The department of Microbiology and Immunology and The Life Sciences Institute wish to congratulate Dr. Lindsay Eltis for his recent Killiam Research Prize. This prize is awarded annually to full-time faculty members in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions.

We are also very pleased to announce that Dr. Lindsay has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.  This is a prestigious honor awarded by the American Society for Microbiology, the world’s oldest and largest life science organization. The mission of the Academy is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and to proivde microbiological expertise in th service of science and the public.