Two Faculty Honored for Years of Service
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Burrows Appointed Professor Emeritus
2016 Postdoc Research Day winner
Bedwell Named Biochemistry Interim Chair
Researchers identify previously unknown step in the pathway that leads to asthma
Kearney Receives AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award
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24th Annual Microbiology Research Retreat
Written by Peter Burrows, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientists Numbers Declining
Federal Funding Important to UAB and Birmingham’s Economy
$7.5 Million Awarded by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics to Discover New Therapies for CF Patients
UAB Microbiology #25, Immunology #27 in 2016 Best Global Universities Ranking
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Julie Decker UAB Employee of the Year
Congratulations to Micro's own Julie Decker, 2015 UAB Employee of the Year!
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2015 Susan Roberts Dubay Lecture
On September 1, 2015, faculty, staff, students and special guests, Dr. John Dubay and Dr. Eric Hunter, gathered at Volker Hall for the inaugural Susan Roberts Dubay Endowed Lecture.
Read morePatel Receives Cooper Travel Award
Tuberculosis Necrotizing Toxin (TNT) Identified
Microbiology professor Dr. Michael Niederweis and colleagues identify the first known toxin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a pathogen that infects 9 million people a year and kills more than 1 million.
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Barnum Nominated for 2015 Argus Award
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León-Ruiz Receives Dean’s Excellence Award in Research
UAB Takes a Stand on Capitol Hill Day
Microbiology professor Dr. Louis Justement and three other UAB professors were among 50 scientists from 27 states to meet with congressional staff during Capitol Hill Day, April 14, 2015.
“The annual Capitol Hill day represents an ongoing effort by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), its constituent societies and individual scientists to communicate directly with legislators and their staffs regarding the importance of biomedical research in terms of the economic impact and benefits to the health of the country,” says Justement, who serves as chair of the FASEB subcommittee on Policy and Government Affairs.
This year, researchers proposed a specific funding strategy to more than 100 congressional offices. That strategy involves a five-year commitment to a five percent annual funding increase in support of science research and development. The researchers believe this plan would help maintain the country’s leadership in science and restore the purchasing power of the NIH budget, which has decreased by 25 percent since 2003.
“The good news is that the efforts of FASEB and other advocates for biomedical research are indeed having an impact on how legislators view the NIH, NSF and other federal research entities. Recently, there has been a clear indication that legislators realize that NIH and the biomedical research community across the country are struggling to keep pace and that we risk losing a generation of new scientists. Hopefully, this will translate into increased support for biomedical research in the near term,” says Justement.