Tag: Bacteriology
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Posted on October 26, 2015
Mycologist says our close relatives break the bounds of biology
The mushroom nicknamed “death cap” made headlines this summer when it poisoned Syrian refugees fleeing through Eastern Europe. But it was cooperation, not toxicity, that […]
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Posted on October 6, 2015
Ancestors of land plants were wired to make the leap to shore
When the algal ancestor of modern land plants made the transition from aquatic environments to an inhospitable shore 450 million years ago, it changed the […]
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Posted on August 6, 2015
“Happy Days Study” meets the microbiome
For almost 60 years, the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) has closely followed the life course of roughly a third of Wisconsin high school graduates from […]
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Posted on June 26, 2015
Bugs to biofuels – Audio
/RSS FeedBugs to biofuels Gina Lewin, Research Assistant, Currie Lab Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences glewin@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-7538 3:05 – […]
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Posted on June 12, 2015
Drugs from bugs – Audio
/RSS FeedHeidi Horn, Research Assistant Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hahorn8@gmail.com Phone (608) 890-0237 Drugs from bugs 3:03 – Total Time […]
- Posted on May 5, 2015
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Posted on April 6, 2015
Exploring bugs and bioenergy: Gina Lewin’s path to the Currie Lab
For many college students, summer provides a chance to test-drive future career paths. When Gina Lewin took advantage of such an opportunity, her test drive […]
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Day in the life of a microbiology grad student
Meet Gina Lewin, a graduate student in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program. She conducts research in Cameron Currie’s bacteriology lab where she studies microbial communities […]
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Posted on March 3, 2015
Daniel Amador-Noguez engineers better bacteria for biofuels
In high school,” Daniel Amador-Noguez recalls, “I took a science class where one of the lectures was all about the future – where the research […]
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Posted on January 23, 2015
Safer, more natural insect control result of research – Audio
/RSS FeedHeidi-Goodrich Blair, Professor Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hgblair@bact.wisc.edu (608) 265-4537 3:00 – Total Time 0:15 – The research explained […]