January 28: Pavani and Shanita at IMARI2026
Pavani and Shanita had the opportunity to attend IMARI 2026, an ASM and IDSA joint conference focused on the Interdisciplinary Meeting on Antimicrobial Resis...
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2025
October 31: Mortimer Lab at SEB-ASM meeting in Athens
The Mortimer Lab participated in the 2025 Southeastern Branch Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology held in Athens! Pavani and Shanita presente...
July 30: Tatum organized a data viz workshop at the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress
Tatum organized a workshop for early career researchers on data vizualization in R at the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress along with Odile Harrison and Sim...
May 13: Ivan-Anthony has joined the lab!
Ivan-Anthony Destin has joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome Ivan-Anthony!
January 22: Jamie has joined the lab!
Jamie Markowski has joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome Jamie!
January 20: We volunteered at Athens MLK Day of Service
Pavani, Kim, Olivia, Tatum, and Shanita volunteered at Acceptance Recovery Center for Athens MLK Day of Service!
January 2: Pavani and Kim have joined the lab!
Pavani Bommana and Kim Casares have joined the lab. They are both pursuing PhDs in bioinformatics through UGA’s Institute of Bioinformatics. Welcome Pavani a...
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September 30: Pavani and Kim are rotating in the lab!
We have two new rotation students in the lab. Pavani Bommana is an IOB PhD student, and Kim Casares an ILS PhD student. Welcome Pavani and Kim!
September 23-27: The Mortimer Lab is participating in an NCBI codeathon!
Tatum, Brittany, Farah, Shanita, and Farah are participating in “Resistance is Futile: A codeathon to combat antimicrobial resistance”, a codeathon organized...
August 26: Olivia has joined the lab!
Olivia Calder has joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome Olivia!
August 30: Tatum is speaking at microbiology orientation for ILS students!
Tatum will be giving a short talk about the work going on in the lab at the Department of Microbiology’s orientation for ILS students this Friday in the Tate...
August 14: Gretchen is rotating in the lab!
Gretchen Brinkman is a new ILS PhD student rotating in the lab. Welcome Gretchen!
August 1: Farah has joined the lab!
Farah Saeed has joined the lab for a part-time research assistantship as she completes her PhD in Computer Science. Welcome Farah!
August 1: Lindsey presented at GVSP Research Day
Lindsey presented at the 2024 GVSP Research Day. She shared her work predicting antimicrobial susceptibility from genomic loci. We’ve all enjoyed having Lind...
May 13: Lindsey has joined the lab!
Lindsey Guerra has joined the lab for the summer through the Georgia Veterinary Scholars Program. Welcome Lindsey!
May 8: Shanita has joined the lab!
Shanita Smrity has joined the lab as a graduate research assistant. She is pursuing a master’s degree in bioinformatics through UGA’s Institute of Bioinforma...
April 2: The lab is affiliated with Microbiology and IOB!
Tatum now has adjunct/courtesy faculty appointments with the Department of Microbiology and the Institute of Bioinformatics at UGA. The lab is currently recr...
January 22: Brittany has joined the lab!
Brittany Henry has joined the lab as our lab manager. Welcome Brittany!
2023
November 20: We are hiring a lab manager!
We are hiring a lab manager! This position will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Mortimer Lab and Joshi Lab. The Mortimer and J...
November 15: Tatum presented at the Antimicrobial Resistance and Human Microbiome conference
Tatum attended THSTI-NIAID’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Human Microbiome conference in Faridabad, India. She gave a talk titled “Genomic analysis of antimi...
October 12: Undergraduates Selina and Shriya have joined the lab!
Selina Sun and Shriya Garg have joined the lab as undergraduate student assistants. Welcome Selina and Shriya!
September 26: Tatum will be speaking at IPNC workshop
Tatum will be attending the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference in Boston. She’ll be speaking at the “Platforms for Neisseria genomics and N. gonor...
August 1: The Mortimer Lab opens!
The Mortimer Lab is officially open in the Department of Population Health at University of Georgia!