Emory Microbiology and Immunology

Please join us for the annual M&I Postdoc Symposium, October 24, 2025, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Whitehead Auditorium.

Please join us for a IMP faculty candidate seminar by Dr. Boyoung Shin, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Congratulations Microbiology and Immunology faculty for your 2025 promotions.

Dr. Christopher Neufeldt Recognized for Emory SOM Researcher Appreciation Day
Dr. Neufeldt investigates how positive-strand RNA viruses, including Zika and coronaviruses, manipulate cellular membranes to support replication and evade immune detection.

Microbiology and Immunology welcomes Dr. Boyoung Shin as Assistant Professor. Her lab studies how transcription factors precisely regulate gene networks during cell state transitions to establish cell identity and effector functions.

Please join us for a special department seminar by Dr. Christopher LaRock, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 am.

Please join us for a dissertation defense by Cody M. Elkins, July 28, 2025, 11:00 am, Whitehead Building, Whitehead Auditorium.

Please join us for a dissertation defense by Cameron LaRue Robinson Mattingly, July 25, 2025, 10:00 am, HSRB II, Room N600.

Please join us for a seminar by Michael Rosenblum, PhD, Thursday, May 15, 2025, 11:00 am, via Zoom. Topic: "Establishment of an Immune Cell Niche in Skin".

ARTDTP Symposium 2025:

Please join us for the 27th annual Dr. John K. Spitznagel Seminar on April 23, 2025, 10:30 am, Emory Campus, Whitehea Auditorium.

Please join us for the Igor Stojiljkovic, MD, PhD, Memorial Lecture on April 17, 2025, 10:30 am, Emory Campus, Whitehead Auditorium.

Bird Flu Expert Explains The Risks & What You Need to Know YouTube video by Dr. Mayim Bialik

Dr. Seema Lakdawala Discusses Bird Flu on Mayim Bialik's podcast, “Breakdown”
youtu.be/i4as5Wy-KoI

Congratulations to the following Microbiology and Immunology Trainees:

Shonna McBride, Jake Kohlmeier, and Cheryl Day are being promoted to Professors of Microbiology and Immunology with Tenure, effective September 1, 2025.

Rafi Ahmed, PhD, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, was named a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy, one of the highest honors in cancer research.

Please join us for the Emory SOM Dean's Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Award presented to Jeremy M. Boss, PhD, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Whitehead Auditorium, 5:30 pm. Dr. Boss will give a lecture on: "Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Immunity".

Please join us for a seminar by Muthiah Kumaraswami, PhD, Thursday, March 20, 2025, 10:30 am, Whitehead Auditorium. Topic: "A Rewired Human Probiotic Eliminates Pathogen by Signal Interference and Antibiotic Production".

Please join us TODAY, January 28, 2025, 4:00 pm, for a seminar by Dr. Jeremy Boss, "Authorship: They won't let me publish it again!!??", as part of the GDBBS IMP and MMG ethics seminar series. Seminar will be held in the Whitehead Auditorium.