Marcin Filutowicz stumbled upon a potentially powerful biotherapy—using amoebas that feast on antibiotic-resistant bacteria to cure such ills as staph infections and diabetic ulcers.

Unicellular amoebas aggregate to form “slugs,” structures that allow these organisms  to travel en masse – about 1 million of them per “slug” – to […]

Bacteriologist Marcin Filutowicz specializes in developing antimicrobial technologies that one day may help replace antibiotics—and save lives—as the power of our antibiotics arsenal wanes. But […]

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Marcin Filutowicz: harnessing the power of amoeba

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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/marcin_filutowicz_beneficial_amoeba.mp3|titles=Marcin Filutowicz on harnessing amoeba] Marcin Filutowicz, Professor Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences msfiluto@wisc.edu (608) 262-6947 Amoeba to the rescue […]

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Heidi Goodrich-Blair: Nematodes, bacteria, ants and curious compounds

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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/heidi_goodrich_blaire_nematodes_ants_bacteria.mp3|titles=Heidi Goodrich-Blaire on nematodes ants bacteria] Heidi-Goodrich Blair, Professor Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hgblair@bact.wisc.edu (608) 265-4537 Ants in the […]

Many of our state’s signature foods and industries are defined by a fragrant microbial process: fermentation. Why shouldn’t UW-Madison become a world leader in fermentation science? It’s a question that David Ryder, VP of brewing and research at MillerCoors, dares to ask – and a dream he’ll help CALS pursue.

For a century, Wisconsin’s traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide. Now, the immense variety of biological […]

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Defining the healthy bee hive

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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/grubbs_dugenske_colony_colapse.mp3|titles=Defining the healthy bee hive] Kirk Grubbs, Graduate Student, Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences kgrubbs@wisc.edu (608) 265-8034 Robert Dugenske, Student, […]

As Wisconsin struggles with unemployment and anemic growth, a group of health-related university spin-offs continues to benefit from UW-Madison’s profound depth in biological sciences, medicine […]