Stories indexed under: Bacteriology

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  • New early career awards support biofuels research May 31, 2012 A young generation of researchers are seeking biofuels in some unlikely-sounding places: toxic algae blooms and cow stomachs.
  • Photo: leafcutter ants Leafcutter ant genome reveals secrets of fungus farming ways Feb. 10, 2011 Leafcutter ants, signature denizens of New World tropical forests, are unique in their ability to harvest fresh leaves to cultivate a nutrient-rich fungus as food.
  • Eight UW-Madison faculty honored as AAAS fellows Jan. 11, 2011 Eight members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), it was announced today (Jan. 11).
  • New UW-Madison 'Ants and Agriculture' exhibit opens Nov. 24, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are putting the finishing touches on a new "Ants and Agriculture" display in Microbe Place, an outreach facility in the lobby of the Microbial Sciences Building.
  • Queent ant Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow Nov. 19, 2009 Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
  • Five questions with ... Katrina Forest Oct. 21, 2009 Bacteriology professor Katrina Forest once considered studying architecture — and in a way she does, albeit on a very small scale. As a protein crystallographer, she studies the three-dimensional structures of bacterial proteins on an atomic level to understand how the proteins function.
  • Curiosities: How long can bacteria live outside humans? Aug. 10, 2009
  • UW-Madison researcher wins White House science award July 9, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist and evolutionary biologist is one of the country's brightest young scientific minds, according to the White House.
  • Chemistry meets biology at screening center Feb. 26, 2009 When University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist Nancy Keller and her team managed to genetically trick fungi into making metabolic byproducts that are notoriously difficult for scientists to get at, she wondered if the substances might have any clinically useful properties.
  • Southern Pine Beetle Wielding microbe against microbe, beetle defends its food source Oct. 2, 2008 As the southern pine beetle moves through the forest boring tunnels inside the bark of trees, it brings with it both a helper and a competitor. The helper is a fungus that the insect plants inside the tunnels as food for its young. But also riding along is a tiny, hitchhiking mite, which likewise carries a fungus for feeding its own larvae.
  • UW-Madison brews up a good relationship with MillerCoors Sept. 15, 2008 MillerCoors has donated a complete set of pilot-scale brewing equipment to the University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriology department.
  • Bacteriologist tabbed for prestigious NIH research award July 5, 2007 Richard L. Gourse, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on the critical early steps of gene expression, has received a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health, which provides research funding for up to 10 years.
  • Switchgrass research Major bioenergy initiative takes flight in Midwest June 26, 2007 A consortium of universities, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories and businesses led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to explore the vast potential of bioenergy was awarded one of three major new DOE bioenergy research centers, it was announced today (June 26).
  • Honey pot UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers May 2, 2007 Jennifer Eddy, a physician at UW Health’s Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic and an assistant professor of family medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is conducting the first randomized, double-blind controlled trial of honey for diabetic ulcers.
  • Satellite image of Lake Mendota Resident bacteria may help clean phosphorous from lakes May 2, 2007 UW-Madison engineer Katherine McMahon is integrating her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes — two in Madison and one in China — to learn more about how those bacteria affect phosphorus cycling in the lakes.
  • Motion W in petri dish Arming the fight against resistant bacteria April 27, 2007 In 1928, Alexander Fleming opened the door to treating bacterial infections when he stumbled upon the first known antibiotic in a Penicillium mold growing in a discarded experiment.
  • Gene sequencing advance bolsters biofuels potential March 6, 2007 A collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has advanced the quest for efficient conversion of plant biomass to fuels and chemicals.