Jason Peters
Credentials: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: jason.peters@wisc.edu
Website: Peters Lab
Phone: 608.265.6744
Address:
3420 Genetics/Biotech
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)
Postdoctoral Research at University of California, San Francisco
Representative Awards
- Teacher of the Year, UW-Madison Third Year Doctor of Pharmacy Program, 2022
- Teacher of the Year, UW-Madison Pharmacology and Toxicology Program, 2022
- Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize†, Nat. L Sternberg Award Committee, 2013 †awarded for the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the field of bacterial molecular biology
Research
In the Peters lab, we are using the power of bacterial genetics to address critical issues in the bioeconomy and antimicrobial resistance. Our CRISPR-based functional genomics approaches will allow us to define the roles of gene networks in the process of using microbes to convert plant material into valuable biofuels and bioproducts as well as in antibiotic targeting and resistance. We are currently developing innovative CRISPR tools for exploration of gene function in bioenergy-relevant alpha-Proteobacteria (Zymomonas mobilis, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and Novosphingobium aromaticivorans) and antibiotic resistant, Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter cloacae).