- September 29, 2025
Kaitlin Schaefer joins YSM Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
- September 24, 2025Source: Yale West Campus News
Now in 3D: Yale Scientists Catch Legionnaires' Disease ‘In the Act’
- August 21, 2025
How HIV Uses T Cells to Hide in the Gut
- August 14, 2025Source: Yale News
Ben Mamoun Named the John F. Enders Professor of Medicine
- August 11, 2025Source: HHMI.org
HHMI officially announced the 2025 Gilliam fellows, including Microbiology PhD student Jordan Polster in Dr. David Martinez's lab
- August 11, 2025Source: Nature Communications
Microbiology PhD student Em Keeler in Dr. Craig Wilen's lab just published a co-first authored paper in Nature Communications
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Our department is a research-focused academic unit dedicated to conducting excellent research and training at the intersection of microbes and disease. Here you will find information about our research and educational programs, including the Yale Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Graduate Program in Microbiology.
Both the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and the Graduate Program in Microbiology address important questions related to the mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis, host response to pathogens, and the development of strategies to prevent and combat infectious diseases. Areas of expertise of labs in the department include molecular biology of bacteria and viruses, cell biology, immunology, microbiome, structural biology, and imaging.