University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: March 2022

Hilldale award for MDTP trainer Anna Huttenlocher!

Anna Huttenlocher, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, will be receiving a Hilldale Award for her contributions to teaching, research and service.  Congrats!

Microbiology teaching position at Western Illinois University

The Department of Biological Sciences at Western Illinois University in Macomb has a faculty position for a broadly trained Microbiologist/Virologist who is currently enrolled and close to finishing their Ph.D. or just completed their doctoral program. Postdoctoral scholars are also encouraged to apply. This person would be expected to teach courses such as Introductory Microbiology, …

Congrats to Charlotte Francoeur, PhD!

MDTP student Charlotte Francoeur successfully defended her dissertation, “The ecology of secondary microbial symbionts: Exploring the diversity and function of bacterial and viral associations with fungus-growing ants”.

Congrats to Madison Cox, PhD!

MDTP student Madison Cox successfully defended her dissertation, “Influencing rumen microbial communities to improve bovine milk production efficiency”.

Fellow Position at Salk Institute

The Salk Fellows Program is a path for exceptionally talented early-stage career scientists to embark on fully independent research programs as an alternative to traditional postdoctoral studies. We seek bold leaders who are passionate in exploring new frontiers in science and pursuing innovative solutions to fundamental questions in biology. Candidates or recent PhD or MD …

Post-doc position in Kawaoka lab at UW-Madison

 Research Associate (Postdoctoral) Pathobiological Sciences  Requirements: PhD required in virology, microbiology, immunology or related field. Experience with viruses (preferentially RNA viruses) along with proficiency in cell culture, molecular virology, and molecular biology techniques. Past experience with antiviral assay development desirable, but not required.  Job Duties: The Kawaoka Laboratory studies negative-strand RNA viruses including highly pathogenic …

Congrats to Chelsea Crooks, PhD!

MDTP student Chelsea Crooks successfully defended her dissertation “Defining factors that influence Zika and dengue virus pathogenic potential”

Assistant Teaching Professor at Georgetown

Description The Department of Biology at Georgetown University invites applications for a position as a Teaching Assistant Professor. We seek a science educator to actively collaborate with current faculty in the delivery and administration of our undergraduate curriculum. Teaching responsibilities will include courses for majors and non-majors in such areas as genetics, molecular biology, cellular …

Post-doc opportunity in Ulijasz lab at Loyola University

The Ulijasz lab (www.ulijaszlab.com), Loyola University Chicago Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH funded project in the area of pneumococcal molecular microbiology. Our lab researches molecular mechanisms of bacterial signal transduction/sensors in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. To accomplish this we and our …

Post-doc opportunity in Ulijasz lab at Loyola University

The Ulijasz lab (www.ulijaszlab.com) at Loyola University Chicago Department of Microbiology and Immunology is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on a recently NIH funded project in the area of molecular microbiology. Our lab researches molecular mechanisms of bacterial signal transduction/sensors in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. To accomplish this, we and …