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| Introduction |
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The Microbial Sciences Building houses the following UW-Madison organizations:
- Department of Bacteriology
- Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
- Food Research Institute
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
- Wisconsin Center for Infectious Disease
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1521
Phone: (608) 262-2914
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| Hours of Operation |
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The building is accessible to the general public 7am-5pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). Additionally, public access is granted to the 1st and 2nd floors 5pm-7pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). From 7pm to 7am, Monday through Friday, weekends and holidays, access is limited to those individuals holding after-hours access privileges.
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| Rooms and Spaces Available to Campus |
If you would like to reserve any of the following rooms, please contact Saragale Tucker at stucker@wisc.edu or 262-2914:
| Ebling Symposium Center (room 1220) and First Floor Lobby |
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The Ebling Symposium Center (room 1220) hosts national and international seminars, conferences, workshops, annual meetings and symposia in the microbial sciences. The Ebling Symposium Center is available for use by any organization affiliated with the UW, but the Bacteriology and Medical Microbiology & Immunology departments have priority. It seats 450 people, and contains a sophisticated AV system that includes dual multimedia projectors, DVD and VHS players, document camera, presentation recording camera, and sound system with wireless microphones. No classes may be held in this room. Food and drinks, except for water, are also not allowed.
The outer lobby is a nice gathering place for refreshments, lunches, or poster presentations associated with events held in the symposium center, but it can also be reserved for use without holding an event in the symposium center. If you bring in food for an event in the lobby, please bring a supply of trash bags, as we have a limited number of trash and recycling containers.
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| Atria
The atria are available on a first-come, first-served basis to any organization affiliated with the UW. There are two atria available:
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Second Floor Atrium
This is the larger of the two. There are 24 tables that seat 48, 2 couches with small coffee tables, and a few movable whiteboards. The area above the Microcosm Cafe on the third floor is included, where there are 4 tables that seat 8 and 8 couches. While the area above the Cafe can be made exclusive for your event, the area below is shared with patrons of the Cafe during their normal business hours: Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. The area below tends to be quite busy, noisy, and crowded during the lunch hours, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.
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Third Floor Atrium
There are 4 tables that seat 16, 12 couches with small coffee tables, 2 benches that seat 6, and a movable whiteboard or two.
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| Faculty Conference Room (room 6201) |
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A Faculty Meeting and Reading Room on the top floor overlook Lake Mendota. They provide a quiet, comfortable space for faculty to gather and discuss.
Bact and MMI faculty meetings have top priority in this room. The room seats 36 people comfortably, but there are 30 additional chairs around the room. There is a projector, document camera, and VCR and DVD players available in this room. Also a telephone (890-2179) is available in the room for conference calls.
An access card for the door must be obtained from the building receptionist before an event in this room, and it must be returned immediately afterward.
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| EB Fred Conference Room (room 1205A) |
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This room seats 12 people comfortably, but there are 10 extra chairs around the edge of the room. There is a projector, document camera, VCR and DVD player, projection screen, and a small white board in this room. In addition, the building's teleconferencing system resides in this room. The system enables scientists from throughout the world to meet and confer electronically.
The conference telephone number is 890-2396. The teleconferencing system is H.323 and SIP (Polycom/Tandberg) compatible. The IP address is 128.104.137.99.
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| First Flooor General Assignment Classrooms |
| The GAC rooms on the first floor are controlled by campus. You can reserve these rooms through your department's R25 coordinator. Neither Saragale Tucker nor the department administrators are able to reserve these rooms for you. |
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| The AV systems in the Ebling Symposium Center, the EB Fred Conference Room, and the Faculty Meeting Room require a passcode. You can sign up for one through FP&M's Classroom Media Support. All AV equipment in each room is permanently installed and cannot be moved to another. |
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| Facilities to Foster Scientific Discovery |
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Research communities promote interactions and the exchange of ideas among scientists with different perspectives. To this end, the faculty from the two departments housed in the building are comingled on each research floor. The five neighborhoods on each floor also share extensive support facilities: instrumentation, controlled environment rooms, microscopy, imaging suites, autoclaves, and darkrooms. The research suites with adjoining instrumentation rooms and student offices were designed for flexibility to accommodate changing technologies.
A Food Pathogen Research Facility allows for the evaluation of parameters affecting food quality and safety. What is learned here will assist food manufacturers and regulators in making informed decisions about safe food production and regulatory policies.
A Molecular Structure Facility houses instrumentation for elucidating three-dimensional structures of biological molecules using crystallography, x-ray diffraction, and computer-aided graphics.
Translational Laboratories focus on rapid translation of basic research results into commercially valuable products and technology through collaborative research efforts between academic and industrial partners.
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| Areas for Innovative Instruction |
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Specialized Instructional Laboratories support intensive laboratory training in general and advanced microbiology, immunology, microbial physiology, mycology, pathogenic microbiology, microbial diversity, microbial genetics, food microbiology, parasitology, host-microbe interactions, and molecular biology.
The Molecular Modeling Classroom allows students to use computer simulation to explore macromolecular structures and to model microbial systems.
The Rennebohm Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories are self-directed experimental learning laboratories interspersed on the research floors.
The Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Laboratory provides state-of-the-art equipment for identifying cell surface molecules and for separating and collecting mixed populations of cells. This is critical technology for the fields of immunology and microbial pathogenesis.
The Kikkoman Fermentations Laboratory focuses on the technology of large-scale production of microorganisms and their products, a crucial process for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and foods industries.
Modern 200, 100, and 40-seat classrooms offer comprehensive audiovisual capabilities for instruction in microbiology.
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| Spaces for Students |
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The Student Services Center provides offices for academic advising, career counseling, and myriad additional student services for B.S. and M.S. majors.
Graduate Programs offices serve the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Biotechnology Pre-doctoral Training Program, and the Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Responses Training Program.
Club offices support professional student organizations for Bacteriology and Medical Microbiology & Immunology majors. Club activities include career forums, tutoring, and peer advising.
The Master’s Student Lounge offers a respite for students working towards their M.S. degrees in Bacteriology or Medical Microbiology & Immunology.
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| Places to Gather |
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The East Atrium and Microcosm Cafe serve as the social hub of the community, as well as providing breakout space for the Symposium Center’s poster sessions and receptions.
The South Atrium is intended to be a “Main Street” for undergraduates coming to and from the instructional laboratories and classrooms.
Outdoor terraces and patios facilitate fellowship and relaxation during pleasant summer days.
Relaxed seating areas with mobile marker boards on every floor encourage informal shoptalk and brainstorming.
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| Places to Engage the Public |
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The Discovery Center, once completed, will be a focal point of the first floor. This inviting space will allow visitors of all ages to experience first-hand the fascinating world of microbiology through a variety of self-directed explorations at interactive stations.
Two Instructional Laboratories provide space for groups of visiting K-12 students and teachers to conduct hands-on experiments under the direction of experienced instructors.
The Northwest Passage, a unique architectural element that cuts through the building, offers inside views of the space to students going to and from classes on campus.
Outdoor Sculptures by Andrea Myklelbust and Stanton G. Sears provide artistic depictions of the kind of work being done in the building. “Microbial Leaf” is a rendering of microorganisms carved in a relief panel made of slate, the traditional material of classroom chalkboards. “Cell Wall” is a sculptural seating installation at the entry of the building. Carved from Indiana limestone, the 60-foot-long seating wall plays with notions of scale, dramatically enlarging a portion of a cellular membrane and illustrating a number of cellular processes along its length.
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“We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us.”
Winston Churchill,
British Statesman, 1874-1965
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