University of Wisconsin - Madison
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 required for replication after viral entry. We identified a large class of presumptive antiviral factors that unexpectedly act as important …
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 the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for her project “Key data to support ‘iNKT-DC conjugates to activate antigen-specific T cell responses’ …
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 sciences. “During these difficult times, it is a pleasure to be able to recognize our outstanding faculty who every day …
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 to cancel all seminars through the Spring semester. Event cancelation is part of a larger proactive UW–Madison campus and SMPH …
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: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that can infect every warm-blooded animal on the planet, including humans. This parasite has the fascinating …
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 groundbreaking research suggest he could do just that. Martorelli Di Genova, a native of São Paulo, Brazil, whose background is …
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”.
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 parasites known to control the mind of their host, none is more famous than Toxoplasma gondii—the single-celled organism known colloquially …
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. Eric Johannsen. Lindsay Kalan was awarded a Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Disease pilot project. Her grant titled “Multi-kingdom …
Graduate student Katie Bultman has been awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to individuals in the early stages of their graduate study, who intend to pursue research-based graduate studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Fellows are free to use their fellowship at any university, college, or non-profit academic institution of higher …
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded four grants through its New Investigator Program. One of the grant recipient is Professor Lindsay Kalan! This grant program is designed to provide opportunities for early-career faculty to initiate new, innovative educational or research pilot projects that, if successful, …
Over the past few months, several Medical Microbiology & Immunology faculty and students have been awarded research grants for their outstanding projects and work. Grants are extremely competitive and we want to congratulate everyone on their successful applications! Please see the list below of awardees: Jin Woo Bok will serve as a Co-Principal Investigator and …