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Undergraduate Researcher Explores How Viruses and Their Parasites Evolve Together

2026-07-31T08:13:55-05:00

Viruses evolve quickly, often finding ways to escape antiviral drugs. A new study led by WID undergraduate Shiv Muthupandiyan explores whether new antiviral therapies could evolve alongside them. The research focuses on defective interfering particles, or DIPs, mutant viral particles that act as parasites of viruses. DIPs cannot reproduce on their own, so they use a virus’s replication machinery and consume resources inside infected cells, slowing viral growth. By modeling how viruses and DIPs adapt to one another over time, the study offers a new way to think about antiviral therapies that may be better able to resist viral escape.

Undergraduate Researcher Explores How Viruses and Their Parasites Evolve Together2026-07-31T08:13:55-05:00

Wisconsin Science Festival Explores What Makes Us Human

2026-04-27T16:16:05-05:00

The Wisconsin Science Festival has officially kicked off its 2026 season with the unveiling of this year’s theme, Us. Turning the focus inward, this year’s feature explores the science of who we are, what it means to be human, and what we are capable of. Event host registration is now open, and the festival will take place October 15–25, 2025.

Wisconsin Science Festival Explores What Makes Us Human2026-04-27T16:16:05-05:00

Jo Handelsman Shared Insights on Federal Research Funding Cuts in Wisconsin

2025-02-25T15:55:10-06:00

Last Friday morning on Wisconsin Today, a program on Wisconsin Public Radio, Jo Handelsman, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), examined the potential impact of proposed federal research cuts. In this 13-minute talk, Handelsman discussed how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had been considering a directive to cap overhead costs at 15 percent, a move that could cost the University of Wisconsin–Madison at least $62 million annually. Her remarks provide valuable insight into how the Trump Administration’s plan to reduce federal funding for medical research could affect UW–Madison laboratories and the broader scientific community.

Jo Handelsman Shared Insights on Federal Research Funding Cuts in Wisconsin2025-02-25T15:55:10-06:00

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