MDTP is so proud to announce that Angel Hernandez Viera, James Kosmopoulos, and Sely Peña-Rivera have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and My Tran has been awarded NSF Graduate Research Honorable Mention!
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Congrats to Liz Townsend, PhD!
Liz successfully defended her dissertation “The Skin Microbiome in Balance and Perturbation”.
Congrats to MDTP trainer Bob Landick on his 2024 Hilldale Award!
Robert Landick’s work focuses on the biochemical processes behind the form and function of DNA and RNA, the molecules that govern all of biology. He has made several landmark discoveries in molecular biology, providing insight …
Congrats to Karthik Anantharaman and Briana Burton!
MDTP trainers are honored with CALS awards! Karthik Anantharaman receives the Pound Research Award and Briana Burton receives the Myron H. & Anna Atwood Faculty Fellow Award. Congrats!
Congrats to Megan Dixon, PhD!
Megan successfully defended her dissertation “Impacts of Xanthomonas Foliar Disease on the Fate and Biology of Salmonella enterica”.
Congrats to Andrew Steinberger, PhD!
Andrew successfully defended his dissertation, “Interplay of microbial diversity, antimicrobial use, and antimicrobial resistance on Wisconsin dairy farms”.
Multitasking microbes – news from GLBRC!
UW researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have engineered bacteria that can convert underutilized plant fibers into not one but two useful chemical products at the same time. The discovery could help make …
Congrats to Daven Khana, PhD!
Daven successfully defended his dissertation “Towards a quantitative understanding of metabolism in industrially relevant microbes”.
Congrats to Elise Cowley, PhD!
Elise successfully defended her dissertation “Unraveling the Role of the Human Gut Microbiome in Three Conditions: Colorectal Cancer, Group B Streptococcus Colonization, and Multiple Sclerosis”.
Congrats to Mary Hannah Swaney, PhD!
Mary Hannah successfully defended her dissertation “Metabolite-Mediated Interactions in the Human Skin Microbiome”.