Thirteen University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including MDTP trainer David Andes and incoming MMI chair Vanessa Sperandio!
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New book out by MDTP trainer Jo Handelsman!
Jo Handelsman, professor of plant pathology, is the author of the recently published book “A World Without Soil: The Past, Present and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath our Feet.”
Congrats to Alicia Truchon, PhD!
MDTP student Alicia Truchon successfully defended her dissertation “From surviving to thriving: How Ralstonia solanacearum mitigates oxidative stress in plant xylem and moves through tubers to new hosts”
Congrats to Katie Amato, PhD!
MDTP student Katie Amato successfully defended her dissertation “Quantifying influenza virus infection dynamics via molecular barcoding”.
MDTP grad Julia Martien to be flag-bearer at winter commencement!
MDTP graduate Julia Martien will be the flag bearer for the Graduate School at the Winter 2021 Commencement ceremony.
New faculty profile with David Hershey!
David Hershey is a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Bacteriology.
MDTP Trainers Ophelia Venturelli and Daniel Amador-Noguez advance personalized microbiome therapies
An R21 from the National Institutes of Health will help assistant professor Ophelia Venturelli and her co-investigator Daniel Amador-Noguez, an associate professor of bacteriology, tease apart the microbial interactions and metabolites impacting C. difficile growth. F
Congrats to MDTP student Ziyun Ye!
Ziyun Ye has received the Fall 2021 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award!
New faculty profile with Erica Majumder!
MDTP Trainer Erica Majumder joined the UW–Madison faculty in January 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Bacteriology.
MDTP Trainer Betül Kaçar receives Stanley Miller Early Career Award from ISSOL
Congrats to Betül Kaçar for the Stanley Miller Early Career Award from ISSOL!