# Jo Handelsman
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Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959 in New York City) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Dr.
The Threat to Discovery
University of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director Jo Handelsman discusses threats to scientific research.
Epidemic Response Part 1: Stories about past epidemics
This week we present two stories from our back catalog of people having to handle previous epidemics.
Part 1: As a pediatrician in the 1980s, Ken Haller comes across a disturbing X-ray.
Part 2: On her first day working in the White House under President Obama, microbiologist Jo Handelsman receives …
Responsibility: Stories about leadership
This week, we're presenting two stories about responsibility in science. Whether we're working in a classroom or the White House, we all have some level of responsibility for others. And sometimes we have to ask ourselves -- are we doing enough to live up to those responsibilities? Both of our stor…
Matters Microbial #107: Listeria Sprouting Hysteria?
Matters Microbial #107: Listeria Sprouting Hysteria? September 11, 2025 Today, Dr. Lisa Gorski, a microbiologist and food safety consultant recently retired from the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the facts about the disease causing …
Matters Microbial #114: A Tongue-n-Cheek Look at the Oral Microbiome
Matters Microbial #114: A Tongue-n-Cheek Look at the Oral Microbiome October 31, 2025 Today Dr. Jessica Mark Welch, Professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the complex and interactive microbial communities living unseen within our mouths . . . and what those commu…
MTS23 - Jo Handelsman - The Science of Bug Guts
Jo Handelsman is a professor at the University of Wisconsin, where she’s a member of the Department of Plant Pathology and chair of the Department of Bacteriology. Dr. Handelsman’s research focuses on microbial communities – their composition, how they’re structured, and how they work. Thanks to he…
What impact does the American prairie have on our climate?
Minnesota’s prairie, in the southwestern part of the state, is a biodiverse ecosystem that’s home to buffalo, bees and tall grass.
In the book, "Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie," Josephine Marcotty and Dave Hage dig into the significance prairies h…
Episode 246: Re-Saving our soils
We had this conversation with Dr. Jo Handelsman in 2023 about farming practices and how to save our soils from erosion. It's something that I've thought about off and on periodically ever since.
If you have topics or ideas for interesting discussions, email us at crisscrossingsci@gmail.com
Matters Microbial #129: Microbes Reveal How Evolution Might Replay
Matters Microbial #129: Microbes Reveal How Evolution Might Replay May 5, 2026 Today Dr. Michael Travisano, Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the College of Biological Sciences of the University of Minnesota, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss fascinating work from his lab group explo…
Matters Microbial #137: The Living Skin of Our Planet
Matters Microbial #137: The Living Skin of Our Planet August 25, 2026 Today Dr. Estelle Couradeau, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University, joins the quality quorum today to discuss t…
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