This Thursday: Rhiannon Abrahams from the Majumder Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar! #UWMadison

This Friday: Katie Cataldo from the Knoll Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar! #UWMadison #toxoplasma

Meet Christina Hull from biomolecular chemistry and @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social. Her lab focuses on understanding the fundamental biology of human fungal pathogens to help develop effective, life-saving antifungal treatments.

Meet UW-Madison’s Christina Hull

“Christina’s approach to preventing fungal diseases before they become a problem is critical in these times when pathogenic fungi are expanding their prevalence, often in response to climate and weather pattern changes.”

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Very excited to share our lab’s 1st paper! In this study, we investigate how the ketone body BHB precursor BD shapes host-microbiota-immune interactions during enteric infection. shorturl.at/z9WXm Lead by the talented graduate student Wenxuan Dong in collaboration with the Caballero-Flores lab.

β-Hydroxybutyrate precursor 1,3-butanediol modulates enteric pathogen susceptibility and Th17 responses via commensal bacteria | mSystems

Diet is a key determinant of gut microbial composition and mucosal immune function, yet the microbial mechanisms linking diet-mediated metabolic changes to immune regulation remain incompletely unders...

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Upcoming Tuesday, Katie Barnes from the Knoll Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar! @katie-barnes.bsky.social #UWMadison #MDTP

New preprint from the lab led by Alex Dobrila! We show that butyrate-dependent toxin release in C. difficile is mediated by a broadly-conserved endolysin (EndD), which is under the control of the sporulation sigma factor SigK. Excited to share this story! 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

EndD mediates butyrate-dependent toxin release in Clostridioides difficile

Clostridioides difficile is an urgent threat to human health. Current treatments for C. difficile infections (CDIs) are antibiotics and microbiome restoration therapy (MRT) for recurrent cases. Howeve...

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MDTP Student Highlight! Vivian is a graduate student in Johanna Elfenbein’s Lab studying how Salmonella Typhimurium regulates sulfite stress. When she’s not in lab, she enjoys doing trivia with her friends, hosting dinner parties, and working on graphic design projects. @vivian-nguyen.bsky.social

Next Monday, Jassim Al-Oboudi from the Hittinger Lab will be giving his dissertation defense seminar! #UWMadison #Yeast #genomics

Courtney Deblois from the Suen Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar tomorrow! Join us in person or on Zoom! #UWMadison #Salmonella

This Friday, join us for Cody Martin's dissertation defense seminar! #UW-Madison #Virology #LLM

MDTP Student Highlights! Anne studies the role of secondary messenger molecules in regulating the osmotic stress response in gut bacteria in order to better understand how the gut microbiome reacts to environmental shifts. Their hobbies include reading, rock climbing, and going to local concerts.

Join us for the final MDTP Student Seminar of this 2025-2026 academic year, Heather Emery from the Rey Lab will be presenting her work! #UWMadison

Upcoming Monday, Ziyun Ye from Neumann lab will be presenting her dissertation defense seminar! Join us in-person or on Zoom! #uwmadison

This week's MDTP Student Seminar: Rachel Rovinsky from Erica Majumder's lab!

MDTP Student Highlights! Josephine studies how bacteria communicate with one another using secondary metabolites. Outside the lab, she enjoys cycling, running, hiking, and skiing outdoors. Josephine also loves spending time with friends while dancing, playing in orchestra, or discussing sociology.

MDTP Student Highlight! Meet Ava Clark, a first year student in the Chevrette and Keller Labs! Ava studies natural products involved in bacterial-fungal interactions. Outside of the lab, she enjoys cooking and baking, playing piano, hanging out with her cat, and anything outdoors. #UWMadison

Join us this Wednesday at MDTP Student Seminar to hear from Angel Hernandez Viera from the Mo Lab!

Meet some amazing #UW-Madison Microbiology Ph.D. students! Lauren Delgado studies metabolic engineering using multi-omic approaches to develop biofuels and bioproducts. Outside the anaerobic chamber, she enjoys baking, crafting, and spending time outdoors. @ladelgado.bsky.social #MDTP

Join us this Wednesday for the MDTP Student Seminar, Sely Pena-Rivera from the Hershey Lab will be presenting her work! #MDTP #UWmadison

Meet some amazing #UW-Madison Microbiology Ph.D. students! Calyssa Huff is studying influenza virus–host interactions, focusing on replication and adaptation; she enjoys reading, art projects, outreach, mentoring, and learning kayaking and paddleboarding. @calyssa-huff.bsky.social

Join us for tomorrow for the MDTP Student Seminar, My Tran from the Mo Lab will be presenting on her work!

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

The Perlman Symposium

The Departments of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Bacteriology have sponsored the Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery and Development since 2010. The symposium highlights the medical aspe...

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🚨 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.