University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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 …

Congrats to Emily Eix, PhD!

Emily successfully defended her dissertation “Uncovering the distinct growth characteristics of Candida auris in the skin microenvironment”.

MDTP trainer Chris Hittinger answers questions about yeast evolution

Why are some species generalists and others specialists? To answer that, a team led by UW genetics professor Chris Todd Hittinger and a colleague at Vanderbilt University mapped genetic blueprints, appetites, and environments of more than 1,000 species of yeasts, building a family tree that illuminates how these single-celled fungi evolved over the past 400 …

Congrats to Jean-Michel Ané for Vilas Award!

MDTP trainer Jean-Michel Ané has been honored with a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship!

Congrats to Kevin Walters, PhD!

Kevin successfully defended his dissertation “Developing microbiomes as biotechnological tools for dairy coproduct valorization by fermentation: a metagenomic approach”.

Congrats to Jean-Michel Ané, Jim Keck, Jade Wang, and Katrina Forest, AAAS Fellows!

MDTP trainers Jean-Michel Ané, Jim Keck, Jade Wang, and Katrina Forest have just been named Fellows with the American Association for the Advancement of Science!

Congrats to Susan Zelasko, PhD!

Susan successfully defended her dissertation “Investigating Microbial Interactions Impacting Pathogen Colonization in Human Upper Respiratory Microbiomes”.

Congrats to NSF-GRFP awardees!

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!