Tag: Bacteriology
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Posted on February 25, 2021
Answers Await on the Ocean Floor
It’s December 2018. Karthik Anantharaman awakens at 6 a.m., afloat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He’s barely slept, adrenaline is flowing. There’s […]
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Posted on February 25, 2020
‘The Sweeping Landscape of Her Work’
It took a hard-fought battle, but in 1919, after decades of petitions, demonstrations, and arrests, women finally won the right to vote. The passage and […]
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Posted on June 19, 2019
The Inner Workings of Microbial Metabolism
Daniel Amador-Noguez is learning how living organisms transform nutrients into energy and other useful chemicals. Among a cadre of scientists looking at the biological underpinnings […]
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Deibel Family Gift Cultivates Grad Student Discoveries
Scientists-in-training at the UW Food Research Institute (FRI) are identifying better probiotics and improving food safety with the help of a generous gift from retired […]
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Five Things Everyone Should Know about … Mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade […]
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Hold the Fertilizer
The term is “nitrogen fixation.” No, it doesn’t refer to an unhealthy obsession with one of the most common chemical elements on Earth. Rather, it’s […]
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Posted on October 17, 2018
In the Field | Alumni Making Their Marks as Entrepreneurs
Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special “In […]
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Posted on March 7, 2018
Gut Dwellers
CALS scientists delve into the microbial communities in our digestive tracts — and their implications for our health
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Shaping the Future of Farming
The new Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center is poised to serve as an exciting incubator for agricultural improvement.
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Safer Native Foods
A CALS bacteriologist is working with Alaska Natives and other groups to keep botulism out of seal oil and other traditional favorites
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Posted on February 20, 2017
Gut Reactions
Garret Suen’s study of microorganisms involved in herbivore digestion holds promise
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Posted on October 24, 2016
Antibiotics Off the Beaten Path
CALS’ Cameron Currie and his team are looking at microbes associated with insects, plants and
marine life as potential sources for new drugs