Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade and […]

As one of April’s last snowstorms swirls outside, obscuring the view of west campus, the students’ thoughts inside turn to warmer climes. Much warmer. Some […]

This year’s recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are both rock stars — one literally, the other in microbiology. The honorees are […]

Medicine was transformed in the 20th century by the discovery and development of antibiotics, the vast majority of which came from one source: soil bacteria. […]

A major goal of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is to harness the power of microbes to create biofuels. But often, it’s an expensive challenge for […]

New research on transcriptional pausing, which helps control gene expression in cells, will aid in the understanding of the enzyme RNA polymerase — a key player […]

The caravan rolled slowly down Brodhead Street past the Mazomanie Historical Society, crossed the railroad tracks and took a right on Hudson Street to stay […]

Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from the ravages […]

The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team of […]

Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or […]