Tag: Bacteriology
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Posted on August 5, 2014
Mining bacterial blueprints yields novel process for creation of fuel and chemical compounds
A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified the genes and enzymes that create a promising compound — the 19 carbon furan-containing […]
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Posted on April 29, 2014
Two CALS teams among winners of Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge
Two CALS-based teams took silver in the 2014 Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge. Second place in The Dvorak Energy Innovation Prize contest – and $1,500 […]
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Posted on April 23, 2014
Richard Gourse elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist Richard L. Gourse is among leaders from academia, business, public affairs and the arts and humanities elected to membership in the […]
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Posted on April 21, 2014
Wisconsin team to search for new antibiotics from untapped microbes
Facing an imminent global public health crisis, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has been awarded up to $16 million from the National Institutes of […]
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Posted on February 25, 2014
Saving the honeybee
This video features CALS entomology professor Christelle Guedot and bacteriology professor Cameron Currie discussing the issue of Colony Collapse Disorder and scientific efforts at CALS […]
- Posted on October 3, 2013
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Posted on September 18, 2013
Decades on, bacterium’s discovery feted as paragon of basic science
Over time, the esoteric and sometimes downright strange quests of science have proven easy targets for politicians and others looking for perceived examples of waste […]
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Posted on August 2, 2013
Enzymes, ants and bio fuel – Audio
/RSS FeedEnzymes, ants and bio fuel Frank Aylward, Research Fellow Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences faylward@wisc.edu Phone: (608) 265-0689 2:59 – […]
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Posted on July 1, 2013
Protecting our pollinators: CALS researchers seek answers, solutions to bee die-off
People and bees have a long shared history. Honeybees, natives of Europe, were carried to the United States by early settlers to provide honey and […]
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Posted on June 13, 2013
Researchers unearth bioenergy potential in leaf-cutter ant communities
As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren’t the only ones tending their gardens. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology, colonies of leaf-cutter ants […]
