Abstract: Cells infected by influenza virus mount a large-scale antiviral response and most cells ultimately initiate cell-death pathways in an attempt to suppress viral replication. We performed a CRISPR–Cas9-knockout selection designed to identify host factors …
Department News
MMI Faculty and Students Receive Research Grants
Joe Dillard was awarded a NIH NIAID R21 research grant. His grant is titled “Mechanisms regulating peptidoglycan and fragment production” and has been awarded from 2/8/2020-1/31/2022. Jenny Gumperz was awarded a Draper TIF award from …
Anna Huttenlocher Receives WARF Professorship
Source: UW News Thirty-two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded faculty fellowships for 2020-21. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological …
MMI Event Updates & Cancellations
Out of an abundance of caution and in consideration of CDC guidelines related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we have decided to cancel the Perlman Symposium scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2020. Department Leadership has also made the decision …
Dr. Laura Knoll Featured in Finding Genius Podcast!
SOURCE: Finding Genius LISTEN TO THE PODCAST “Professor Laura Knoll is a parasitologist who joins the podcast today to discuss some of her research on a type of parasite called toxoplasma gondii. She explains the following: Where …
Institutional Statement on Diversity
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW–Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university …
Bruno Martorelli Di Genova Featured on Morgridge Research Institute Website
MMI Fellow develops new model for parasite study by Ruth Brandt, Morgridge Research Institute Bruno Martorelli Di Genova wants to eliminate the use of cats in the study of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, and the results of his …
Andrew Garfoot Receives Hartwell Foundation Fellowship
Andrew Garfoot, a postdoc in Laura Knoll’s lab, received a Hartwell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship which will start 8/1/19 and end 7/31/21. The fellowship is titled “Identifying novel vaccine and treatment targets for chronic stage Toxoplasma gondii”.
Dr. Knoll Research Featured in The Atlantic
A Groundbreaking Study Is Good News for Cats—And People Researchers studying the cat-poop parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, made a breakthrough that will spare a lot of felines from research. ED YONG, The Atlantic Of the many …
Drs. Gumperz and Kalan Awarded Pilot Projects
Jenny Gumperz was awarded an UW Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Human Cancer Virology Program pilot project. Her grant titled “Testing the EBV-anti-Gal Hypothesis” has been awarded for 4/1/19-3/31/20. Dr. Gumperz is lead PI with co-PI Dr. …