Stories
Beyond genetics: Ideas from a flowering plant
Xuehua Zhong, Assistant Professor in WID's Epigenetics Theme studies the epigenetic connections mammals share with plants.
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.
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.
The Natural Order and Divine Law of Optimization
Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article "A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute".
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