Biological Sciences Colloquium: Careers in Academia Panel

Dr. Lauren Cirino, Dr. Tamjid Chowdhury, Dr. Emily Latch, Dr. Mark McBride, and Dr. Alita Burmeister will compose a panel of post-docs, new faculty, and established faculty that will sit during this week's colloquium and discuss entering academia. The panel... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Ryan Newton

Dr. Ryan Newton, Assistant Professor at UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Small Life Considered: Tracing our Understanding of the Most Abundant Lake Bacterium." Read more about Dr. Newton's work here. The bacteria... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Troy Skwor

Dr. Troy Skwor, Assistant Professor and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Coordinator in UWM's Department of Biomedical Sciences, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Comparing antimicrobial resistance between clinical and wastewater isolates: A local and global perspective." Read more... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Zac Freedman

Dr. Zac Freedman, Assistant Professor of Soil Microbiology at UW-Madison, will present a talk about this work entitled, "It's the little things that count: Illuminating the microbial "black box" of soil ecology." Read more about Dr. Freedman's work here. Understanding... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Shashini Welmillage

Shashini Welmillage, current graduate student in the Department of Biological Studies at UWM, will present a talk about her work entitled, "Beyond the Crop Legumes: Mechanisms of symbiosis between Mimosa pudica and Paraburkholderia phymatum." The nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between legumes and rhizobia plays a... Read More

Biological Sciences Colloquium: Dr. Gopal Iyer

Dr. Gopal Iyer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Oncology at UW-Madison, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Heterotrimeric-G protein subunit is a determinant for lung-brain metastasis." Read more about Dr. Iyer's work here. Dissemination of tumor... Read More