😎 🔬 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

🎉Congratulations to Professor JD Sauer on Receiving the Vilas Associates Award! mmi.wisc.edu/professor-jd...

Tomorrow! The MMI Seminar Series is back featuring Dr. Amali Samarasinghe!

Tomorrow! The MMI Seminar Series is back featuring Dr. Amali Samarasinghe!

📸 🔬Cool Science Image from the John Williams Lab! LLC-MK2 cells infected with HMPV containing a green fluorescent reporter imaged at 10X magnification using Echo Revolve microscope.

🔬✨Cool science image from the John Williams lab! Fixed HMPV-infected LLC-Mk2 cells stained for the viral fusion protein. Viral plaques visualized with TrueBlue and imaged at 10× on an Echo Revolve microscope.

Congratulations to 4 MMI postdocs (Andrew Gale, Elizabeth Horton, Bethany Korwin-Mihavics, & Chi Yan) who received WPP grants! The Wisconsin Partnership Program is a grantmaking program committed to improving health for all through research initiatives. mmi.wisc.edu/4-mmi-postdo...

Congratulations to 4 MMI postdocs (Andrew Gale, Elizabeth Horton, Bethany Korwin-Mihavics, & Chi Yan) who received WPP grants! The Wisconsin Partnership Program is a grantmaking program committed to improving health for all through research initiatives. mmi.wisc.edu/4-mmi-postdo...

Dr. Mark Mandel's research was featured in ASM's Microcosm Journal! mmi.wisc.edu/dr-mandel-re...

Next Monday, December 8th, Anna Gregory from the Hryckowian Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar!

Congratulations to Katie Barnes from the Knoll Lab on receiving Microbiology Society's 2026 Prize! mmi.wisc.edu/katie-barnes...

Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday, December 5th featuring Dr. Victor Torres!

Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday, December 5th featuring Dr. Victor Torres!

Friday! Dr. Sean Crosson will be giving a research seminar in 1520 MSB!

Friday! Dr. Sean Crosson will be giving a research seminar in 1520 MSB!

Join us Friday as the MMI Seminar Series features Dr. Claire O'Leary!

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Jeniel Nett on receiving a Wisconsin Partnership Program Collaborative Health Sciences Grant! Her interdisciplinary research aims to reduce catheter-related infections and improve patient outcomes. mmi.wisc.edu/dr-jeniel-ne...

🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Andrew Hryckowian on receiving the Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! His groundbreaking work on the gut microbiome is shaping the future of infectious disease research. mmi.wisc.edu/dr-andrew-hr...

Join us Friday as our series features our very own Dr. Sung Chul Park from the Keller Lab!

📢 MMI Seminar Series Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB “Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling” Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University

📢 MMI Seminar Series 🗓️ Friday, Oct. 10 | 🕛 12:00 PM | 📍1520 MSB 🎙️ “Collaborating with the Host to Kill the Pathogen” 👩‍🔬 Dr. Corrie Detweiler, Professor, Univ. of Colorado Join us for this week’s seminar!

🚨 New paper from Dr. John V. Williams Lab! Limited nasal interferon (IFN) responses may delay viral clearance & weaken vaccines. Early intranasal IFN boosted immunity in models. 📖 Read in JCI Insight: doi.org/10.1172/jci....

🧬 MMI Seminar Series 🧬 Join us Friday, Sept 26 at 12 PM in 1520 MSB! Dr. Tera Levin (Univ. of Pittsburgh) presents: "The Evolution of Immunity and Pathogenesis within Environmental Microbial Battlegrounds" Don't miss it! 👩‍🔬🌱🦠 #MMISeminar #Microbiology #Immunology

📢 Research Seminar 🗓 Today! | ⏰ Noon 🎤 Dr. Selena Sagan, University. of British Columbia

🍂 Our Fall Newsletter is here! Catch up on the latest updates from our faculty and trainees. Don’t miss out—check it out today! 🍁✨ mmi.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

🍂 Our Fall Newsletter is here! Catch up on the latest updates from our faculty and trainees. Don’t miss out—check it out today! 🍁✨ mmi.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

📢 Research Seminar 🗓 Sept 12 | ⏰ Noon 🎤 Dr. Shai Bel, Bar-Ilan University Join us Sept 12 at Noon for our next research seminar feat. Dr. Shai Bel (Bar-Ilan University). Don’t miss the chance to hear about his work—open to all, come and bring a colleague!

Gearing up for a fantastic Fall Seminar Series @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social! Kickoff is this Friday with the Dr. Rod Welch Distinguished Lecture by Vic DiRita!

Laura Knoll studies the host/pathogen interactions of protozoan parasites, including T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, C. parvum and E. histolytica. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social‬ @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social‬ https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/knoll/

COOL IMAGE ALERT from the Rey Lab: Gut Bacterial Molecules Triggering Astrocytes These images show astrocytes—normally protective brain cells—turn destructive when exposed to a gut bacterial molecule, a reaction usually only seen in brain injury or stroke.

🦑Work from Avery Imes (Dr. Mark Mandel’s lab) is on the ASM cover of Applied & Environmental Microbiology! ✨ The Editor’s Spotlight article highlights a new squid model for studying microbe–host interactions. 🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Vander Griend on his successful PhD defense today! Really proud of all of your work on systems-level studies in Vibrio fischeri. @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social

Meet Our Researchers: John Williams “Viruses are like super cool little beasts. Plus, disease always involves the virus and the host – that biological conversation fascinates me.” mmi.wisc.edu/meet-our-res...

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Mandel on receiving a NSF collaborative award to develop CRISPR technologies first in Vibrio bacteria and then adapt those broadly! mmi.wisc.edu/news-departm...

Drs. Sperandio and Alexander featured by PBS Wisconsin to discuss the gut microbiome's connection to human health. Check out the video! pbswisconsin.org/watch/univer...

Meet Our Researchers: Dr. Gustavo Caballero-Flores “Since my very first biology classes, I have always been intrigued by the microscopic organisms present in our body, and all around us, and how we interact with them every day without realizing it.” mmi.wisc.edu/meet-our-res...

Congrats to Dr. Jenny Gumperz on receiving a UWCCC grant to advance Leukemia immunotherapy! mmi.wisc.edu/gumperz-and-...

Meet Our Researchers: Dr. Jing Fan! “Be kind to yourself, be kind to others. Enjoy the experience of being a scientist and a student, the experience full of excitement, curiosity, stress, challenges, and fulfillment.” mmi.wisc.edu/meet-our-res...

Congratulations to Dr. Anna Huttenlocher on receiving the 2026 SLB Legacy Award! mmi.wisc.edu/dr-anna-hutt...

We'll be hosting a research seminar this Friday featuring Dr. Jeffrey Foster from Northern Arizona University!

Friday! Join us as we feature Dr. Aimee Shen in our MMI Seminar Series!

Congrats to Dr. Andes and colleagues on their new patent! www.warf.org/wp-content/u... @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social

Friday! Join us as the MMI Seminar Series features Dr. Nobuhiko Kamada from the University of Michigan!

5 days left to register for the 2025 Perlman Symposium! We’ve already broken our registration and poster submission record! Join your friends and colleagues on April 25 and make this the most memorable event yet! perlman.mmi.wisc.edu

Register for the 2025 Perlman Symposium today! Registration closes March 30. perlman.mmi.wisc.edu

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣Join us on Monday (3/17) at 11 am for the upcoming #MDTP Dissertation Defense Seminar! Rauf Salamzade @raufs.bsky.social from the Kalan lab will defend his dissertation, "Understanding recent and ancestral trends in the evolution of microbial biosynthetic gene clusters". Zoom link available!

We are thrilled to announce the publication of the Spring 2025 edition of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Newsletter! In this edition, we achievements from current and former members of the department! mmi.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

We are thrilled to announce the publication of the Spring 2025 edition of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Newsletter! In this edition, we achievements from current and former members of the department! mmi.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

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