News
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Welcoming new assistant professor Dr. Thea Whitman
August 20, 2025
Dr. Whitman will explore how fires affect microbe-driven carbon cycling in soil.
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Microbiology and Immunology hosts learning and laboratory session for CEDAR campers
August 19, 2025
To help spark an interest and sense of inclusion in science, our team guided local Indigenous youth through an interactive introduction to microbiology.
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Parkinson’s drug shows promise against tuberculosis
August 12, 2025
A new study led by Dr. Yossef Av-Gay reveals benztropine’s potential to treat the world’s deadliest infectious disease and combat growing antibiotic resistance.
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New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs
August 5, 2025
Dr. Curtis Suttle and a team of scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.
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Celebrating the career and retirement of Karen Smith
July 9, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community celebrate the career and retirement of lecturer Karen Smith.
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Welcoming new lecturer Dr. Sreeparna Vappala
July 3, 2025
We are excited to welcome Dr. Sreeparna Vappala to our teaching faculty.
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Fighting fungal disease in corn
July 2, 2025
Research in the Kronstad lab explores how the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis drains the health from its host and paves way for new crop protection strategies.
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Bacterial fingerprints in soil show where copper is buried
June 30, 2025
Dr. Sean Crowe and a team of researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil.
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Dr. Brett Finlay awarded for dedication to mentorship
June 26, 2025
Dr. Brett Finlay has been awarded the 2024 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award, recognizing his outstanding mentorship of his trainees.
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Trainees present at PacTB 2025
June 2, 2025
Dr. Julia Kleetz and Leah Rankine-Wilson share how their research advances therapeutic discovery for tuberculosis.