Congrats to Isabelle Ludwikoski on winning the 2019 William Wright Undergraduate Scholarship! Isabelle will use her award to continue her research on the bioactivity of molecules produced by human skin microbes. This scholarship is offered …
Kickstarting the Microbiome Journal Club
The Kalan Lab has started a Microbiome Journal Club! All researchers interested in dissecting and discussing microbiome studies are welcome to join us at the Terrace (weather permitting) on the last Wednesday of every month.
Mary Hannah’s award-winning poster
Congratulations to Mary Hannah (2nd from left), a first-year MDTP student in the Kalan Lab, on winning 2nd place in the Perlman Symposium poster contest! The Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery and Development highlights the …
CALS Quickstart students visit the Kalan Lab
CALS QuickStart students interested in pursuing a degree in STEM came to tour the Kalan Lab. Pictured is Stephanie giving a introduction to the basics of skin microbiology before showing the students how to infect …
Stephanie joins the Kalan Lab!
April 2018
JoJo joins the lab! JoJo graduated from UW-Madison with a BS in Biology. After college he went to work at the New York Botanical Garden studying the systematics, genomics, and evolution of the green algae. …
February 2018
First experiment – colonizing 3D skin with skin bacteria
January 2018
The Kalan Lab opens! Dr. Lindsay Kalan joins the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor in the department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology. Alex Cheong joins the lab! Alex is a …