🚨✅Don't forget to register for this year's Perlman Symposium. Poster registration and abstracts are due by next Wednesday, April 15! perlman.mmi.wisc.edu/registration/

🚨✅Don't forget to register for this year's Perlman Symposium. Poster registration and abstracts are due by next Wednesday, April 15! perlman.mmi.wisc.edu/registration/

Next Friday! The 🧪MMI Seminar Series 🔬features Dr. Michael Gale from the University of Minnesota! mmi.wisc.edu/calendar/

Why attend the #PerlmanSymposium? 🔬 4 invited speakers 🧪 2 poster sessions ⚡ Lightning talks by trainees 🤝 Networking + reception (in person!) 🫰FREE Registration Register by April 30: perlman.mmi.wisc.edu

📢 Call for Abstracts at Perlman Symposium! Poster submissions for the 2026 Perlman Symposium are due April 15. Top 3 posters receive a monetary award! Submit here 👉 perlman.mmi.wisc.edu

Dr. Nancy Keller featured on the Larry Miller podcast talking about the deadly (and local!) death cap mushroom 🍄☠️ Learn how this invasive species is spreading in Wisconsin—and how to stay safe. www.wpr.org/shows/larry-...

🚨 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

🚨🔬Cool Science Video Alert!

Really excited to host Patty Champion in this week's MMI Seminar Series. Friday at Noon, MSB 1520. @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social

🚨 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

🚨Friday! Join us as Dr. John Schoggins from UT Southwestern gives a talk as part of our seminar series!

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

Friday! Join us as our seminar series features Dr. William Bentley from the University of Maryland!

🎉🔬Congratulations to JD Sauer of @UWMadison on his election to the American Academy of Microbiology Class of 2026. His research on Listeria monocytogenes is advancing our understanding of host–pathogen interactions and immune defense. mmi.wisc.edu/professor-sa...

🚨🍄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...

😎 🔬 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

Postdoc position available in my lab! Project will focus on how the microbiome-derived metabolite butyrate shapes C. difficile fitness and pathogenesis & will build on our previous/ongoing work in this space. Apply here: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-...

😎 🔬 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/...