UW Madison Genetics
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The Department of Genetics was established in the College of Agriculture here in 1910, the first of its kind in the U.S.
Madison
Joined June 2009
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: https://t.co/FnpfQ5Ydk2
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Congratulations to our amazing Annie Anderson who won a @UWMadisonCALS academic staff excellence award
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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: https://t.co/j65HLPHchr
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@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. https://t.co/IcBW0bm8a3
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Researchers mapped the genetic blueprints, appetites, and environments of more than 1,000 species of yeasts, building a family tree that illuminates how these single-celled fungi evolved over the...
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: https://t.co/8sxXRv6u8A
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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: https://t.co/8sxXRv6u8A
science.org
Organisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow (specialists) to very broad (generalists). Two general paradigms have been proposed to explain this variation: (i)...
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Congratulations to the @uwgenetics @UWMadisonCALS researchers awarded patents in February: Christopher Hittinger @HittingerLab, David Peris Navarro & William Alexander! Tell us your idea: https://t.co/dTO5qi12IN See the patent: https://t.co/dnyNzNgUcu
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With 2 million animal species at risk of extinction, forward-thinking @UWMadison researchers are preparing to biobank DNA now before populations start crashing. https://t.co/Y058iVOxJz
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com
UW researchers preserve animal DNA for species that face extinction.
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Congratulations to Dr. Dudley Lamming (@LammingLab) on being named the next Department of Medicine Vice Chair for Biomedical Research! Learn more: https://t.co/OvXwTGZl56
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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.
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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: https://t.co/v27RSebAYN
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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 https://t.co/3tuUxCS1HP.
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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.
Hello everyone and welcome to #BIGxWeek 2023! We're getting things started today with a Roll Call. Go ahead and introduce yourself using the hashtag #blackingeneticsrollcall!
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The Skop lab in @uwgenetics and collaborators recently discovered that a remnant of cell division could be responsible for spreading cancer. Learn more at https://t.co/zg3w2D31ym.
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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) https://t.co/MGGkmQOzCf
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Ploidy is a fundamental trait of all organisms, but it varies within and between fungal species. This study reveals how strong conditional selection on a metabolic trait can lead to ploidy and cell...
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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
https://t.co/RNXsfNIDUY
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The discovery, formal description, and taxogenomic analysis of a novel species of Pichia revealed correlations between genome content and traditional physiological assays.
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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 https://t.co/qhNqLF6vkk.
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Perla's advice to #UWTransfers: Take advantage of resources around campus and if you need help, ask for it. @uwgenetics
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Genetics professor Ahna Skop (@foodskop) and collaborators suggest midbody remnants may promote #cancer spread
Once thought to be the trash can of the cell, a little bubble of cellular stuff called the midbody remnant is actually packing working genetic material with the power to change the fate of other cells — including turning them into cancer. https://t.co/BFKdfpwBkM
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"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 https://t.co/LMJ9hFaMsY
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Artists Sharon Tang and Katharine Hubert with "Genetic Symphonies: The Building Hox of Life" Photo credit: Sharon Tang In the intricate symphony of life’s development, there exists a genetic compos...
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