Archived News

• Buchan Elected Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
• Theresa Jones - Graduate Student Spotlight
• Mind the Gap
• Jill Walton - Graduate Student Spotlight
• Faculty Spotlight – Ben Parker and the Parker Lab
• Bikash Bogati - Graduate Student Spotlight
• Andy Wagner - Graduate Student Spotlight
• Alumni Spotlight – Mohammad Moniruzzaman
• Allison Mason - Graduate Student Spotlights
• Microorganisms in Ancient Permafrost
• Goodrich-Blair Received ASM Award for Education
• Assistant Professor Position in Immunology Department of Microbiology
• Wilhelm Receives John H. Martin Award for Research
• From permafrost microbes to survivor songbirds – research projects are also victims of COVID-19 pandemic
• Two Microbiology graduate students received prestigious NSF pre-doctoral fellowships
• Chancellor's Professor Emeritus Dr Jeffrey Becker spoke to the UT Alumni Association about the basics of the biology of the virus that causes COVID19.
• Hazen Recognized By ASM for Environmental Research
• Loeffler and von Arnim Help UT Navigate the Return to Campus Amid COVID-19
• Parker Named 2020 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
• J. Hunter Rice published paper as first author in Veterinary Sciences
• Spiridon Papoulis (Zinser lab) receives a AY19-20 Penley graduate fellowship
• Elizabeth Denison (Wilhelm lab) and Jordan Cannon (Reynolds lab) received AY19-20 J. Wallace and Katie Dean Graduate Fellowships
• Jonelle Basso (Buchan lab) received AY19-20 Yates Dissertation Fellowship
• UT Ranks in Top 10 for Cyanobacterial Bloom Research
• Lebeis, Wilhelm Honored at Annual College Banquet
• Wilhelm Awarded NSF Grant for Giant Virus Research
• Bridget O’Banion (Lebeis lab) is a recipient of this year’s Tennessee Plant Research Center (PRC) Graduate Student and Postdoc Research Grant
• Study examines human impact on diversity and virulence of zoonotic parasite
• Microbiology graduate Katie Porter is 27th student-athlete to be Torchbearer
• Wilhelm Named Cox Professorship
• Congratulations to Microbiologists honored at the Chancellor's Honors Banquet!
• ORNL scientists and Microbiology graduate student shine light on 'dark' microbes lurking in our mouths
• Two Microbiology students named 2018 Torchbearers
• Nannan Jiang, Microbiology graduate student, discusses issues when Senate candidate visits Knoxville
• Yongchao Yin wins Geosyntec Student Paper Competition
• Graduate Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship
• Puerto Rican students find temporary home for research in East Tennessee
• Lloyd Delivers TED Talk
• Student Startup Receives NSF Grant
• Frank Löffler and Jun Yan publish article about unsubstituted purine in the journal Nature Chemical Biology
• College Hosts Annual Alumni and Philanthropy Awards
• Haslam Scholar Cody Sain Shares His Message for Join the Journey Campaign Launch
• Now hiring: Assistant Professor Position in Pathogen Ecology
• Interested in applying for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship?
• Up to 10 Graduate Assistantships in Microbiology
• UT Scientists Discover New Hidden World of Giant Viruses in Seawater
• Summer 2017 edition of "The MicroScope" is now available in both PDF and HTML formats.
• Microbiology Graduate Student Data As Art contest winner, Robert Tams of the Reynolds lab - “Candida Kaleidoscope”
• Microbiology students received CAS pre-med scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year
• Microbiology major Monil Mehta named one of seven 2017 Torchbearers
• Karen Lloyd presented latest research about microbial dark matter at the 2017 Spring UT Mic/Nite
• Two Faculty Members Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
• LeCleir Helps Knox County Students with Space Flight Experiment
• Lloyd, Zinser Honored at Annual Faculty Awards Banquet
• The Department of Microbiology and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) are accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Microbial Systems Biology
• Jo Handelsman of White House Office of Science and Technology to Speak
• Fall 2016 Microbiology welcomes new head, Heidi Goodrich-Blair, and Assistant Professor Jeremiah (J.J.) Johnson
• 2015-16 "Microscope" Newsletter is now available
• Study: Gut Environment Could Reduce Severity of Malaria
• Sarah Lebeis named Quest Scholar of the Week
• Jonelle Basso selected as Data As Art Contest Winner
• Science Websites Highlight Sarah Lebeis Research on Plant Microbial Communities
• Erik Zinser received the Chancellor's Research and Creative Achievement -rofessional Promise Award
• Graduate Students Nana Ankrah and Sarah Davis received the Extraordinary Professional Promise awards
• Steve Wilhelm appointed Mossman Endowed Professor
• Jeff Becker appointed David and Sandra White Endowed Professor
• Up to 10 Graduate Assistantships for Fall 2015
• Colleen Jonsson named Professor of Microbiology and the new Director of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
• Alison Buchan, Gary LeCleir, and Chris Gulvik (PhD student), publish a paper in Nature Reviews
• Nathan Schmidt-Quest Scholar of the Week
• Drew Steen and Karen Lloyd Mentor Inner-City New Jersey Youth
• Steve Wilhelm and Co. Shed Light on Marine Viruses Role in Phosphorus Cycle
• Doctoral Student Selected to Attend Meeting with Nobel Laureates
• Jill Mikucki in "Pay Dirt! Antarctic Drilling Reaches Lake Surface"
• Jill Mikucki is “Deep Under Antarctica, Looking for Signs of Life” as illustrated and published in this article by the New York Times
• UT Department of Microbiology Research Lab Is First in North America to Acquire New Centrifugation Technology
• Our alum, Dr. Michael Thigpen, is the lead author on a paper now making headlines around the world on medicine to prevent the transmission of HIV
• Elizabeth McPherson has been promoted to Senior Lecturer by the Provost
• Karen Lloyd, newly appointed Assistant Professor of Microbiology, has been invited to give a keynote lecture at the 22nd Goldschmidt Conference
• Madelyn Crawford was awarded a 2012 American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Chunlei Su, Associate Professor of Microbiology, has just published an important paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Assoc. Prof. Alison Buchan receives 2012 Chancellor's Award for Professional Promise in Research
• Madelyn Crawford, Undergraduate Student performing research in Jeff Becker's lab, wins award for best research presentation at EUReCA
• Erik Zinser and former student Jeff Morris, publish important hypothesis on microbial evolution
• Jill Mikucki, Assistant Professor, leads research team in probing Antarctica envioronment