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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 29-year history, Dr. Isenberg becomes the third UW–Madison recipient and the first recipient from a laboratory in the School of …

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!

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”.