Big congrats to Alex Dobrila and Nayanna Mercado-Soto on their NSF GRFP awards! Also, congrats to Rhiannon Abrahams and Katie Barnes on their honorable mentions!
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MDTP trainer Laura Knoll elected to the American Academy of Microbiology!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Laura Knoll from the department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on being elected to the American Academy of Microbiology! Over the last 50 years, …
MDTP trainer Charlie Mo studies bacterial immunology
Learn more about new Bacteriology faculty member Charlie Mo!
Congrats to Rachel Salemi, PhD!
Rachel successfully defended their dissertation “Elucidating the contributions of promoter sequence and (p)ppGpp binding sites on RNAP to transcription regulation in Escherichia coli”
MDTP trainer Claire O’Leary explores the gut’s immune system
MDTP trainer Claire O’Leary researches how gastrointestinal tissues interface with the immune system to regulate inflammation in the gut, work that could help identify new therapies for GI diseases.
MDTP trainer Vatsan Raman and MDTP graduate Phil Huss develop novel phage therapies to fight superbugs
The Raman lab is “supercharging evolution” to create an army of bacteria-killing phages that can combat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
Congrats to MDTP student Holly Nichols on her ESA award!
Holly Nichols earned 1st place for her talk on the “Intergenerational patterns of microbiota acquisition in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti” at the 2022 ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting this week in …
Congrats to MDTP student Shruthi Magesh, recipient of the DasGupta Award!
Shruthi Magesh is the B. R. DasGupta Graduate Scholarship Recipient! Congrats, Shruthi!
Congrats to Jin Yang, PhD!
MDTP student Jin Yang successfully defended his dissertation “New insights into the expanded family of (pp)pGpp alarmones”.
MDTP Alumna Ashley Shade – Podcast: Pruning Priorities
What do we prune to stay aligned with our values, families, and careers? Today, MDTP alumna Ashley Shade, Michigan State University Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientist, shares …