Bactoberfest was a great success this year. The theme was “Night at the Movies” and labs dressed up as their favorite movie characters, built movie-themed booths and went trick or treating. Lots of fun! Special shout out to Mariah Riel, who created fantastic graphics for the event! Mariah, along with fellow social committee members Hailey …
MDTP student Julia Martien has successfully defended her dissertation “Physiological Responses to Changing Environmental Conditions in Zymomonas mobilis: Implications for Biofuel Production”
Biochemists like Raman study how nature functions at molecular and sub-molecular scales and in doing so observe a myriad of biological phenomena. One such phenomenon, allostery, is critical for protein function. But, what is allostery? Read more here.
MDTP student Dee Robinson successfully defended his dissertation: Natural variation in the consequences of gene overexpression across wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates.
MDTP student Elizabeth McDaniel successfully defended her dissertation: Ecology and Evolution of Enrichment Microbial Communities Performing Biological Nutrient Removal
Tiffany Harris has been awarded a Kohler Fellowship through the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Congrats, Tiffany!
Congratulations to MDTP student Aldo Arellano and MDTP trainer Kerri Coon on receiving a 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship.
MDTP trainers Karthik Anantharaman and Thea Whitman have been awarded NSF CAREER awards! Congrats!
MDTP Trainers Audrey Gasch and Mark Mandel have both received research awards from UW’s Research Forward initiative. Congrats!
Mengyao Niu, MDTP alumna, has been selected as a 2021 Schmidt Science Fellow. Congrats!