University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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 simple,” says senior author Xinyu Zhao, a professor of neuroscience in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. …
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.
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 side effects in a mouse model. School of Pharmacy Professor and MCP Trainer, Dr. Tim Bugni collaborated with Dr. Cameron …