An invasive fungus that colonizes the skin of hibernating bats with deadly consequences is a stealthy invader that uses multiple strategies to slip into the small mammals’ skin cells and quietly manipulate them to aid …
Klein Research Group News
Six students and their mentors receive undergraduate research fellowships
On May 3, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin hosted the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for the 2023-2024 academic year. This year, six students mentored by Department of Pediatrics faculty members were highlighted at the event. Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty …
Research Week 2024: Highlights and award winners
In May, the Department of Pediatrics hosted its annual Research Week, providing department researchers with a platform to learn about, share, and explore the latest advances in pediatric research. Participants attended livestreamed lectures, in-person events, …
Department of Pediatrics 2024 Research Week, including the Gerard B. Odell Lecture and Award, is coming in May
Next month, the Department of Pediatrics will offer its 2024 Research Week over five days, May 13–17. Through a combination of live-streamed lectures, in-person events, and interactive sessions with faculty members and trainees, audience participants …
R21 award will support Marcel Wuethrich and Bruce Klein’s study on the effects of inhaled fungal infection on SLAMF1 receptors
PI Marcel Wuethrich, PhD, distinguished scientist, and co-PI Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, both of the Division of Infectious Diseases, were recently awarded a new R21 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and …
Bruce Klein and Marcel Wuethrich receive R01 grant to investigate vaccine immunity against coccidioidomycosis
PI Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, and co-PI Marcel Wuethrich, PhD, distinguished scientist, both from the Division of Infectious Diseases, received a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The five-year …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: April 2023
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, parenting, vaccinations, and COVID-19, to name …
Bruce Klein and research team awarded $2 million grant for vaccine and drug treatment against white-nose syndrome, fungal disease deadly to bats
In a private-public collaboration, the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have awarded a grant of more the $2 million for a research project to combat white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease …
Marcel Wuethrich awarded research grant to continue studies of potential antifungal vaccines
Marcel Wuethrich, PhD, distinguished scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was awarded a research grant from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for $79,847 for his project …
Be wary in the woods: An endemic Wisconsin fungus can cause serious respiratory illness
For more than 30 years, Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, with appointments in the Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, and his research team have been …