Next Thursday, Hailey Bussan from Suresh and Rey lab will be presenting her dissertation defense seminar! Join us in-person or on Zoom!
#UWMadison
In this week's MDTP Student Seminar, Jackie Spieles from the Hull Lab will be presenting on her work!
Meet some amazing #UW-Madison Microbiology Ph.D. students!
Aditya Kumar Pal, in Jade Wang's Lab, is currently researching the role of nucleotide (p)ppGpp in bacteriophage defense. Outside of research, Aditya is a YouTuber, enjoys playing badminton, biking in Madison (even in snow!) and photography.
Why attend the #PerlmanSymposium?
🔬 4 invited speakers
⚡️ 2 poster sessions
🤝Networking + reception (in person!)
✅Register by April 30:
perlman.mmi.wisc.edu
🚨 Registration is OPEN!
Join us for the 2026 Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery & Development
🗓 May 15, 2026 | ⏰ 9–5
📍 In-person or virtual (FREE!)
🔗 perlman.mmi.wisc.edu
This week's MDTP Student Seminar: Cynthia Pryde-Aguilar from the Suresh Lab!
Meet some amazing @uwmadison.bsky.social Microbiology PhD students in our new Student Highlight series!
This week: Tony Yao! A 3rd year graduate student in Michael Thomas's lab studies the evolution of genes in natural products biosynthesis pathways to improve their industrial production.
Join us this week for the MDTP student seminar, featuring Joie Ling from Hryckowian Lab!
#MDTP #UWMadison
Meet some amazing @uwmadison.bsky.social Microbiology PhD students in our new Student Highlight series!
This week: Nischala Nadig! A 3rd-year graduate student in Jason Peters' lab! uses CRISPR tools to target & decipher cryptic resistance genes in bacteria, that confer antibiotic resistance.
Join us for this week's MDTP student seminar, featuring Elena Garncarz Rehborg from Zamanian Lab!
#UWMadison #MDTP
Congratulations to all of the new AAM Fellows! Many many friends & colleagues on the list, but especially excited for Patty Champion and JD Sauer! @sauerlab.bsky.social @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/asm....
Meet some amazing #UWMadison Microbiology PhD students in our new Student Highlight series!
This week: Dinesh Kumar Kuppa Baskaran! A third year in the Anantharaman lab, Dinesh uses metagenomics and data science to uncover new insights into bacteria-virus interactions.
@dineshkb.bsky.social
Latest work! 🧬
We uncover how evolution of translation initiation factor 2 (IF2) extensions links translation to bacterial stress response. We map 7 structural architectures & show how terminal extensions are enriched in intrinsic disorder & phase-separation features.
Link: doi.org/10.64898/202...
🚨🍄Nancy Keller Fungal Research Published in PNAS!
“What we hope people take away from this paper is that scientists are actively studying this serious issue. We’re working hard to understand why it’s happening.”
-Nancy Keller
mmi.wisc.edu/nancy-keller...
📸: Dr. Anna Pringle
👨🏫🔬Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Federico Rey
"Explore your interests, follow your passion. Be flexible."
mmi.wisc.edu/meet-our-res...
Join us for next week's MDTP student seminar, featuring James Kosmopoulos from Karthik Anantharaman's Lab!
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#UWMadison #viromics #MDTP
😎 🔬 Cool Science Image!
While examining confocal data of GFP-labeled macrophages infected with mCherry-labeled BCG, a heart-shaped cell stood out among the population. Image captured by one of our graduate students! 💚❤️
📸Marina Slawinski, May Lab
Next Monday, Holly Nichols from Kerri Coon's lab will be presenting her dissertation defense seminar! Join us in-person or on Zoom!
@holly-nichols.bsky.social
#UWMadison
🎉Congratulations to Professor JD Sauer on Receiving the Vilas Associates Award!
mmi.wisc.edu/professor-jd...
This week's MDTP Student Seminar: Jessica Petrey from Jade Wang's Lab!
Methionyl-tRNA Formyltransferase as a Downstream Effector of (p)ppGpp-Mediated Antimicrobial Survival.
#UWMadison
Our latest paper on ancient microbes and nitrogen is featured on the NASA website today! 🚀🔬Way to go, @hollyrucker.bsky.social!
Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth
www.nasa.gov
Paper link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #astrobiology @uwmadscience.bsky.social
Join us for this week's MDTP Student Seminar! Jacob Hotvedt from the Sperandio Lab will be presenting about their work. #UWMadison #MDTP
Join us for the 1st MDTP Student Seminar of this year! Azka Ahmed from the May Lab will be presenting about their work. #UWMadison
Congratulations to Katie Barnes from the Knoll Lab on receiving Microbiology Society's 2026 Prize!
mmi.wisc.edu/katie-barnes...
Next Monday, December 8th, Anna Gregory from the Hryckowian Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar!
Coming up in this week's MDTP Student Seminar, Nicolas Pereira from the Hull Lab and Gillian Hughes from the Alexander Lab will be presenting their current work! #UWMadison
Join us for this week's MDTP Student Seminar! Tony Yao from the Thomas Lab and Cynthia Feng from the Gaglia Lab will be presenting about their work. #UWMadison
Our labs got spooky for Bactoberfest! 🧫🎃
Bactoberfest brought out the best bugs, costumes, and creativity in the lab! 🦠🎃 #Bactoberfest #ScienceHalloween
#MDTP #UWMadison
This Thursday, we are thrilled to be hosting our second MDTP Student-Invited Speaker of the 2025-2026 school year, Dr. Bruce Levin!
Dr. Levin takes a population biology approach to studying the evolutionary dynamics of bacteria, phage, and antibiotic resistance.
#UWMadison
This week's presenters in MDTP Student Seminar: Rodrigo Cuellar from the Peters Lab and Bobby Liu from the Wang Lab! #UWMadison #microbiology
