May 6, 2021
Girish Neelakanta to present Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology Seminar
Submitted by Brandy Nowakowski
The diagnostic medicine and pathobiology department will present the last seminar of the semesterat 3:30 p.m.Thursday, May 6,via Zoom.
Girsh Neelakanta, associate professor of biomedical and diagnostic sciences at the 1xbet online games login of Tennessee, will present "March to the Beat of a Different Drummer! Rickettsial Pathogen Modulates Signaling in Ticks for its Survival."
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