2024 VIM Travel Awards

We are pleased to announce the 2024 Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Travel Award recipients. There is one 1st place and two 2nd place awards and here are the winner’s information: 1st place: Joelle Johnson (graduate student – Connor lab) will be attending the American Society for Virology Annual Meeting in Columbus, OH from June 24-28, […]

Jeffrey L. Browning Named PhD Educator of the Year

Jeffrey L. Browning has been chosen as the recipient of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine 2024 Educator of the Year: PhD award. This award is to honor faculty who deliver exceptional education. Congratulations, Jeff!  

2024 Corwin Award Winners

We are pleased to announce that there are two winners of the 2024 Corwin Award; Devin Kenney from Florian Douam’s lab and Ellen Suder from Elke Mühlberger’s lab. The Corwin Award was established in 1994 to recognize a Microbiology Graduate Student who displays the qualities of an outstanding departmental “citizen”, one whose exemplary scholarly and/or […]

Rachel Fearns is awarded the Ernest Barsamian, MD Professorship

The Ernest Barsamian, MD Professorship is one of five new professorships supported by the generous Avedisian endowment and provides funding to foster education and research in the Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology. In her acceptance address, Dr. Fearns acknowledged the impact that family, mentors, and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology faculty have had on her […]

Victoria Kleiner Successfully Defends Dissertation

Join us in congratulating Victoria Kleiner in the Fearns Lab on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “RNA Synthesis Initiation and Termination by the Non-segmented Negative-strand RNA Virus Polymerase ” on March 14, 2024. Great job, Victoria!

Callie Donahue Successfully Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to Callie Donahue in the Davey Lab on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “Host-Pathogen Cartography: Predictive Network of Mapping Ebola Virus-Host Cell Interactions Reveals Mechanisms of Viral Control of the Cell ” on March 8, 2024. Nice work, Callie!