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News
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TA Applications Open; positions in Department of Biology, Biocore
The Department of Biology The Department of Biology is accepting TA applications via this online form. Deadline: Sunday November 1, 2026. Please contact Nazan Gillie with questions, atilla@wisc.edu. Biocore Biocore is accepting spring semester TA applications! We…
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Neurobiology Alumnus named Fulbright Scholar
Theju Vembakkam, who graduated with a BS in Neurobiology in 2023, is one of 16 Badgers selected as ’26-’27 Fulbright Scholars. The grant will allow Vembakkam to pursue research on antimicrobial resistance…
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Botany Grad Student talks mentorship in Science Careers
To help readers at all career stages become the supportive mentors and supervisors they aspire to be, Science Careers asked researchers, including Botany Graduate Student Joseph Walston, to share the lessons they’ve learned on…
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Molecular “bypasses” improve grass plants’s synthesis of lignin and starch, laying the early groundwork for evolutionary success
Words: Elise Mahon | Photos: Sarah Friedrich One hundred million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, like wheat, rice and maize generated “bypasses” of chemical pathways that are used…



