Microbiology undergraduate students gain hands-on laboratory experience as part of their core curriculum. This student is performing the Gram stain procedure used to identify bacteria in the Medical Bacteriology Laboratory.
Veterinary residents make important contributions to the teaching mission of the Department. Dr. Deanna Dailey, Anatomic Pathology Resident, provides instruction to Veterinary Students in the Biology of Disease Laboratory.
Diabetics are at an increased risk of developing tuberculosis. To understand why, Drs. Randall Basaraba and Brendan Podell are starting a new project to investigate the interactions between diabetes and tuberculosis. Learn more...
Erin Breland, a Junior in the Microbiology degree program, patches colonies in the Schweizer Laboratory. Erin is one of many undergraduates gaining valuable research experience in MIP department laboratories.

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology

Myotonic Dystrophy Research in MIP

Upcoming Seminars

May 29, 9am, Path 103
Julia Beatty, PhD, "In Search of a Feline Gammaherpesvirus"
June 4, 9am, ARBL Seminar Room
Jack Muth, BS, "Viral Shedding and Antibody Response of Mallard Ducks to Avian Influenza Virus"
June 5, 9am, Path 103
Christine Graham, BA, "A SYBR Green real-time PCR-based assay to identify blood meals in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from a plague-endemic region of Uganda"

Job Opportunities

Department Highlights

AIV Young Scientist

MIP Assistant Professor, Dr. Kristy Pabilonia, received a Young Scientist Award for her presentation entitled, "Avian Influenza Virus in Domestic Ducks in West Java, Indonesia" at the 8th International Avian Influenza Symposium.