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Jennifer Kurasz

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Jennifer Kurasz receives Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award

Jennifer Kurasz of the Karls Lab is the recipient of the 2020 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award.  The award was announced on February 25, 2021 at the Dr. Juergen Wiegel seminar. The Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology was established by Dr.

Dr. Laura Williams

Monday, November 2, 2020

Jack Payne Seminar Series Guest Speaker Laura Williams recorded 10/8/2020 seminar

"What makes a good killer?  Phenotypic and genomic variation among predatory bacteria" by Dr. Laura Williams, Dept of Biology, Providence College

Anastacia Parks

Monday, October 12, 2020

Anastacia Parks awarded the 2020 "William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology"

Microbiology PhD candidate Anastacia Parks of the Escalante Lab awarded the 2020 "William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology" during our annual Jack Payne Alumni Seminar.

Dr. Joshua Weitz

Friday, September 25, 2020

Ga Tech Guest Speaker Joshua Weitz recorded 9/17/2020 seminar

“Dynamics of Covid-19:  Near- and Long-Term Challenges” by Dr. Joshua Weitz, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Tech

Alyssa Baugh

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Alyssa Baugh Selected as 2020-2021 ARCS Fellow

The Department of Microbiology is proud to announce that PhD Candidate, Alyssa Baugh of the Neidle Lab has been selected as a 2020-2021 ARCS Foundation Fellow.

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