David Beebe, and longtime collaborator Anna Huttenlocher, a professor of medical microbiology and immunology and pediatrics at UW-Madison, are out to change that by studying inflammation on a fundamental level. They’ll use a recently awarded …
Department News
Jeniel Nett Awarded Funding for Research to Combat Medical Device Biofilms
Jeniel Nett, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (infectious disease) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of 17 physician-scientists in the United States to be awarded a 2017 …
Laurie Ristow Receives NIH F32 Award!
Dr Laurie Ristow in the Welch laboratory has received notification of the award of her postdoctoral fellowship application entitled, Identification of Host factors Required for the Cytolytic Activity of Hemolysin from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Dr Ristow …
Andrew Mehle Named as a BWF Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
As part of its continuing effort to stimulate fundamental research into human infectious diseases, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund — a private foundation making investments in biomedical research and careers for more than 60 years — …
Anna Huttenlocher Receives UW 2020 Award!
Dr. Anna Huttenlocher has been selected as a recipient of the UW 2020 Award! The goal of the UW2020 initiative is to stimulate and support highly innovative and groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. …
Jenny Gumperz Receives Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea Award from DoD
The objective of these studies is to learn what signals are required for certain cells of the immune system, namely a type of T lymphocyte that has not yet been well studied called gamma-delta T …
MMI Statement in Support of International Students and Researchers
On Friday, February 10, 2017, a quorum of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department Faculty members voted unanimously in support of the following statement: The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology’s mission is to provide comprehensive scientific …
Graduate Student Adam Schaenzer Awarded PhRMA Foundation Fellowship
Adam Schaenzer, a graduate student in Dr. Sauer’s lab has been awarded a PhRMA Foundation predoctoral fellowship titled “A Pharmacologic Approach to Characterize the Role of Stk1 in Beta-Lactam Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus.” The fellowship will …
Andrew Mehle is Co-Principal Investigator on Newly Awarded NIH R01 Grant
Dr. Andy Mehle was recently awarded a NIH RO1 grant titled, “Mechanisms of influenza transmission bottlenecks: impact on viral evolution.” The grant’s Lead Principal Investigator is Dr. Tom Friedrich from the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. Avian …
Jeniel Nett Awarded Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jeniel Nett who has been awarded the Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award which recognizes research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. This is a great …