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Congrats to Shruthi Magesh, PhD!

Posted on March 18, 2025

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

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Congrats to Rauf Salamzade, PhD!

Posted on March 18, 2025

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

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Congrats to Andrew Sommer, PhD!

Posted on March 4, 2025

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

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Congrats to MDTP faculty Mark Mandel and Vatsan Raman!

Posted on February 25, 2025

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

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Research positions at Promega!

Posted on February 10, 2025

See page for several industry research opportunities at Promega.

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Long-term bacteria evolution in Lake Mendota

Posted on February 4, 2025

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

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Congrats to Soleil Young, PhD!

Posted on January 31, 2025

Soleil successfully defended her dissertation “Sex in theory and practice: Genetics and reproduction in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis”.

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Postdoc in Biological Physics at University of Cologne

Posted on January 30, 2025

Horizontal gene transfer shapes bacterial evolution and is an important factor in the development of antibiotic resistance. The researchers in the Maier group study gene transfer by combining tools from physics, microbiology and laboratory evolution. …

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Congrats to Madeline Hayes, PhD!

Posted on January 22, 2025

Madeline successfully defended her dissertation “Synthetic biology approaches for exploring medium chain fatty acid production in anaerobic bacterial communities”.

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Congrats to Timothy Wakiyama, PhD!

Posted on January 22, 2025

Timothy successfully defended his dissertation “Multiplexing regulation of gene expression in budding yeast with synthetic biology”.

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