Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Katie Pierce (Voth Lab) who successfully defended her thesis last April 2. Katie is co-mentored by Dr. Dan Voth (MBIM) and Dr. Carrie Long from the NIAID Rocky Mountain Labs. Katie will continue her postdoctoral training at the NIH this summer.

Congratulations to Tucker Andrews (Huang Lab) for placing third overall at the Student Research Day last March 10, 2026. This year’s event had a record number of participants (close to 400!), making this an impressive achievement.

We welcome Dr. Miranda Wallace to the Department! She is a new Assistant Professor that recently joined the MBIM Faculty. Her research looks at how bacteria and yeast can be harnessed to better understand and overcome antibiotic-resistant infections that occur within or arise from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

Congratulations to Brandon Hogland and Joseph Bryant! We are proud to share that both received awards for Outstanding Poster Presentations at last week’s American Society for Microbiology South Central Branch Meeting in Starkville, MS. Their hard work and dedication to advancing microbiology research truly stood out among an impressive group of participants. Well done, Brandon […]

New findings at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) toward unlocking the secrets of a stealthy virus linked to cancer have led to two grants totaling $3.42 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Three MBIM Summer Students (Mason DeLaMater, Katelin Kellar, Bailee Brinkley, above) presented their research projects at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at UAMS on July 23, 2025. Congratulations on your hard work and a productive summer! Bailee Brinkley (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas Tech University, mentor: Dr. Craig Forrest) Katelin Kellar (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas […]

We are excited to have seven students from schools in and out of the state joining MBIM labs to conduct their summer research.

Lucy Fry from the Weinkopff Lab successfully defended her dissertation (“Host Factors in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Mechanisms of Inflammatory Response, Lymphatic Remodeling, and Protective Immunity”) on April 10, 2025. Lucy will be pursuing her postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Beth Tamburini at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver, CO. Congratulations Dr. […]

A discovery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that a viral protein helps a cancer-associated herpesvirus evade the immune system has led to a five-year, $2.9 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).