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 […]

This past winter, Karthik Anantharaman, assistant professor of bacteriology, embarked on a scientific adventure. On board the research vessel R/V Falkor, he sampled deep-sea hydrothermal […]

Seventeen projects, ranging from topics such as electrical stimulation for advanced wound healing to establishing a Radio Astronomy Data Science Center at UW–Madison, and expanding […]

As one of April’s last snowstorms swirls outside, obscuring the view of west campus, the students’ thoughts inside turn to warmer climes. Much warmer. Some […]

Pioneering scientist Thomas Brock, the E.B. Fred Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus at UW–Madison, helped usher in modern molecular biology. Now, in his post-retirement work, […]

Two CALS professors were among the 10 UW–Madison faculty recently appointed to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation named professorships in 2019: Richard Gourse, Masayasu Nomura Professor […]

A major goal of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is to harness the power of microbes to create biofuels. But often, it’s an expensive […]

This year’s recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are both rock stars — one literally, the other in microbiology. The honorees are […]

Medicine was transformed in the 20th century by the discovery and development of antibiotics, the vast majority of which came from one source: soil bacteria. […]

Karthik Anantharaman, assistant professor of bacteriology, is in the midst of a scientific oceanic adventure. He’s part of a team that’s currently on the research […]