Mary Weber teaching

$16.4M

Total external grant funding in FY2025.
Instructor Cami Hippee

99

Publications in highly‑regarded journals, including 41 senior‑author papers.
2025/2026 Microbiology Graduate Program Class

2,069

Students we reached over 44 courses.
Microscope

28th in Microbiology among all medical schools

 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research - FY25 NIH Funding

Old Capitol

15th among public medical schools

Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research -  FY25 NIH Funding

News

Dr. Peng Shao Awarded a National Institutes of Health R21 Exploratory/Development Grant

Friday, February 6, 2026

Microbiology Undergraduate Student, Beck Fitzpatrick, Featured in Dare to Discover Campaign

Monday, January 26, 2026

Microbiology Majors Author Chapters in Education Resource

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Kids Go STEM brings hands‑on discovery to middle school students

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Celebrating Xavier Tijerina’s successful doctoral defense

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Transforming research into recognition: UI students win big at ASM 2025 meeting

Monday, November 10, 2025

Dr. Adam Mailloux Receives GAP Fund Award for Lung Cancer Research

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Dr. Alex Kleinpeter Awarded NIH Grant to Advance HIV-1 Capsid Research

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Brianne Zbylicki Triumphs in PhD Defense – Congratulations!

Friday, October 31, 2025

NIH Funds Dr. Amanda Dudek’s Study on HIV-1 Evasion via HLA-E in CD4+ T Cells

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Events

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Eric Sundberg, PhD promotional image

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Eric Sundberg, PhD

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Eric Sundberg, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

POSTPONED: Biology Career Seminar: Iowa Biology to MBA and the business of biotech promotional image

POSTPONED: Biology Career Seminar: Iowa Biology to MBA and the business of biotech

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 5:30pm
Virtual
POSTPONED: Biology Career Seminar: Iowa Biology to MBA and the business of biotech
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen promotional image

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Urgent threat Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizes human-specific protein receptors to overcome nutritional immunity

Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, PhD
Georgia State Washington

https://biomedical.gsu.edu/profile/cynthia-nau-cornelissen/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

Seminars

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