News & Awards
Genetics Professor Ahna Skop receives CALS Equity and Diversity Award and Genetics Instructional Faculty Associate Kit Tilmann receives the Atwood Teaching Award
UW-Madison Genetics is hiring!
The Department of Genetics in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a Genetics Lecturer to help develop and teach undergraduate courses and advise undergraduate majors in Genetics.
Ribosomes Meet Epigenetics
Genetics researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison find Multifunctional Plant Enzymes Promote Protein Production
Chris Hittinger named to Midwest Energy News’ “40 Under 40”
“With the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Hittinger leads research on bio-designing yeast to improve the economics of sustainably produced biofuels. By developing and deploying genetic tools, Hittinger engineers yeast strains that more efficiently convert …
Graduate Student Chin Jiang (CJ) Yang wins Schlimgen Award
In memory of their daughter, Katie Schlimgen (PhD, 1991) the Schlimgen family established an award for an outstanding Genetics graduate student. This award was presented during the last summer student colloquium presentation. The award consists …
Reflective art installation displays beauty, intrigue of genetics
The Laboratory Of Genetics Is Hiring!
Laboratory of Genetics is hiring! We have two Assistant Professor, tenure-track positions open and we are accepting applications now. One is in Genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and one is in …
Xuehua Zhong receives NIH’s outstanding Investigator Award via Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) mechanism
This five-year MIRA grant provides support for new and ambitious research programs in an investigator’s laboratory rather than individual projects. It aims to provide investigators with greater stability and flexibility, and thus enhancing scientific productivity …