Wednesday Nite @ the Lab
[email protected] runs every Wednesday night, 50 times a year, and the topics cover the full range of science, engineering and technology research at UW-Madison, from astronomy to zoology, and from bioethics to biomedical engineering.
Gut Microbes and Circadian Rhythms
Vanessa Leone explains the health effects of microorganisms in our body.
Gut Microbes and Circadian Rhythms
Salt in Wisconsin's Freshwaters
Hilary Dugan explores the salinization of freshwaters and how to stop this trend.
Salt in Wisconsin's Freshwaters
Working in the Field of Prosthetics
Amy Paulios shares stories of restoring mobility to those who experience limb loss.
Working in the Field of Prosthetics
Wisconsin's Land Use Planning Law Landmarks
Brian Ohm recounts Wisconsin's first-in-the-nation land use innovations.
Wisconsin's Land Use Planning Law Landmarks
Hello! Loom: Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Marianne Fairbanks shares the handheld laser cut loom she designed.
Hello! Loom: Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Tamara Thomsen and Caitlin Zant introduce the newly-designated marine sanctuary.
Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Raising Up Fatherhood, Raising Resilient Children
Alvin Thomas describes his lab's research in father-child relationships.
Raising Up Fatherhood, Raising Resilient Children
The Lake Mendota Dugout Canoe Discovery
Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologists describe the recovery of an ancient canoe.
The Lake Mendota Dugout Canoe Discovery
Designing for Inclusion and Equity in the City
Edna Ely-Ledesma describes significant challenges faced by 21st century cities.
Designing for Inclusion and Equity in the City
Grassland 2.0: Restoring Grassland Agriculture
Randy Jackson explains the benefits of grassland-based livestock production.
Grassland 2.0: Restoring Grassland Agriculture
Are Algal Blooms in Lakes Really Getting Worse?
Grace Wilkinson explores the surprising findings from lake algae research.
Are Algal Blooms in Lakes Really Getting Worse?
Psychedelics and Mental Health
Cody Wenthur describes how psychedelic drugs may be used to treat mental health disorders.
Psychedelics and Mental Health
Birds as Sentinels of Climate Change
Benjamin Zuckerberg explains how birds are affected by rising temperatures and drought.
Birds as Sentinels of Climate Change
Youth Well-Being Through Arts and Public Health
Taylor Seale discusses how participation in the arts creates resiliency in young people.
Youth Well-Being Through Arts and Public Health
Access to Justice in Family Court
Tonya Brito discusses child support legislation and the child support debt bubble.
Access to Justice in Family Court
Transforming Milwaukee's Menomonee River Valley
Corey Zetts explores the economic and ecological conversion of the Menomonee River valley.
Transforming Milwaukee's Menomonee River Valley
Adapting to a Changing Great Lakes Coast
Adam Bechle discusses fluctuations in water levels and the resulting effect on coastlines.
Adapting to a Changing Great Lakes Coast
Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember
Haley Vlach explains how allowing time to forget between learning and recall aids memory.
Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember
Alzheimer's Disease in Latinos
Maria Mora Pinzon explores issues in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in Latino communities.
Alzheimer's Disease in Latinos
Sustainable Commercial Fisheries in the Great Lakes
Titus Seilheimer, explores the fish populations and fishing operations in the Great Lakes.
Sustainable Commercial Fisheries in the Great Lakes
Social and Ecological Factors that Influence Health
Eva Vivian identifies socio-economic and environmental elements that impact health.
Social and Ecological Factors that Influence Health
The Importance of Rural Medical Training
Laura McDowell focuses on the shortage of physicians in rural areas.
The Importance of Rural Medical Training
Video Games for High Quality Equitable Learning
David Gagnon discusses the educational advantages of using video games as teaching tools.
Video Games for High Quality Equitable Learning
Mary Hayney discusses the development of messenger RNA vaccines and how they work.
Vaccines for COVID-19
The Water Quality of Green Bay
Julia Noordyk discusses the history of the bay, a freshwater estuary, in Green Bay.
The Water Quality of Green Bay
Meeting Wisconsinites with Parkinson Disease Where They Are
Kristen Pickett shares community-based research used to aid people with Parkinson disease.
Meeting Wisconsinites with Parkinson Disease Where They Are
Bruno Martorelli Di Genova explains the stages of the life cycle of tozoplasma gondii.
The Toxoplasma Life Cycle
The Roles and Risks of Cannabinoid Pharmacology
Natalie Schmitz explains how cannabinoids work and discusses their risks and benefits.
The Roles and Risks of Cannabinoid Pharmacology
Electric Machines: Then, Now and the Future
Daniel Ludois discusses the history of electric machines, current uses and future needs.
Electric Machines: Then, Now and the Future
Exploring Three Great Lakes Shipwrecks with ROVs
Caitlin Zant shares footage of three deep water shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
Exploring Three Great Lakes Shipwrecks with ROVs
Yellowstone in a Warmer World With More Fire
Monica Turner discusses how climate warming effects the severity of fires at Yellowstone.
Yellowstone in a Warmer World With More Fire
Stephanie Jones focuses on the importance of sleep for children’s development.
Sleep in Child Development
Gregory Nemet discusses the widespread use of solar energy and the history of its success.
How Solar Energy Became Cheap
Big Data, Small Rivers, by Canoe
David Hart discusses using models of Wisconsin water resources for making decisions.
Big Data, Small Rivers, by Canoe
How Do Micro-Organisms Evolve to Become Pathogens?
Caitlin Pepperell discusses Staphylococcus saprophyticus which infects humans and animals.
How Do Micro-Organisms Evolve to Become Pathogens?
Insights in Pediatric Food Allergies
Anne Marie Singh discusses the prevalence of food allergies in children.
Insights in Pediatric Food Allergies
Apollo 11, Life Sciences Research and Mars
Jaime Cordova discusses the moon landing and shares results of the biological research.
Apollo 11, Life Sciences Research and Mars
What's up with All These Storms and Floods?
Daniel Wright discusses the causes and impacts of flooding.
What's up with All These Storms and Floods?
School Safety in America: Rhetoric vs. Reality
David P. Perrodin examines how K-12 schools provide a safe learning environment.
School Safety in America: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Seeing and Not Seeing: Investigating Visual Awareness
Emily Ward focuses on how aware we are of what we see.
Seeing and Not Seeing: Investigating Visual Awareness
Illuminating Better Cancer Treatments with Light
Peter Favreau discusses the use of Optical Microscopy to individualize cancer treatments.
Illuminating Better Cancer Treatments with Light
Reconstructing the Roman Religion of Mithras
Matthew McCarty explores the cult worship of the ancient Persian god Mithras.
Reconstructing the Roman Religion of Mithras
Light Microscopy Across the Disciplines
Elle Kielar Grevstad discusses the evolution and uses of microscopes and light microscopy.
Light Microscopy Across the Disciplines
Fueling Academic Entrepreneurship
Thomas 'Rock' Mackie highlights the work of entrepreneurial UW faculty.
Fueling Academic Entrepreneurship
The Big Picture: Astronomical Surveys
Ellen Bechtol and Keith Bechtol discuss creating a survey of the stars and the universe.
The Big Picture: Astronomical Surveys
Is the World's Oldest Map a Map?
Matthew Edney challenges the interpretations of a Neolithic era mural in Turkey.
Is the World's Oldest Map a Map?
Precambrian Geology of the Baraboo Hills
Esther Stewart provides an overview of the quartzite outcrops in the Baraboo Hills.
Precambrian Geology of the Baraboo Hills
Steenbock and the Patenting of University Science
Kevin Walters shares the story of Dr. Harry Steenbock, Vitamin D, and WARF.
Steenbock and the Patenting of University Science
Discovering the Origins of Asthma
Robert F. Lemanske explains how allergies develop in young children.