UW Madison Genetics

Does infertility stem from too much weight or too much sugar? New @uwgenetics 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

Congrats to @BrunkardLab for winning the @UWMadisonCALS Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award!

Congratulations to our amazing Annie Anderson who won a @UWMadisonCALS academic staff excellence award

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… @uwgenetics

@uwgenetics 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…

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

Congratulations to the @uwgenetics @UWMadisonCALS 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…

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

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

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

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

Odette Herrand, research specialist in @uwgenetics'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_Inst

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

The Skop lab in @uwgenetics 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…. @foodskop

Be sure to check out this new publication in @PLOSBiology describing an interesting link between cell-type specific regulation and carbon metabolism led by PhD student John Crandall (@uwgenetics) #sec010" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Looking for some weekend reading? 📖 Check out our description of a novel yeast species isolated from soil, Pichia galeolata sp. nov. @DOpulente @QuinnLangdon @maxabhaase @MarizethGroene1 Out now in @Yeast_Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ye…

A team of researchers, including @uwgenetics 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….

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

Genetics professor Ahna Skop (@foodskop) and collaborators suggest midbody remnants may promote #cancer spread

"Genetic Symphonies: The Building Hox of Life", the #interactive exhibit created by graduate students @TangingAround and @cripple_vs_stem was highlighted in InsideUW and @WIDiscovery News. Read more about the exhibit and the artists behind it at wid.wisc.edu/genetic-sympho…