UW-Madison research published this week reveals how one mutation causes fragile X, the most common inherited intellectual disability. “Fragile X syndrome has been studied as a model of intellectual disability because in theory it’s comparatively …
Month: February 2019
HungTae Kim Awarded NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
HungTae Kim, 5th year Graduate Student in the MCP Program was recently awarded an NRSA F31 Fellowship from NIH! HungTae is conducting research in the Davis Lab in the Department of Medicine, Endocrinology.
Dr. Tim Bugni Collaboration with Dr. Currie on New Source of Antibiotics
UW-Madison Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic from a Brazilian fungus-farming ant, naming it cyphomycin. Cyphomycin was effective in lab tests against fungi resistant to most other antibiotics and combatted fungal infections without causing toxic …