New Tower. Though it will be hidden from view when the building is complete, the infrastructure needed to support our new labs, lecture rooms, and classrooms is incredibly complex. Ventilation ductwork and controls; piping for …
Year: 2020
Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis
By Eric Hamilton ,University Communications Original story posted here. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart …
Department of Chemistry has two classes in top ten for summer enrollment
Count down the top Summer Term courses Originally posted on August 3, 2020 here. Hard to believe, but Summer Term 2020 is almost in the books. It was an unprecedented summer, but about 10,900 students …
Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart disease to reveal details that were previously inaccessible.
Research Core Revitalization Program funds upgrades to shared resources on campus, includes chemistry
July 21, 2020 By Natasha Kassulke First published here. The Research Core Revitalization Program has funded 17 projects that will strengthen campus research core capacities by supporting the upgrade, replacement or duplication of heavily used shared research …
Limited access areas announced
Continue to stay out of 1st floor Mathews, which will be under construction for another two weeks. The corridor is filled with heavy construction materials and is a dangerous area. Access to liquid nitrogen via …
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 07/27/2020
Fire Protection. Fire protection work is going on in both Shain and Mathews first floors this week. Because of the work in Shain, the main entrance to Shain tower is closed all this week. Please enter …
Liquid nitrogen / solvent storage / gas cylinders – CHANGE IN ACCESS
Access to the liquid nitrogen fill room (1245), solvent storage room (1237A), and gas cylinders (1237B) will be altered during the coming weeks because of construction activity. July 27-31 First floor …
Grad Spotlight: Princess Merenini
Princess Merenini, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, was one of the 2019 Pei Wang Fellowship award recipients. The Pei Wang Fellowship honors the late Pei Wang (Ph.D. 1952, chemistry) by gifting this award to honorable graduate students at UW–Madison. Merenini is an international student from Nigeria. She moved to the United States in 2016 to pursue her undergraduate education at Savannah State University (SSU). Growing up in Nigeria, Merenini was taught that there were only four “prestigious” career paths: medicine, law, engineering and pharmacy.
Shain Tower entrance closed July 22-31
Reminder that the main entrance to Shain tower will be closed tomorrow, Wed July 22, through Fri July 31, for installation of the new fire alarm system throughout the first floor of the Shain wing. Please enter the chemistry complex at …