MMG News Archive MMG News Archive Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D., Invested as Inaugural Green and Gold Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Structural biologist and biochemist Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of... Diehl and McElvany receive U.S. Patent for potent antibody against Zika virus Sean Diehl, PhD Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and senior laboratory... MMG PhD candidate wins People’s Choice Award in UVM’s 3MT Contest Matt Owens is a Ph.D. candidate in the Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Program and the... UVM-Tested Dengue Vaccine Gains First Major Approval The world’s first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever has been approved for licensure in... MMG Instructor Kari Hodge Honored With Outstanding Advisor Award We are proud of the accomplishments of our MMG faculty! Kari Hodge was honored at the 2025 UVM... Microbiology Student Fast-Tracks Her Dream Career With UVM’s Accelerated Master’s Pathway As a first-year biology major, Jessica Reich joined UVM’s club gymnastics team hoping to... What Are Clinical Trials? Should You Participate? We owe our current high standards of medical care to the people who participate in clinical trials... UVM Cancer Center Pilot Study to Investigate Vermonter’s High Skin Cancer Risk Vermont has one of the highest incidence rates of melanoma in the country, and while there are a... Two Exceptional Rising Seniors in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department Angelina Carando is a microbiology major with a pharmacology minor who received the 2024Alexander... UVM Researchers Investigate Vermont’s Burgeoning Tick Problem With 202.8 cases per 100,000 people, Vermont leads the nation—second only to Rhode Island—in... After 20+ Years, a Leadership Transition at the Vaccine Testing Center After more than 20 years at the helm of the University of Vermont’s Vaccine Testing Center (VTC),... Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Double Major Naveen Kothandaraman Receives a Goldwater Scholarship The first week in April was an exciting one for UVM student Naveen Kothandaraman. Lee Quoted in U.S. News & World Report Article on Flu Shot Recommendations Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s... Kirkpatrick Comments in MSN Article on Dengue Vaccine Approval The world’s first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever has been approved for licensure in... UVM Cancer Center Trainee Petra Kapsalis Finds Success in the Lab and on the Field A previous University of Vermont Cancer Center Summer Research Fellow and recent UVM graduate,...