Join UW–Madison’s David Drake and Carroll University’s Mindy Waite to explore the relationship between humans and animals, both wild and domestic. How retrofitting animals into the human world has enabled new insights into behavior, adaptation, and the possibilities for living together.

Our director @johandelsman.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com essayist @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about the value of basic research and its relation to the #NobelPrize.

We congratulate Chandrani Kumari from the @sroyyors.bsky.social Lab for her first place poster at the 2025 UW–Madison postdoctoral symposium.

Shaoqin "Sarah" Gong creates novel biomaterials and nanomaterials, bridging engineering with materials science, chemistry and the life sciences. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social‬ @widofficial.bsky.social‬ https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/gong/

Why work with WARF? "It is extremely challenging to be a professor and work to translate technology from your laboratory to the commercial sector. WARF has drastically facilitated this process," says Randolph Ashton, CEO and co-founder of Neurosetta. #WisconsinInnovates

Congratulations to WID faculty member Rupa Sridharan on earning an H.I. Romnes award.

Congratulations to WID Discovery Fellow, Tim Kamp on his WARF named professorship.

Congrats to Giulia Scimonelli from the @sahakris.bsky.social Lab. The research award, funded by grants from Brittingham Wisconsin Trust, Knapp Bequest, and UW Division for Teaching and Learning, allows her to study T Cell Phenotype Enrichment Through mRNA Delivery for Enhanced CAR-T Manufacturing.

Congratulations to WID: undergraduate researchers, Tianyi Xu, Solís-Lemus Lab; and Nolan You, Yin Lab for recently being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. We acknowledge your hard work in your labs and contribution to our institute.

CLS stormed Capitol Hill Thursday, delivering our message of the terrible consequences from abrupt terminations of grants. www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on... @needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social

My department did a story about a new optimization course I’ve been working on- Something between “Intro modeling” and “Nuts and bolts of methods/theory” that I felt was missing engineering.wisc.edu/news/new-adv...

Final WID Seminar of the semester! Join us on April 29 at 1pm for Schloss Lab presenting Perceptual semantics for visual and haptic communication. More info at wid.wisc.edu/all-events/w...

Please share the letter from the Coalition for the Life Sciences re termination of ongoing NIH grants. It's a breach trust betw researchers and govt, bad for trainees, potentially fatal for patients in clinical trials, and diminishes the US science. www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...

THIS FRIDAY! Featuring Christopher Taylor on piano.

Join us on April 22nd! We are part of the Earthfest Celebration!

Welcome back home @wildtypemc.bsky.social! We are beyond excited for the reunification! 🧪🏒🥅🧀

Now would be a great time to reserve your seat for our final SoundWaves of the season taking place at the beautiful Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall (740 University Avenue) on April 11th at 7:30pm. Invite your friends and make a night of it! go.wisc.edu/soundwaves

You will not want to miss this. Shruthi Magesh is brilliant.

Proud to have you represent!

Congratulations to Claudia Solís-Lemus! The Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award recognizes one University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member and one academic staff member for excellence in engaging the public with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) research.

Mark your calendars! The @johandelsman.bsky.social lab presents Finding simplicity in complex systems: Signaling in a model #microbial community on March 18 at 1pm. If you can't make it to the seminar in person, please join us at the link in the QR code. Either way, see you there!

TONIGHT!

As a former Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, our director Jo Handelsman has first-hand knowledge of the damage these cuts would inflict.

You won't want to miss the final installment of our Crossroads of Ideas: Microbiome Mini-series on 3/4, 7pm in the Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum. Dr. Richard Davidson and @johandelsman.bsky.social discuss their inspirational research on the gut-brain superhighway. go.wisc.edu/crossroads-o...

Congratulatesions to Rupa Sridharan on her promotion to full professor.

THIS MORNING AT 9:00! Listen to @johandelsman.bsky.social speak on Wisconsin Today about the struggle with scientific funding and the ripple effect it will have on everyday Americans. www.wpr.org/shows/wiscon...

InsideWis: NIH-funded research produces cures, treatments and jobs, even if it takes time - Wisconsin Technology Council wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/insidewis-ni...

Our director @johandelsman.bsky.social weighs in with a guest column in Wisconsin Technology Council news.

For #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience we highlighted some of our outstanding colleagues by celebrating the children they were and the accomplished scientists they have become. Read the alt tags for some fun facts. Enjoy! 2/2

For #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience we highlighted some of our outstanding colleagues by celebrating the children they were and the accomplished scientists they have become. Read the alt tags for some fun facts. Enjoy! 1/2

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so I'll mention that the discipline of metagenomics was founded in large part by brilliant women including Claire Fraser, Jill Banfield, and Jo Handelsman.

What can archeology tell us about the development of our forebears? How can we develop better conditions for dairy animals? How do babies develop language? How do computer scientists develop operating systems? How did Franz Schubert master musical development in Death and the Maiden? Join us 2/21!

Mark your calendars! The first WID Seminar of 2025 is chock full of virtual reality from the Ponto Group. Speaking of virtual, if you can't make it to the seminar in person, please join us at the link in the QR code. Either way, see you there!

With warm wishes for a happy holiday season and a year full of discovery!

Congratulations to WID PIs Krishanu Saha and Kevin Ponto on their well deserved promotions to full professor.

Join us in person or online for the next WID Seminar, Tuesday, Nov 26 from 1-2:15 in the Orchard View Room, Discovery Building, UW–Madison. Alex Xie from the Gong Lab will present Multifuncional Nanomedicines for Various Biomedical Applications. Streaming option at uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96326864622.

Interested to pursue graduate studies at the interface of machine learning, statistics, computation and biomedical problems? Apply to the Biomedical Data Science PhD/MS program at UW Madison. Deadline Dec 15th biostat.wiscweb.wisc.edu/education/pr...