Assistant Professor Tristan Jordan has been awarded 5 years of funding through the prestigious NIH DP2 New Innovator Award. Congratulations Dr. Jordan!
Microbiology News & Announcements
Congratulations to Dr. Alex Meeske on being named a 2024 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar for his work demistifying the genomic 'dark matter' of bacterial immune systems. Click here to learn more about the award the Rita Allen Foundation.
Professor Michael Lagunoff has been selected as Co-Director of the Seattle Molecular & Cell Biology PhD program, spanning research labs at UW, FHCC and beyond. Congratulations Dr. Lagunoff!
The Department mourns the loss of Jim Staley, who served on the faculty from 1982 until his retirement in 2008. During that time, he wrote and published Microbial Life and Microbiology Dynamics & Diversity, and served as the Founding Director of the Astrobiology Program from 1998-2005. He became a Bergey’s Manual Trustee in 1976, Chair of Bergey’s Trust in 2000, and retired from the Trust at the mandatory age of 70 in 2008, the same year he received the Bergey Medal. During his chairmanship, he initiated and served as President of Bergey's International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS) from 2009 - May 2011. Jim was a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for more than 50 years and received the US Federation of Culture Collections J. Roger Porter Award, from ASM in 2008. Read more about Jim's life in his autobiography: Part 1, and Part 2.
Drs. Jason Smith & Josh Woodward have been promoted to Professor; Dr. Kendall Gray has been promoted to Teaching Professor; and Dr. Rebecca Achterman has been promoted to Associate Teaching Professor. Congratulations all!
U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Washington #7 among Global Universities in Microbiology. See rankings here.
Kaitlin Hulce (Smith lab) has received two years of support from the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F32 fellowship program. Congratulations Kaitlin!
Professor Joseph Mougous and colleagues (including first author Qinqin Zhao) describe the structure and activity of a newly identified class of umbrella-shaped Streptomyces toxins in the April 17th issue of Nature. See the UW Newsroom highlight for more info.
Prof. Fuller has been selected to be recognized at the Center's 6th Latinx Faculty Recognition Event. This special event honors the scholarly achievements of Latinx faculty across the tri-campuses of the University of Washington for 2022-2024.
Sora Kim (Guo Lab) won 3 years of postdoctoral research support as part of this prestigious fellowship. Congrats Sora!