2019

M&I Graduate Student, Jenna Beam, wins People’s Choice Award in Three Minute Thesis Competition

Jenna Beam, a doctoral candidate in Brian Conlon’s lab, is the UNC-Chapel Hill Three Minute Thesis (3MT) People’s Choice winner (determined by audience votes). Jenna and nine other UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students presented their research in front of a large audience and panel of judges – and with only three minutes for their presentations – on … Read more

M&I Graduate Students Receive Prestigious Awards

Congratulations to the following Microbiology & Immunology students who have recently received awards both within the University and externally. Lakeya Hardy, a doctoral candidate in Dr. Wesley Burks’ lab, was recently awarded entry into the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP). The GDEP supports underrepresented Ph.D. candidates enrolled in a North Carolina university … Read more

Welcome, new M&I graduate students!

First year research rotations are done, so it’s time for graduate students to choose both a laboratory and a doctoral program to complete the requirements for their PhD. M&I is one of 14 doctoral programs that are selected by students who have been admitted through one of two interdisciplinary portals: the Biological and Biomedical Sciences … Read more

Bob Twarog, 1936-2019

Dear M&I colleagues, please see the announcement below   Bob Twarog, 1936-2019   I’m sorry to relay the sad news that Bob Twarog passed away on Thursday, January 3rd.  Bob was a highly respected and beloved member of the M&I faculty from 1965-2000. He investigated basic enzymology and biosynthetic processes in a number of bacteria, … Read more