Tag: Bacteriology
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Posted on June 14, 2016
UW-Madison seeks to capitalize on push to harness helpful microbes
Since the 17th century, when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first observed microorganisms through the lens of a rudimentary microscope, humans have slowly come to appreciate that […]
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Posted on June 9, 2016
Chemistry lessons from bacteria may improve biofuel production
If you’re made of carbon, precious few things are as important to life as death. A dead tree may represent a literal windfall of the […]
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Posted on May 23, 2016
Xylome’s quest to lower the cost of cellulosic ethanol
In their lab on a 20-acre prairie in Madison, Wisconsin, Xylome scientists are busy tinkering with the yeasts that live in the bellies of wood-boring […]
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Posted on May 18, 2016
Panda poop study provides insights into microbiome, reproductive troubles
A stomachache can put a real damper on your love life — especially if you’re a giant panda. One minute it’s breeding season and you’re […]
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Posted on May 12, 2016
UW expert at White House summit
On Friday, May 13, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will host an event on microbiomes – communities of microorganisms that live […]
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Posted on May 10, 2016
For Theo Loo, an unintimidated, humble approach to solving global problems
Big problems don’t intimidate UW-Madison senior Theo Loo. And big ideas, it seems, come naturally. One of eight undergraduate Wisconsin Idea Fellows at the Morgridge […]
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Posted on March 4, 2016
Microbiomes new research frontier – Audio
/RSS FeedMicrobiomes new research frontier Garret Suen, Assistant Professor Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences gsuen@wisc.edu (608) 890-3971 3:03 – Total Time […]
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Posted on February 1, 2016
Tim Donohue, the power of microbes and the pull of Rockaway Beach
Long before Tim Donohue became a bacteriology professor and the director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), he was a teenage beach cleaner […]
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Posted on January 14, 2016
Researchers collaborate to break down lignin and advance biofuels
To tackle what many consider the next frontier in biofuels research, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) recently joined forces with the Joint BioEnergy […]
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Posted on October 29, 2015
Scientists: Harnessing microbes could help solve hunger, health, chemical and energy problems
While scientists learn more with each passing study about the way the invisible lives of fungi, bacteria, viruses and other microscopic organisms intersect with much […]
