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"Genetic Symphonies: The Building Hox of Life", the #interactive exhibit created by graduate students Sharon Tang and Katharine Hubert was highlighted in InsideUW and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery News. Read more about the exhibit and the artists behind it at wid.wisc.edu/genetic-sympho…

Genetics professor Ahna Skop (Dr. Ahna Skop, Ph.D.) and collaborators suggest midbody remnants may promote #cancer spread

Perla's advice to #UWTransfers: Take advantage of resources around campus and if you need help, ask for it. UW Madison Genetics

A team of researchers, including UW Madison Genetics John Pool, analyzed DNA from 200-year-old fruit fly museum specimens. Comparing old and modern DNA helps map the fruit fly's genetic course to new lands. Learn more at news.wisc.edu/200-year-old-d….

The Skop lab in UW Madison Genetics and collaborators recently discovered that a remnant of cell division could be responsible for spreading cancer. Learn more at news.wisc.edu/remnant-of-cel…. Dr. Ahna Skop, Ph.D.

Looking for some weekend reading? 📖 Check out our description of a novel yeast species isolated from soil, Pichia galeolata sp. nov. @DOpulente Quinn Langdon @maxabhaase Marizeth Groenewald Out now in @Yeast_Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ye…

Be sure to check out this new publication in PLOS Biology describing an interesting link between cell-type specific regulation and carbon metabolism led by PhD student John Crandall (UW Madison Genetics) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Happy #BiGxWeek! My name is Sierra and I’m a PhD Candidate in the UW Madison Genetics program. I study pre-mRNA splicing inhibition via small molecules in yeast.

Odette Herrand, research specialist in UW Madison Genetics's Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, is breaking down complex questions with the simple, yet powerful fruit fly. Learn more at morgridge.org/story/rising-s…. Morgridge Institute

A recent study by the Drummond-Barbosa Lab, run by UW Madison Genetics's professor and Morgridge Institute investigator Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, question the notion that obesity is a leading cause of infertility. Read more about their findings: morgridge.org/story/developm…

With 2 million animal species at risk of extinction, forward-thinking UW–Madison researchers are preparing to biobank DNA now before populations start crashing. onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/beyond-jurassi…

Join us on Wednesday for "Reckoning with our history: eugenics in Wisconsin", a talk by Kacie Lucchini Butcher, public historian and director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History.

Congratulations to Dr. Dudley Lamming (Lamming Lab) on being named the next Department of Medicine Vice Chair for Biomedical Research! Learn more: ow.ly/YzLt50QThEZ

Congratulations to the UW Madison Genetics UW–Madison CALS researchers awarded patents in February: Christopher Hittinger HittingerLab, David Peris Navarro & William Alexander! Tell us your idea: warf.org/disclose See the patent: warf.org/wp-content/upl…

The big Y1000+ Project manuscript is finally published in Science magazine! Years of work with RokasLab, @DOpulente, The Lab LaBella, Marizeth Groenewald, the late Clete Kurtzman, and many others: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

UW Madison Genetics professor Chris Hittinger leads a landmark study on #evolution, offering a possible answer to one of the oldest questions about evolution: why some species are generalists and others specialists. news.wisc.edu/these-jacks-of…

Congrats to Prof. Aki Ikeda (Medical Genetics), our latest recipient of the MERI Grant Summit Program (GSP) Award! GSP awards were designed to facilitate successful resubmissions of federal grant applications. Learn more about the GSP here: vision.wisc.edu/funding_opport… UW Madison Genetics

Congratulations to our amazing Annie Anderson who won a UW–Madison CALS academic staff excellence award

Congrats to Brunkard Lab for winning the UW–Madison CALS Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award!

Does infertility stem from too much weight or too much sugar? New UW Madison Genetics research involving fruit flies questions assumptions about obesity as the leading cause of fertility problems. Learn more in the #Summer2024Grow story: grow.cals.wisc.edu/priority-theme… @GrowMagazineUW