Team Update: Wishing Laura the Best!

Our Tiny Earth Program Manager, Laura Langley, who has been with Tiny Earth since 2023, will be transitioning to a new role as the Departmental Administrator for the University of Wisconsin–Superior Music Department in August.  Laura was originally introduced to Tiny Earth in 2019 when she started as Tiny Earth Founder Jo Handelsman’s Executive [...]

2026-07-29T12:41:01-05:00July 29th, 2026|

Team Update: Wishing Martel the Best!

After working as the Tiny Earth Chemistry Hub (TECH) Manager for more than seven years, Martel DenHartog will be taking on a new role in August at the University of Montana. Her new position will be the Research and Community Engagement Specialist for the Skaggs Institute for Health Innovation. Over the past eight years, [...]

2026-07-29T10:16:04-05:00July 29th, 2026|

TEPIs Publish Research Article on Teaching Ethics in Bioprospecting

Several Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) found a gap in curriculum surrounding bioprospecting: The discussion of ethics when using biological resources.  With biopiracy — the unethical use of biological materials without informed consent and fair benefit-sharing — prevalent in science, the Bioprospecting Module offers the benefit of providing knowledge and context to classrooms that [...]

2026-07-29T11:31:52-05:00July 8th, 2026|

Tiny Earth Chemistry Hub Webinar

Wednesday, October 16 at 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET (1:00 PM-2:00 PM CT) | via Zoom Meeting ID: 91512114331 | Passcode: 332072 For students and instructors! Join the Zoom Add to Calendar (.ics file)  Instructors — Invite your students! Join us for this special event showcasing the Tiny Earth Chemistry Hub’s (TECH) innovative approach to [...]

2024-10-15T07:53:21-05:00October 14th, 2024|

Tiny Earth Curriculum Expands to Chemistry

Dr. Kristin Labby (left) and Dr. Katherine Maloney (right) How do we know what chemical compounds are causing the antibiotic activity in the isolates Tiny Earthlings find? What can they do after extracting the molecules and testing them for activity? These are questions that the Tiny Earth Chemistry Hub strives to tackle. While Tiny [...]

2024-06-19T12:54:07-05:00June 10th, 2024|

Sarah is a Junior pursuing degrees in Economics and Communication Arts on a Radio, Television, Film track with minors in both Science Communication and Digital Cinema Production from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She aims to communicate the research and findings of Tiny Earth with the larger campus community through video and photography. With Tiny [...]

2024-05-20T11:30:46-05:00May 17th, 2024|

Melis is a Junior pursuing Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Global Health from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her goal as the Tiny Earth Media and Communications Intern is to help increase engagement with students and instructors and promote antibiotic discovery research through of social media and news. Melis’ interests include cognitive psychology, public health policy, [...]

2024-05-20T11:31:58-05:00May 2nd, 2024|

Laura is the Project Manager for Tiny Earth at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She oversees a variety of projects that support the Tiny Earth mission of inspiring and retaining students in the sciences while addressing one of the most pressing health challenges of our century – the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. Laura’s goal is [...]

2024-05-02T12:45:26-05:00May 2nd, 2024|

Featured TEPIs: Laura Pickell and Anil Gollapudi stress the importance of experiential learning

Drs. Laura Pickell and Anil Gollapudi of Carleton University are two of only twelve Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs) in Canada, and their involvement in the network has grown significantly since they first joined the Tiny Earth network in 2022. In the past year and a half, they implemented Tiny Earth, developed a student poster [...]

2024-02-02T14:04:29-06:00January 24th, 2024|

My name is Grace and I graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in neurobiology and psychology this past December. I joined the Handelsman Lab in my sophomore year of undergrad, initially working on lab maintenance tasks. I have become more involved in Tiny Earth throughout my time here. Through screening TE isolates against the oomycete P. ultimum, [...]

2024-01-18T11:15:45-06:00January 18th, 2024|
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