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Congratulations to Dr. Liz Denison on the successful dissertation defense!

Congratulations to Vincent Randaisi on the successful thesis defense!

Today’s seminar with Dr. Cristina Howard-Varona gave us insight into the research from Dr. Sullivan’s lab at The Ohio State University. We explored how viral infections in marine systems reshape the metabolism of an infected cell, and the implications this has.

Today’s seminar featured Dr. James Collins, who presented his work on the intriguing link between high-sugar diets and C. difficile infections.

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Congratulations to Dr. Jillian Walton on the successful dissertation defense!

Today, we had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Kelsey Coffman, an associate professor in our Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, about her fascinating research on symbiotic relationships between parasitoid wasps and viruses!

Last month, Steven Wilhelm was honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada—a prestigious recognition of his outstanding contributions to reserch in aquatic microbial ecology. Congratulations again on this incredible achievement!

Read Jéssica Mendonça & @LindseyAtUTK 's latest publication, "Comparison of lateral tail vein and retro-orbital venous sinus as routes of inoculation to study Group B streptococcal systemic infection" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

Undergraduates from around the US. Interested in a summer research experience in Microbiology? Check out microreu.utk.edu for an opportunity to study in one of our world class labs!

From PhD to Startup! Microbiology alumnus Jordan Cannon turned his research into Circular Biosciences, a company tackling bioplastic waste with enzyme-driven solutions. Want to read more about how his team is pushing sustainable innovation forward? artsci.utk.edu/ut-support-hel…

Thank you to Dr. Jason Rosch for his seminar this week on Microbial Virulence and Resistance Strategies in High-Risk Hosts!

Thank you to Dr. Newton for her un-bee-lievable seminar on honey bee microbiomes!

Join us in congratulating Dr. Alison Buchan Alison Buchan, as well as our other UTK colleagues, Dr. Albrecht von Arnim, Dr. David White, & Dr. Susan Kalisz, for being named as 2024 AAAS Fellows! news.utk.edu/2025/03/27/fou…

Congratulations to Sudan Maharjan on the successful thesis defense!

Congratulations to Stephen Lumsdaine on a successful MS thesis defense!

Congratulations to Jake Shaffer on a successful PhD defense!

Check out Micro in the news: artsci.utk.edu/microbial-mann… Steven Wilhelm , Naomi Gilbert, PhD, & Gary LeCleir show how ocean microbial communities may avoid direct competition by taking up scarce nutrients at different times of the day! Publication: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Congratulations to Sayali Mulay on a successful PhD defense!

Thank you to Dr. Van Tyne from the University of Pittsburgh for a fantastic seminar talk on functional genomics and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections! The Van Tyne Lab