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 …
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Congrats to Lindsey Bohr, PhD!
MDTP student Lindsey Bohr successfully defended her dissertation: No Bacterium is an Island: The Role of Population Structure in Emergence and Maintenance of Pathogens
Congrats to Jenny Bratburd, PhD!
MDTP student Jenny Bratburd successfully defended her dissertation: Host-microbiome interactions impacting pathogen and mutualist colonization within defensive symbioses
Congrats to Mengyao Niu, PhD!
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 publishes new COVID-19 data in PNAS
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.
CALS Professors honored with Vilas Professorship and Award
Seven faculty in CALS were honored with Vilas Awards, including MDTP trainer Andrew Bent.
UW-Madison Smart Restart
Stay on top of the latest campus policies regarding fall 2020.
Initial meeting of MDTP Diversity and Inclusion Committee
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 …
Chancellor Blank responds to rollback of visa policy
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 …
Congrats to April MacIntyre, PhD!
MDTP student April MacIntyre successfully defended her dissertation: The role of trehalose metabolism, signaling, and defense in Ralstonia solanacearum bacterial wilt disease of tomatoes