Wisconsin Engineer Magazine
By: Kristy Wendt New Madison-based biotech platform company Immuto Scientific demystifies protein structure for dynamic “undruggable” proteins. Proteins constantly shapeshift in living beings, wiggling and transforming their three-dimensional shape to adapt to the body’s ever-changing flow of chemical and environmental cues. This flexibility is essential for the day-to-day functions of proteins that recognize and bind […]
Mechanical Engineering Associate Professors Corinne Henak and Melih Eritan developed a portable device patented by WARF that tests the failure threshold of soft materials, helps design medical devices, and diagnoses tissue damage. Sound moves through the air as undulating waves of pressure, which sensory receptors on the tiny stereocilia hairs in our ear convert into […]
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Xudong Wang is improving the electrical efficiency and biocompatibility of batteries and implantable electrostimulation devices for tissue repair. When light hits the nacre of an oyster’s inner shell, variations in thickness create shimmering interference patterns, resulting in the lustrous glow of mother-of-pearl. Nacre is composed of thin, microscopic layers of […]