Department News

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 — …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …