🎉 A hearty welcome to our first-year microbiologists at The Point today! A slice of pizza 🍕, a dash of sunshine 🌞, and a whole lot of s'mores 🍫🔥 made for a perfect evening! 🧪🔬 Stay tuned for more adventures with the UChicago Microbiology Committee! 🎓🦠

🍂 Autumn is beginning to sweep through #UChicago, turning our campus into a cozy blanket of vibrant colors! 🍁 While we dive into the world of microbes inside, outside is a show of nature's own beautiful science. 🧪🔬 Let's take a moment to enjoy it! #UChicagoMicrobiology

🔬 Day 1 & 2 of the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference were electrifying! 🌟 Immersed in enlightening talks, engaging posters, and the wonderful camaraderie of our microbiology community. 😊 Let’s finish the last day strong together! 💪 #2023MMPC 🧫🔍

🎉 Our inaugural Micro Retreat was truly unforgettable! Two days filled with enlightening scientific dialogues, bonding, and joy with our amazing community. Overwhelmed with gratitude for the memories we've created together. Dive into the highlights with our video recap! 🎥

Who needs pathogens 🦠 when your postdoc is so sickk 🙌🏼

Lab trip to Lake Geneva 🌊🚤 Such an incredible summer adventure! ☀️

We are proud to announce that @NazikElmekki has been named a Gilliam Fellow, with Laurie Comstock as her Adviser. This recognition from @HHMINews highlights their outstanding contributions to the scientific community. Congratulations to Nazik and Laurie on this achievement! (1/3)

Summer badminton fun with the lab! ☀️🏸

Science in bloom: A day at the Chicago Botanic Garden with our lab team 🌺🌿🌻Chicago Botanic Garden

Group photo! 📸

Gram-negative but Chicago positive 🚋🔬

qBio10 - the 10th annual weeklong quantitative analysis bootcamp, where incoming bioscience PhDs explore the intersection of biology & data science! 🧬💻 From coding challenges to city adventures, such an amazing TA experience🎓✨ Excited for their paths ahead! 🐒

Wow - Tonu Pius just put together an amazing video for the qBio program we run for incoming PhD students here at UChicago. Such a pleasure to welcome another year of biology PhD students to Chicago and work with such talented TAs, co-instructors, and students. Thanks Tonu Pius!

The 2nd Annual Howard T. Ricketts Symposium & Microbiology Retreat was an amazing experience! 🎉 The UChicago Department of Microbiology community had a great chance to learn & connect. 🦠 Keynotes from Victor J. Torres and SUSAN R WEISS left us all inspired and ready to push forward in our own work! 🤠🔬

🌎💙 So proud of my friends Téa & Michael UChicago Committee on Microbiology for launching a fundraiser to support victims of Hurricanes Helene & Milton! Growing up on the Gulf Coast, this is close to their hearts. They’re raising $1K for GlobalGiving—every bit helps! 🙏 globalgiving.org/fundraisers/hu…

Honored to meet Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard Henderson at his Seskind Lecture The University of Chicago. His journey from physics to biology was truly inspiring. As part of the Seskind Committee, I got to know him beyond the lecture—bonding over wipeout stories on a his Vespa 🛵 and my skateboard!

🦠➗OUT NOW - PcdA promotes division plane selection in #Staph by Kumaran Ramamurthi Félix Ramos-León @braf_phd Vivek Anantharaman Amany M. Missiakas Lab CambergLab Aravind group @NCIResearchCtr nature.com/articles/s4156…

Indiana Dunes microbial crusade with the first years 🌅⛰️