makes them sticky?
New Downtown Mural Celebrates World Beneath Our Feet
WID’s Science to Street Art proudly announces the completion of a vibrant new mural in downtown Madison. Wisconsin artist Kiba Freeman, designed and painted the science art fusion mural entitled “Carbon Cycle.” The mural is available for all to see on 318 West Gorham Street, Madison WI.
Where Electronics and Biology Merge: Eleboeba E. May Receives NSF SemiSynBio-III Award
May’s work will focus on developing computer models of electrical and cellular interactions to establish metrics for efficient data flow through these systems.
Computational Tools Unlock Evolutionary Complexity
Innovations from associate professor of biostatistics and medical informatics Sushmita Roy can help scientists to better understand evolutionary processes, especially across multiple species and complex gene regulatory networks.