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Each year, Clarivate™ identifies the small fraction of the global research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. This...

Dr. Ruth Isenberg, postdoctoral researcher in DMI, received the prestigious Nat Sternberg Award from the annual Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phage Meeting “for outstanding PhD work in the field...

The University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that Michael Gale Jr., PhD, will become director of the University of Minnesota Institute on Infectious Diseases (UMIID) head of the Medical School'...

We are delighted to share that Department of Microbiology and Immunology faculty member Dr. Leslie Schiff has been awarded the annual Award for Faculty Contribution to Honors Education. The UHP is...

Department of Microbiology and Immunology faculty member Dr. Anthony Baughn has been named the new director of the Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Program. Read more about Dr. Baughn's new role here....

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is pleased to announce that Petra Vande Zande, Post-Doctoral Associate with the Anna Selmecki lab, has been awarded a fellowship from the Jane Coffin...

Katrina Jackson has been announced as the winner of this year's MICaB program Bacaner Research Award. The Dr. Marvin and Hadassah Bacaner Research Awards in the basic medical sciences recognize...

You can read Dr. Haase's latest publication, The Defenders of the Alveolus Succumb in COVID-19 Pneumonia to SARS-CoV-2 and Necroptosis, Pyroptosis and Panoptosis, published in the...

Check out the write up in WIRED detailing the fascinating research Dr. Masopust and his lab have been conducting on rodents' immune T cells here.

On Saturday, May 14th, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology celebrated the graduation of our class of 2022. Congratulations to all!