UW-Madison Symbiophiles
		Caitilyn Allen Ralstonia-plant interactions Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Two Host-Induced Ralstonia solanacearum Genes, acrA and dinF, Encode Multidrug Efflux Pumps and Contribute to Bacterial Wilt Virulence"	Professor Plant Pathology, Women's Studies Rm 885D Russell Labs 608 262 9578 P 608 265 2060 L 608 263 2626 F cza@plantpath.wisc.edu
		Jean-Michel Ané Genetics of plant-microbe symbioses (legume nodulation and arbuscular mycorrhization) Lab Web Site Representative paper/review Latest Publication: "Recent Advances in Medicago truncatula Genomics"	Assistant Professor Agronomy 219 Moore Hall 608 262 6457 P 608 890 0155 L 608 262 5217 F jane@wisc.edu
		Amir H. Assadi Mathematical modeling of biological systems, including evolution of symbiosis Lab Web Site	Professor Mathematics, Wisconsin Genome Center 811 Van Vleck Hall 608 262 3219 P (VV) 608 263 2667 P (CMS) 608 263 8891 F ahassadi@facstaff.wisc.edu
		Teri Balser Microbial community ecology Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Reliability of Muramic Acid as a Bacterial Biomarker is Influenced by Methodological Artifacts from Streptomycin"	Assistant Professor Soil Science Rm 204 Soils 608 262 0132 P 608 265 2595 F tcbalser@facstaff.wisc.edu
		Amy Charkowski Plant-microbe interactions Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Evaluation of isolation methods and RNA integrity for bacterial RNA quantitation"	Assistant Professor Plant Pathology 608 262 7911 P 608 263 2626 F amyc@plantpath.wisc.edu
		Cameron Currie Attine ant-microbe symbioses Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Black yeast symbionts compromise the efficiency of antibiotic defenses in fungus-growing ants"	Assistant Professor Bacteriology 158 Biochemistry 608 265 8034 P 608 265 9282 F currie@bact.wisc.edu
		Jerald Ensign Nematode-bacterium symbiosis Lab Web Site	Professor Emeritus Bacteriology 207 Biochemistry 608 262 7877 P 608 265 9865 F jcensign@facstaff.wisc.edu
		Ismor Fischer Statistical and mathematical modeling of symbioses Lab Web Site	Lecturer Statistics, Pharmacy 1237 MSC 608 262 0087 P (MSC) 608 262 4412 P (Pharm) ifischer@stat.wisc.edu
		Katrina Forest Structural biology of host-microbe interactions Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Three-dimensional structure/function analysis of SCP-2-like2 reveals differences among SCP-2 family members"	Associate Professor Bacteriology 230C Biochemistry 608 265 3566 P 608 262 9865 F 608 265 9282 L forest@bact.wisc.edu
		Andrea Gargas Evolutionary origins of symbiosis Lab Web Site	Assistant Professor Botany Rm 242 Birge Hall 608 262 8644 P agargas@facstaff.wisc.edu
		Heidi Goodrich-Blair Nematode-bacterium mutualism, insect-bacterium pathogenesis Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "The Xenorhabdus nematophila nilABC Genes Confer the Ability of Xenorhabdus spp. To Colonize Steinernema carpocapsae Nematodes "	Associate Professor Bacteriology 387 Biochemistry 608 265 4537 P 608 265 4307 L 608 262 9865 F hgblair@bact.wisc.edu
		Jo Handelsman Microbial communities (rhizosphere, gypsy moth midgut, soil) Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Quorum-sensing signals in the microbial community of the cabbage white butterfly larval midgut"	Professor Plant Pathology Rm 598A Russell Labs 608 263 8783 P 608 262 1410 L 608 263 2626 F joh@plantpath.wisc.edu
		Bill Hickey Soil and subsurface microbial community processes Lab Web Site	Professor Soil Science Rm 205B Smith Annex 608 262 9018 P 608 265 2595 F wjhickey@facstaff.wisc.edu
		Margaret McFall-Ngai Squid-Vibrio mutualism Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Effects of colonization, luminescence, and autoinducer on host transcription during development of the squid-vibrio association"	Professor Medical Microbiology & Immunology 4385A Medical Sciences Center 608 262 2393 P 608 262 5952 L 608 262 8418 F mjmcfallngai@wisc.edu
		Trina McMahon Microbial ecology Lab Web Site Latest Publications "Persistence of pathogenic prion protein during simulated wastewater treatment processes"	Assistant Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering 3204 Engineering 608 263 3137 P 608 262 5199 F tmcmahon@engr.wisc.edu
		Donna Paulnock Innate immunity Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Genetic manipulation of African trypanosomes as a tool to dissect the immunobiology of infection"	Professor Medical Microbiology & Immunology 451 Bardeen Labs 608 263 5857 P 608 262 7815 L 608 262 8418 F paulnock@wisc.edu
		Ken Raffa Plant-insect interactions Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Rules of Engagement: Interspecies Interactions that Regulate Microbial Communities"	Professor Entomology 345 Russell Labs 608 262 1125 P 608 262 4755 L 608 262 3322 F raffa@entomology.wisc.edu
		Ned Ruby Squid-Vibrio mutualism Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Effects of colonization, luminescence, and autoinducer on host transcription during development of the squid-vibrio association"	Professor Medical Microbiology & Immunology 4385B Medical Sciences Center 608 262 5911 P 608 262 5550 L 608 262 8418 F egruby@wisc.edu
		Gary Splitter Host-microbe interactions and pathogenesis Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Blue-Light-Activated Histidine Kinases: Two-Component Sensors in Bacteria"	Professor AHABS Rm 203 AHABS 608 262 1837 P 608 262 0472 L 608 262 7420 F gas@ahabs.wisc.edu
		Michael Thomas Microbial secondary metabolism Lab Web Site Latest Publications "Nonribosomal peptide synthetases involved in the production of medically relevant natural products"	Assistant Professor Bacteriology 256 Biochemistry 608 263 9075 P 608 262 9865 F 608 265 7767 L thomas@bact.wisc.edu
		John Thomson Lichen biology Lab Web Site	Professor Emeritus Wisconsin State Herbarium, Botany 608 262 2690 P
		Jon Woods Fungal-host interactions Lab Web Site Latest Publication: "Ferrous, But Not Ferric, Iron Maintains Homeostasis in Histoplasma capsulatum Triacylglycerides"	Associate Professor Medical Microbiology & Immunology 420A SMI 608 265 6292 P 608 265 6228 L 608 262 8418 F jpwoods@wisc.edu