Research Assistant Professor Chris Mackenzie Receives John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, an assistant professor of research, is the 2024 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. This award is chosen by the senior class, and must exemplify enthusiasm and drive toward effective teaching, have a…
Research Assistant Professor Chris Mackenzie Receives Inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, an assistant professor of research (and all-around expert), has been honored with the inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award. This award recognizes faculty members outside of the McGovern Center who volunteer for multiple teaching activities with the…
Student Jennifer Hurtig Awarded the Jess Hay Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship
The prestigious Jess Hay Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship from The University of Texas System has been awarded to our very own Jennifer Hurtig, a doctoral student in The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School…
Postdocs Shantanu Guha, PhD and Pratick Khara, PhD Earn President’s Awards – Research
Congratulations are in order for two of our very own postdoctoral research fellows, Shan Guha and Pratick Khara. Shan was awarded 2nd place in the 2022 President’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research, while Pratick Khara was one of 2…
Postdoc Pratick Khara, PhD Wins Poster Award at Structural Biology Symposium
Congratulations to Patrick Khara, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, on winning a poster award at the 26th Structural Biology Annual Symposium April 30, 2022 in Galveston, Texas. For more information about UTMB’s SCSB…
MMG Postdoc Posters Win 1st and 2nd at 2022 MBID Research Retreat
This year, the MBID Research Retreat featured a socially-distanced, mask-encouraged, outdoor poster session with great success! The graduate student and postdoctoral research fellow categories were each eligible for a 1st and 2nd place winner, judged by various volunteer faculty and…
Student Ileana Corsi Recognized at Texas Branch ASM Fall Meeting
Ileana Corsi, GSBS student and MMG member, recently received 1st place (S. E. Sulkin Award) for her oral presentation at the Fall Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)! “The TX Branch of the ASM…
New MMG Faculty Member Jayhun Lee, PhD Earns STAR Award
Congratulations to new MMG Assistant Professor Jayhun Lee, PhD for receiving The University of Texas System’s Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STAR) Award. He was one of only three new faculty to receive this recognition. The UT Board of…
Students, Postdocs Win Poster, Presentation Awards at MMG/MID Retreat 2021
Just like so many other events during Covid-19, the Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Retreat (MMG/MID Retreat) took place over Zoom in 2021. During the retreat, students and postdoctoral research fellows had an opportunity to present…
Students Jennifer Hurtig & Kim Trinh Nguyen Receive Fellowships
Join the MMG department in extending a warm congratulations to 2 MMG/MID students: Jennifer Hurtig as a 2021 Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellow & Kim Trinh Nguyen as a 2021 Investing in Student Futures Fellow! Everyone in the MID and…