MDTP trainer Nancy Keller, professor in Medical Microbiology and Immunology and in Bacteriology, has received the Charles Thom award from the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Congrats, Nancy!
We are so pleased to welcome our Fall 2020 students to the program! Here they are: Jassim Al-Oboudi, Hailey Bussan, Dante Calise, Lea Cattaneo, Elise Cowley, Courtney Deblois, Mariah Dicksen, Anna Gregory, Evan Hutchison, Isabelle Ludwikoski, Kayley Manuel, Holly Nichols, Thomas Potts, Julio Rivera-Vazquez, Damayani Rodriguez-Ramos, Natalia Rosario-Melendez, Rauf Salamzade, Kathryn Schmidt, Madeline Topf, Liz …
MDTP student Lindsey Bohr successfully defended her dissertation: No Bacterium is an Island: The Role of Population Structure in Emergence and Maintenance of Pathogens
MDTP student Jenny Bratburd successfully defended her dissertation: Host-microbiome interactions impacting pathogen and mutualist colonization within defensive symbioses
MDTP student Mengyao Niu successfully defended her dissertation: Whisper with Lipids: Fungal Oxylipins in Development and Host Interactions in Aspergillus fumigatus
MDTP trainer Paul Ahlquist and his colleagues have been using cryoelectron microscope (cryo-EM) tomography to dramatically improve the resolution of images of the replication crown complex on the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2.
Seven faculty in CALS were honored with Vilas Awards, including MDTP trainer Andrew Bent.
Stay on top of the latest campus policies regarding fall 2020.
The newly-formed MDTP Diversity and Inclusion Committee met for the first time yesterday. Look forward to updates in the coming weeks and don’t hesitate to contact your student representatives on the committee if there are items you would like discussed. Comments can also be submitted anonymously through the MDTP student feedback form.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank released the following statement in response to the federal government rescinding a policy change on international student visas: “Today’s announcement is encouraging news for all college students and for American universities. Universities need flexibility to educate students in the most effective manner possible during the pandemic and international students deserve stability and support as …