On November 2nd, Dr. Walker and ASM officers, Grant Quinn, Linda Jawahar, and Vaishnavi Balaji, visited the Oglethorpe Middle school to teach Mr. King's 7^th grade science class. They showed students how microbes grow, spread, are shared among people, and how they are seen through a microscope.

Bibi Zhou of the Szymanski Lab is awarded the 2023 Dr. Joy Porter Williams Fellowship in Microbiology.

The award was presented to Bibi during a special department seminar by Dr. Erin Dolan on November 2, 2023.

The Microbiology Department is pleased to announce that Rochelle Yap of the Lewis Lab was  selected to receive the Grimes Family Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Natural Sciences for the 2023-24 academic year.

MS Thesis Defense by Hayden Lippelman, Eiteman Lab.

Chantel Duscent-Maitland of the Neidle Lab is the recipient of the 2023 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award.  The award was announced on October 12, 2023 at the Dr. Juergen Wiegel seminar given by Dr. Michael Adams. The Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology was established by Dr. Wiegel, his family, and his former students and colleagues.  This award recognizes graduate students for excellent work in non-medical microbial biodiversity and microbial physiology.  Congratulations Chanty!

Lahiru Malalasekara of the Escalante Lab was awarded the 2023 "William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology" during our annual Jack Payne Alumni Seminar by alumna Dr. Lauren Palmer on October 5, 2023. 

The William Jackson (Jack) and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology was established by the family and friends of Jack and Jane Payne in recognition of their many contributions to the Department and Microbiology.  The award recognizes graduate students who demonstrate excellence in research and professional presence.

Dissertation Defense Seminar