University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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!

Congrats to Cheta Siletti, PhD!

Cheta successfully defended her dissertation “The Role of c-di-AMP in Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis”.

Congrats to Jennifer Tran, PhD!

Jennifer successfully defended her dissertation “Functional characterization of essential genes in Acinetobacter baumannii”.

Congrats to Julio Rivera Vazquez, PhD!

Julio successfully defended his dissertation “Physiological Responses and Genetic Adaptations to Solvent Stressors in Zymomonas mobilis“.

Congrats to Emily Bacon, PhD!

Emily successfully defended her dissertation “Gene regulation and signal transduction in γ-proteobacteria”.

Congrats to James Finn, PhD!

James successfully defended his dissertation “Regulation of a Type VII secretion operon in Bacillus subtilis: The yfj operon”.

Congrats to MDTP student Natalia Rosario-Melendez!

Natalia received a prestigious NIFA-USDA fellowship!  Congrats!

Congrats to Kim Gutierrez, PhD!

Kim successfully defended her dissertation “Listeria monocytogenes adaptations to cell wall stress in the macrophage cytosol”.

Congrats to Jason Saba, PhD!

Jason successfully defended his dissertation “Promoter inversion and anti-termination control mechanisms regulating capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the human gut symbiote Bacteroides fragilis”.

Amy Enright wins GLBRC early career award

Amy Enright spends most of her work day thinking about an invisible world. She first discovered this world of microbes in a high school biology class where she learned about DNA and genetic engineering. “I was becoming fascinated with this whole other world that we can’t really see but has such a huge impact on …