Betül Kaçar will be leading a group, including MDTP trainers Jean-Michel Ané and Brian Pfleger, investigating the origins and evolution of nitrogenase with generous support from the Keck Foundation. Congrats!
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Congrats to Justin Eagan, PhD!
Justin successfully defended his dissertation “Exploring the Impact of Abiotic and Biotic Stresses on Microbial Community Dynamics and Cryptic Secondary Metabolite Gene Cluster Activation”.
Congrats to Thy Nguyen, PhD!
Thy successfully defended her dissertation “The Role of Commensal Bacteria in Fungal Defense: Understanding Antifungal Mechanisms of the Human Skin Microbiome”.
Congrats to Joe Skarlupka, PhD!
Joe successfully defended his dissertation “Using oral swabs in dairy cows to correlate the rumen microbiome with production metrics and improve genetic selection”.
Congrats to Ibrahim Zuniga Chaves, PhD!
Ibrahim successfully defended his dissertation “Understanding the impact of SES on the human gut microbiome in a Wisconsin cohort”.
Congrats to MDTP trainer Vatsan Raman!
Congratulations to Professor Vatsan Raman, who has been named as the first S.C. Fang Professor.
Congrats to alumna Ruth Isenberg, recipient of the 2024 Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize!
Ruth Y. Isenberg, PhD ’23, has been awarded the 2024 Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize. The international prize is awarded annually “for outstanding PhD work in the field of bacterial molecular biology.” In the prize’s …
Congrats to Brian Snow, PhD!
Brian successfully defended his dissertation “Investigated the Role of Antibody-Dependent Cellular Phagocytosis (ADCP) in Protection Against HIV-1”.
Congrats to Chutikarn Chitboonthavisuk, PhD!
Chutikarn successfully defended her dissertation “Systematic genome-wide discovery of host factors governing bacteriophage infectivity”.
Congrats to recent alumna Jennifer Tran!
Jennifer was just awarded the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Award for Communicating PhD Research to the Public! Congratulations!