Department of Microbiology

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the UAB Department of Microbiology.

The Office of Research for the Heersink School of Medicine highlights the work of the Structural Biology Forum and Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, in this Team Action for Scientific Solutions article.

UAB Heersink School of Medicine has awarded three grants for the latest annual Multi-Investigator Program Award cycle. The 2022/2023 AMC21 Multi-PI Awards, which provide grant funding of $150,000 per year for two years, were awarded to Javier Neyra, M.D., Carlos Orihuela, Ph.D., and Anna Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D.

The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Jamil Saad to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.

As the Heersink School of Medicine grows, the leadership has defined four new research focus areas to grow over the next five to seven years. This part explores the next focus area, I-4ward.

Frances Lund, Ph.D., founding director of the Immunology Institute and professor in the Department of Microbiology, is donating her transition party funds to the Blazer Kitchen. These gifts will allow the kitchen to continue its support to ongoing Blazer Kitchen shoppers and help fulfill its expanding needs.

The Heersink communications staff sat down with Dr. Allan Zajac to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.

The Heersink communications staff sat down with Dr. Terje Dokland to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.

Six faculty members in the Heersink School of Medicine have been named the 2022 class of James A. Pittman Jr., M.D., Scholars.
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