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Dr. Hryckowian Receives UW Prevention Research Center Small Grant Competition!

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center (UWPRC) is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Small Grant Competition award recipients. The grant program supports small-scale and innovative research projects in prevention science, particularly those that will provide preliminary data leading to larger research efforts in population health and wellbeing, health equity, or disease prevention for women, children, …

Caitlin Pepperell and Lab Published in eLife

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Rapid adaptation of a complex trait during experimental evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tracy M Smith, Madison A Youngblom, John F Kernien, Mohamed A Mohamed, Sydney S Fry, Lindsey L Bohr,Tatum D Mortimer, Mary B O’Neill, Caitlin S Pepperell Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), is a leading cause of death due to infectious disease. TB is not traditionally associated …

Laura Knoll Assumes Role as Associate Dean for Basic Research Training

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She will oversee the school’s efforts to train and mentor the next generation of scientists investigating the fundamentals of biomedical phenomena. Known as basic research, this work serves as the critical and essential foundation of translational and clinical research and leads to cutting edge innovations in medicine and public health. Drawing on two decades of …

Dr. Andrew Mehle Selected for H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship

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The Romnes Fellowships recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of the late WARF trustees president H.I. Romnes and comes with $60,000 that may be spent over five years. Mercedes Alcalá Galán, professor of Spanish literature and culture and …

Faculty Member Drew Hryckowian Published in “Cell Reports”

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Highlights Summary Bacteriophages (phages) are diverse and abundant constituents of microbial communities worldwide, capable of modulating bacterial populations in diverse ways. Here, we describe the phage HNL01, which infects the marine bacteriumVibrio fischeri. We use culture-based approaches to demonstrate that mutations in the exopolysaccharide locus of V. fischeri render this bacterium resistant to infection by …

Anna Huttenlocher Wins 2022 Hilldale Award

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Source: Department of Pediatrics Since 1987, four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been honored for their substantial contributions to research, teaching and service with the prestigious Hilldale Award. The 2022 winner in the biological sciences is Anna Huttenlocher, MD, the Anna Ruth Brummett Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. The Secretary …

NSF Selects Multiple MDTP Students for Graduate Research Fellowships

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The National Science Foundation has selected 21 UW–Madison students to receive a Graduate Research Fellowship, a highly sought and competitive award. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program supports high-potential scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers. Each year, more than 12,000 applicants compete for 2,000 fellowship awards. Awardees from UW–Madison, including both undergraduate …

Dr. Andy Mehle Receives R01 Award

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Viruses must engage the host cell to obtain the resources and co-factors they need to replicate. Cells, on the other hand, do their best to detect and stop viral replication. Detailed knowledge of the interplay between the virus and the host is key to determining how best to counteract infections therapeutically. The Mehle lab has …

UW–Madison Responds to Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

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Read this message in: Dear students, faculty and staff, COVID-19 vaccination saves lives and protects us and our friends, families and communities against serious illness. On Sept. 9, President Biden issued an executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all federal contractors. UW–Madison currently holds federal contracts valued at more than $116 million. In order to …

Flag of Ho-Chunk Nation to Fly atop Bascom Hall for First Time in University’s History

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UW News   On Nov. 5, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will fly the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation atop Bascom Hall, part of an ongoing commitment to educate the campus community about First Nations history and to recognize the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk. Flag raisings are part of contemporary Ho-Chunk culture. …

Dr. Christina Hull Featured on “Deeper than Data” Podcast

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Host, Ben Rush, chats with fungal pathologist and professor Christina Hull about her insatiable curiosity for fungi, her passion for equity within science, her experience 3-D printing glow-in-the-dark fungal spores, and how a spore coat can almost deceive bouncers at the hottest clubs. You can listen to the podcast on your preferred platform: Spotify Apple …

Is it COVID-19 or a cold?

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Chances are you or someone you know has had a cough, runny nose, or other symptoms recently and wondered, is it COVID-19? The answer: not necessarily. Fall is a time of year when many kinds of respiratory viruses are active and this fall, as we return to more in-person activity of all kinds, those viruses …