University of Wisconsin
State AGs Sue NIH to Block Cap on Indirect Grant Costs
In a directive issued late Friday, NIH said it would cap indirect costs for grants at a rate of 15 percent, well below the average of approximately 27 percent.
PsychENCODE Research Collection Uncovers Molecular Processes in Brain Development, Disease
A set of new studies relied on RNA sequencing, single-cell analyses, and other molecular approaches to parse out brain-related processes, providing a resource for future brain research.
Blood Cell Traits Linked to Individual Loci, Polygenic Contributors in International Studies
Two new papers have identified thousands of genetic loci with ties to more than two-dozen blood cell traits in individuals from up to five ancestry groups.
Research presented at AMIA this month demonstrated a computing method for predicting family pedigrees by mining demographic data in electronic health records.
Sequencing Studies Show How Tuberculosis Moved With Humans, Adapted to Treatments
At ASM Microbe, the University of Wisconsin's Caitlin Pepperell described her work putting Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomics into a historical context.