Upcoming Events
"Novel Strategies to Combat Ebolavirus"
Good luck, Pete!
Dr. Barbara Schaal from Washington University, "Diversity and Domestication in Rice"
Contact Robyn Lindeman or Joseph Lancman with any questions
Date: Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Location: Microbial Sciences Building
Symposium schedule:
8:00-8:30 Registration and poster setup
8:30-10:00 Session I
Dr. Jenny Gumperz - CD1-restricted T cells: monitors of inflammatory lipid messengers?
4 short talks chosen from submitted abstracts
10:30-12:00 Session II
Dr. Chuck Czuprynski - The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a new player in innate immunity to bacterial infection.
4 short talks chosen from submitted abstracts
News
Time Magazine names James Thomson one of “World’s Most Influential People”
Stem cell scientist James Thomson has been named one of Time magazine's "World's Most Influential People," with Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University. Last year, they each discovered a way to give human skin cells many of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, an advance that avoids the destruction of embryos.
Stem cell pioneer Thomson elected to National Academy of Sciences
With cell as muse, art fuels scientist's quest
CMB Trainer and Alum (PhD '00) Ahna Skop is featured in Wisconsin Week

April 28, 2008
by Terry Devitt
For Ahna Skop, the tipping point to a career in science was a dance and a food fight.
Read the full news story at http://www.news.wisc.edu/15115
Research
Weibel Lab

Our laboratory
studies microbial biochemistry with an emphasis on understanding the
molecular mechanisms that give rise to phenotypes in bacteria.
Although our current understanding of the complexity of a bacterium is
still emerging, it is becoming clear that the genetic and biochemical
mechanisms that
govern cellular homeostasis are far more sophisticated than we had
imagined. Our approach to the study of bacteria is driven by the
development of new capabilities for studying single cells or small
groups of cells and the application of these techniques to dissect the
molecular choreography within the cell. This research is
interdisciplinary and is based on a fusion of techniques from biology,
physics, engineering, and chemistry.
The
top-level goal of our research is to understand how the behavior and
physiology of bacteria is encoded at the molecular level. The results
of these projects drive the application phase of our research, which is
aimed at using bacterial cells to produce new materials. We summarize
several areas we are working on below.
Weibel Lab website: http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/weibel/