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American Society for Microbiology UAMS Student Chapter Hosts Lunch for MBIM Summer Students
UAMS now officially has a chapter of the American Society of Microbiology for students and postdoctoral trainees.
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MBIM Trainees in Summer 2023 Conferences and Courses
MBIM students and postdocs continue to make the MBIM department and UAMS proud in recent international meetings and courses this summer. Great work everyone! Conferences and Meetings Het Adhvaryu (student, Voth Lab)Poster (Travel Award), American Society for Rickettsiology, Snowbird, UT, July 8-11 Naiha Ahmad (student, Liu Lab)Talk (Travel Award), American Society for Virology, Athens, GA, […]
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Ph.D. Graduates (July 2023)
Congratulations to our newly minted Ph.D. graduates Dr. Hayley Theriot and Dr. Michael Eledge who both defended this July.
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UAMS Using $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Bacterium that Causes Tick-borne Relapsing Fever
UAMS’ Jon Blevins, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is leading the four-year study funded by a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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The faculty of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Medicine at UAMS are internationally recognized for outstanding research and are highly regarded for teaching, mentoring and inspiring students in the medical sciences. We offer diverse research opportunities and a broad educational experience to prepare students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists for productive careers in the biomedical sciences. Please explore our website for more information about our department and our work.
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Email: mbim@uams.edu