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UW-Madison is one of the largest bioscience research institutions in the nation, ranking in the top 20 of all research programs worldwide for NIH funded biomedical research. It is a leader in stem cell research and in the top 10 for bioscience research in the nation. The biosciences at UW-Madison include approximately 800 faculty and 2,000 graduate students and span more than 60 different departments and research centers and UW-Madison. It is one of the few institutions in the world to have individual departments in biochemistry, bioinformatics, bioengineering, genetics and proteomics.



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Jon Audhya, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry

Ph.D. (2002) Univerisity of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Research: Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Research

Address: 471A Medical Sciences Center
Telephone: 262-3761
Email: audhya@wisc.edu

Research Fields: Cell Structure and Signaling
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Mark Burkard, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Public Health)

Ph.D. University of Rochester, NY
Postdoctoral Research: New York Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Address: 6059 WIMR
Telephone: 262-2803
Email: mburkard@wisc.edu

Research Fields: Chemical Genetics
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David Pagliarini, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Ph.D. (2002) Univerisity of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Research: Harvard University

Address: 441B Biochemistry Addition
Telephone: 890-3254
Email: pagliarini@wisc.edu

Research Fields: Gene Expression and RNA Biology
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Luigi Puglielli, Associate Professor of Medicine

MD, Ph.D. (1993) Catholic University of Rome (Italy)
Postdoctoral Research: Catholic University of Chile (Santiago), Boston University

Address: D4246 VAH
Telephone: 256-1901 ext. 11569
Email: lp1@medicine.wisc.edu

Research Fields: Molecular ageing of the brain; Alzheimer's disease
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Alessandro Senes, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

B.S. University of Sassari, Italy
Ph.D. Yale University

Address: 415C Biochemistry Addition
Telephone: 890-2584 Lab: 262-7355
Email: senes@wisc.edu

Research Fields: Computational Biology
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Ahna Skop, Assistant Professor of Genetics

Ph.D. (2000) Univerisity of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoctoral Research: HHMI, UC-Berkeley 2000-2004

Address: 2426 Genetics/Biotech
Telephone: 262-1593
Email: skop@wisc.edu

Research Fields: C. elegans, genomics, molecular genetics
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Jyoti Watters, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine

Ph.D. (1997) Univerisity of Washington, Seattle
Postdoctoral Research: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Address: 4470 Comparative Biosciences
Telephone: 262-1016
Email: jjwatters@wisc.edu

Research Fields: Cell activation, function and signaling
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