🚨Friday! Join us as Dr. John Schoggins from UT Southwestern gives a talk as part of our seminar series!
🚨Friday! Join us as Dr. John Schoggins from UT Southwestern gives a talk as part of our seminar series!
Why attend the #PerlmanSymposium?
🔬 4 invited speakers
⚡️ 2 poster sessions
🤝Networking + reception (in person!)
✅Register by April 30:
perlman.mmi.wisc.edu
🚨 Registration is OPEN!
Join us for the 2026 Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery & Development
🗓 May 15, 2026 | ⏰ 9–5
📍 In-person or virtual (FREE!)
🔗 perlman.mmi.wisc.edu
Friday! Join us as our seminar series features Dr. William Bentley from the University of Maryland!
🎉🔬Congratulations to JD Sauer of @UWMadison on his election to the American Academy of Microbiology Class of 2026. His research on Listeria monocytogenes is advancing our understanding of host–pathogen interactions and immune defense.
mmi.wisc.edu/professor-sa...
🚨🍄Nancy Keller Fungal Research Published in PNAS!
“What we hope people take away from this paper is that scientists are actively studying this serious issue. We’re working hard to understand why it’s happening.”
-Nancy Keller
mmi.wisc.edu/nancy-keller...
📸: Dr. Anna Pringle
👨🏫🔬Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Federico Rey
"Explore your interests, follow your passion. Be flexible."
mmi.wisc.edu/meet-our-res...
😎 🔬 Cool Science Image!
While examining confocal data of GFP-labeled macrophages infected with mCherry-labeled BCG, a heart-shaped cell stood out among the population. Image captured by one of our graduate students! 💚❤️
📸Marina Slawinski, May Lab
Postdoc position available in my lab! Project will focus on how the microbiome-derived metabolite butyrate shapes C. difficile fitness and pathogenesis & will build on our previous/ongoing work in this space. Apply here:
hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-...
😎 🔬 Cool Science Image!
While examining confocal data of GFP-labeled macrophages infected with mCherry-labeled BCG, a heart-shaped cell stood out among the population. Image captured by one of our graduate students! 💚❤️
📸Marina Slawinski, May Lab
🎉Congratulations to Professor JD Sauer on Receiving the Vilas Associates Award!
mmi.wisc.edu/professor-jd...
Tomorrow! The MMI Seminar Series is back featuring Dr. Amali Samarasinghe!
Tomorrow! The MMI Seminar Series is back featuring Dr. Amali Samarasinghe!
📸 🔬Cool Science Image from the John Williams Lab!
LLC-MK2 cells infected with HMPV containing a green fluorescent reporter imaged at 10X magnification using Echo Revolve microscope.
🔬✨Cool science image from the John Williams lab! Fixed HMPV-infected LLC-Mk2 cells stained for the viral fusion protein. Viral plaques visualized with TrueBlue and imaged at 10× on an Echo Revolve microscope.
Congratulations to 4 MMI postdocs (Andrew Gale, Elizabeth Horton, Bethany Korwin-Mihavics, & Chi Yan) who received WPP grants!
The Wisconsin Partnership Program is a grantmaking program committed to improving health for all through research initiatives.
mmi.wisc.edu/4-mmi-postdo...
Congratulations to 4 MMI postdocs (Andrew Gale, Elizabeth Horton, Bethany Korwin-Mihavics, & Chi Yan) who received WPP grants!
The Wisconsin Partnership Program is a grantmaking program committed to improving health for all through research initiatives.
mmi.wisc.edu/4-mmi-postdo...
Dr. Mark Mandel's research was featured in ASM's Microcosm Journal!
mmi.wisc.edu/dr-mandel-re...
Next Monday, December 8th, Anna Gregory from the Hryckowian Lab will be giving her dissertation defense seminar!
Congratulations to Katie Barnes from the Knoll Lab on receiving Microbiology Society's 2026 Prize!
mmi.wisc.edu/katie-barnes...
Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday, December 5th featuring Dr. Victor Torres!
Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday, December 5th featuring Dr. Victor Torres!
Friday! Dr. Sean Crosson will be giving a research seminar in 1520 MSB!
Friday! Dr. Sean Crosson will be giving a research seminar in 1520 MSB!
Join us Friday as the MMI Seminar Series features Dr. Claire O'Leary!
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Jeniel Nett on receiving a Wisconsin Partnership Program Collaborative Health Sciences Grant! Her interdisciplinary research aims to reduce catheter-related infections and improve patient outcomes.
mmi.wisc.edu/dr-jeniel-ne...
🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Andrew Hryckowian on receiving the Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! His groundbreaking work on the gut microbiome is shaping the future of infectious disease research.
mmi.wisc.edu/dr-andrew-hr...
Join us Friday as our series features our very own Dr. Sung Chul Park from the Keller Lab!
📢 MMI Seminar Series
Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB
“Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling”
Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University
📢 MMI Seminar Series
🗓️ Friday, Oct. 10 | 🕛 12:00 PM | 📍1520 MSB
🎙️ “Collaborating with the Host to Kill the Pathogen”
👩🔬 Dr. Corrie Detweiler, Professor, Univ. of Colorado
Join us for this week’s seminar!