“Historical Figures” Lab Costume Contest! Who was your favorite?? Extinct Radionuclides (Llyod Lab), Benjamin Fraklins (Zinser Lab), Publication Figures (Steen Lab), Modern Art (Sparer Lab), Halloween favorites (Reynolds Lab), Gram Stain (Buchan Lab).

Another successful semester comes to a close with our annual White Elephant gift exchange. Giant microbes and ermine music boxes drew out the talons in this otherwise harmonious group!

We are excited to announce that we were awarded the UT Graduate Student Senate Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award. Thank you to everyone who assisted our organization in getting this far! #utknoxville #utkgss #awards #CitizenScience #STEM #stemeducation

UTK Micro PhD Student Jill Walton founded K-TESST 1 yr ago & we are proud to share their progress & dedication to citizen science, congrats on the milestone!

Congratulations to Micro PhD candidate @ZepernickN on receiving the Jimmy and Ileen Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence for your high academic potential, achievement, leadership, community involvement, & passion for your work! 👏👏

Congratulations to Micro PhD candidate Jill Walton on receiving the 2023 Commission for Disability Graduate Student Award for your dedication in helping higher education become more accessible to students with disabilities! 👏👏

I’m really happy to share my first 1st author paper from my PhD research findings 😎 check it out if your interested in GBS infections in non-pregnant adults with underlying conditions, more specifically diabetes. MDPI LBMFE_GBS Uerj Oficial mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/4…

Come work with us on Rocky Top! Position for Lecturer in Microbiology open: courses in immunology, microbial pathogenesis, introductory microbiology, advanced microbiology, or analytical approaches in biology apply.interfolio.com/123857

Congratulations to Jill Walton for receiving the INAUGURAL ASM Fenwick Fellowship for the Advancement of Civic Science asm.org/Press-Releases…. Amongst other things, this award acknowledges Jill's effort as founder of K-TESST !!!!

Congratulations to the newest cohort of HHMI Gilliam Fellows and their advisors. #GilliamFellows hhmi.org/news/hhmi-awar…

We are hiring. This time all three ads (abridged) in one place. Please RT and share far and wide!

Amazing creative work by UTK Microbiology graduate students on their recent pinata production (and destruction) in advance of last week's UT-SouthCarolina football game! The final blow brought much reaction from engaged bypassers!

Congratulations to Microbiology PhD Candidate, Jill Walton, for receiving the Graduate Student Senate’s Excellence in Service Award! See the full list of GPSAW 2024 awardees here gss.utk.edu/gss-awards-bru…

We're hiring! For Fall 2025, Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of Microbe-Plant Interactions.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lindsey Burcham @LindseyAtUTK for receiving a $1.82M NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for her groundbreaking research on the vaginal microbiome, impacting maternal, fetal, and pediatric health. micro.utk.edu/1-82-million-n…

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith Andrew Monteith on his nearly $1.86M NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) to advance research on metabolic processes and their impact on white blood cells in pathogen defense. micro.utk.edu/1-86-million-n…

In case you were waiting for the combined, three position ad! UTK Microbiology is hiring TTF for Fall 2025. Come join us!!

Applications are still open for our THREE tenure track positions, to start Fall 2025!

Thrilled to share Professor Steven Wilhelm Steven Wilhelm was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! This honor recognizes his contributions to aquatic viral ecology, the physiological ecology of harmful cyanobacteria and biogeochemistry. rsc-src.ca/en/news/royal-…

Congratulations to Dr. Jillian Walton on the successful dissertation defense!