University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Congrats to MDTP faculty Helen Blackwell!

Helen Blackwell has just been honored with a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship!

Congrats to Erin Conley, PhD!

Erin successfully defended her dissertation “Defining parameters of substrate selection in nonribosomal peptide synthetases”.

Congrats to incoming students Ava Clark and Calyssa Huff, NSF-GFRP fellows!

Congrats to Caiti Kay Lahue and Nicolas Periera, Honorable Mention recipients of the NSF-GFRP!

Congrats to MDTP faculty Anne Pringle and Katie Henzler-Wildman, AAAS fellows!

Anne Pringle (Bacteriology/Botany) and Katie Henzler-Wildman (Biochemistry) are among the seven newest AAAS fellows at UW-Madison – congrats!

Congrats to Shruthi Magesh, PhD!

Shruthi successfully defended her dissertation “Molecular determinants of Flavobacterium johnsoniae behavior in the THOR microbial community”.

Congrats to Rauf Salamzade, PhD!

Rauf successfully defended his dissertation “Understanding recent and ancestral trends in theevolution of microbial biosynthetic gene clusters”.

Congrats to Andrew Sommer, PhD!

Andrew successfully defended his dissertation “Flies as carriers of clinically relevant bacteria in agricultural reservoirs”.

Congrats to MDTP faculty Mark Mandel and Vatsan Raman!

Mark Mandel and Vatsan Raman have been named 2025 Vilas Awardees – congratulations!

Long-term bacteria evolution in Lake Mendota

UW-Madison researchers, including MDTP director Trina McMahon, describe long-term evolution of bacteria in Lake Mendota.