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George Auer
1st year graduate student; Biomedical Engineering
Project(s): High throughput measurements of the modulus of bacterial cell walls; cell growth under compression.
E-mail: gkauer_AT_wisc.edu
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Andy Braasch
Senior; Genetics
Project(s): Bacteria mutants with enhanced community motility (mentor: Vladimir Smeianov).
E-mail: braascha_AT_gmail.com
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Ignacio Cabrera
Visiting Student (from University of Chile)
Eduardo Neale-Silva Scholar
Project(s): Role of iron in regulation of the cell cycle in bacterial communities (with Matt Copeland).
E-mail: i.cabrera.ost_AT_gmail.com |
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Matthew Copeland
4th year IPiB* graduate student
NIH Biotechnology Training Grant
Project(s): Understanding the physical and genetic control of coordinated behavior in multicellular structures of bacteria.
E-mail: mfcopeland_AT_biochem.wisc.edu |
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Troy Dassler
First grade bilingual teacher at Aldo Leopold Elementary School (Madison, WI)
MRSEC RET Fellow
Project: MicroExplorers; Developing science outreach platforms for K-3 students using digital optical microscopy.
E-mail: tdassler_AT_madison.k12.wi.us |
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Ye-Jin (Jenna) Eun
3rd year IPiB graduate student
Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellow
Project(s): Studying the role of surface chemistry in the architecture of multicellular structures of bacteria; discovery and characterization of small molecules that target bacterial cytoskeletal proteins.
E-mail: yjeun_AT_wisc.edu
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Shane Flickinger, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; Ph.D., Dept. of Chemistry, UW-Madison
Project(s): Characterizing small molecule inhibitors of the bacterial cytoskeleton; studying the role of chemical signaling in the formation of multicellular structures of bacteria.
E-mail: sflickinger_AT_wisc.edu
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Marie Foss
3rd year IPiB graduate student
Project(s): Discovering small molecule inhibitors of the bacterial cytoskeleton and their application to the study of these proteins in vivo.
E-mail: mhfoss_AT_wisc.edu
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Sean McMaster
Senior; Biochemistry and Math
Hilldale Scholar; Barry Goldwater Scholar
Project: Developing a chemically and physically defined platform for studying multicellular behavior in bacteria (mentor: Matt Copeland).
E-mail: smcmaster_AT_wisc.edu |
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Purba Mukerjee
1st year graduate student; Chemistry
Project: TBD
E-mail:
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Lars Renner
Postdoctoral Fellow; Ph.D., Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden
Project: The relationship between cell shape, membrane architecture, and protein localization in bacteria.
E-mail: ldrenner_AT_wisc.edu
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Vladimir Smeianov, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; Ph.D., Dept. of Microbiology, Russian State Medical University, Moscow
Project(s): Evolution of shape and motility in bacteria.
E-mail: vvsmeianov@wisc.edu |
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Kelsey Thornton
Sophomore
Project(s): TBD
E-mail:
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Sonia Trevino-Dopatka
Sophomore, Biochemistry
Project: Using small molecules to study the organization of proteins in bacterial cells (mentor: Jenna Eun).
E-mail: trevinodopat@wisc.edu |
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Hannah Tuson
4th year IPiB graduate student
NIH Molecular Biosciences Training Grant
Project(s): Studying the mechanisms bacterial cells use to sense interfaces; exploring physical mechanisms of controlling bacterial cell differentiation and multicellular behavior.
E-mail: htuson_AT_biochem.wisc.edu |
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Peter Vander Velden
Sophomore; Undecided
Project: Studying the predation of biofilms and communities of swarming bacteria (mentor: Doug Weibel).
E-mail: pevandervelde_AT_wisc.edu |