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Tiny Earth Combating Antibiotic Resistance Featured on NBC15 Madison
Students at Northeast Wisconsin Technical Collage (NWTC) are looking for ways to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria as part of an eight-year project with Tiny Earth, a worldwide initiative headquartered at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Ulugbek Kamilov uses machine learning to make biomedical and scientific imaging faster and more adaptable
Kamilov, recently invited to join the ranks of Discovery Fellows at WID will share his expertise developing AI and mathematical methods for computational imaging. We look forward to his future collaborations.
New faculty profile: Marc Chevrette explores bacterial conversations happening within host-associated microbiomes
Marc Chevrette joined the UW–Madison faculty and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery in August 2025 as an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology. His position is part of RISE-EARTH, the sustainability-themed focus area of the university’s Wisconsin RISE Initiative strategic hiring effort to solve grand challenges.
Dr. Andrew Hryckowian Receives Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award
This prestigious honor recognizes outstanding early-career faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional research accomplishments and show great promise for continued scholarly excellence. The award will enable WID Discovery Fellow, Dr. Hryckowian to continue advancing this critical research, contributing to a deeper understanding of the microbiome and its role in health and disease.
