
40th Annual
Kenneth B. Raper Symposium
Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
Bacteriology is Hiring!
The Department of Bacteriology invites applications for two new faculty members.
Welcome
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology makes fundamental discoveries in microbiology, develops practical applications that affect lives, and provides superior training for the next generation of microbiologists. This training allows undergraduate and graduate students to begin careers that contribute to the world in many ways — in research, teaching, industry, entrepreneurship, scientific writing and editing, and government service. Our community is as a vibrant place to learn, teach, and conduct research; a place rich in opportunity, ideas, creativity, and resources; and a place where people can flourish and discover their own potential.
Events
- Sep10 Microbial Ecology, Quorum Sensing & Phage-Host Interactions: Implications for Biofilm Control in the Built Environment Jeseth Delgado Vela — Duke University | Host: Trina McMahon
- Sep17 Decoding Ralstonia wilt pathogens: Genetics, physiology, and evolutionary biology of the global crop pathogens Tiffany Lowe-Power — UC Davis | Host: David Hershey
- Sep24 Language of Lipids: Host-microbiome cross-talk through lipid metabolites Robert Quinn — Michigan State University | Host: Federico Rey
- Oct01 Genomics Accelerated Discovery and Biosynthesis of Phosphonate Natural Products Kou-San Ju — The Ohio State University | Host: Erica Majumder
- Oct08 Type IV pili: form and function Courtney Ellison — University of Georgia | Host: Katrina Forest
Recent Publications
- Jaejin Lee, Bolívar Aponte Rolón, Phillip de Lorimier, Jean-Michel Ané, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Alyssa A Carrell, Yen Ning Chai, Janith Chandrasoma, Nicole Geerdes, Valentina Infante, Brandon Kristy, Stanton Martin, Imani Pascoe, Rounak Patra, Lorien Radmer, Tomás Allen Rush, Ndenum Suzzy Shita, Andie Suratt, Patrick F Suthers, Melissa A Cregger, Adina Howe, Sarah Lebeis, Henrik Vibe Scheller The New phytologist
- Yumary M Vasquez, Tiago Nardi, Gbocho Masato Terasaki, Petra Byl, Tomáš Brůna, Juan C Villada, Miguel F Romero-Gutiérrez, Thomas Mock, Timothy Y James, GVMAGs data consortium, Tanja Woyke, Frederik Schulz Nature microbiology
- Marguerite V Langwig, Karthik Anantharaman Annual review of marine science
- Fuad J Shatara, Azul Kothari, Liyuan Hou, Kiyoko Yokota, Erica L-W Majumder Sustainable microbiology
- Taylor B Updegrove, Vani Pande, Fukang She, Michael C Gilmore, Vivek Anantharaman, David M Stevenson, Daniel Amador-Noguez, L Aravind, Felipe Cava, Jiji Chen, Jue D Wang, Kumaran S Ramamurthi Science advances
Google Drive link (campus login required) to the agenda for our next Bacteriology Faculty meeting.
