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Michael Mills

Clinical Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Contact

Building & Room:

SES 3352

About

As a Clinical Assistant Professor, I teach and develop curriculum for the General Microbiology courses (including BIOS 250 & 350). These courses are designed to introduce students to the microbial world around us. The diversity and deep complexity of the microbial world can make Microbiology a difficult subject to learn. However, to investigate and answer relevant questions in science today, professionals in the scientific world (including but not limited to doctors, nurses, and researchers) need an understanding of the microbial world. I work to help students learn how microbes are characterized, cultivated, and controlled.

Selected Publications

  1. Wbm0076, a candidate effector protein of the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi, disrupts eukaryotic actin dynamics. Michael K. Mills, Lindsey G. McCabe, Karl F. Lechtreck, Vincent J. Starai. bioRxiv 2022.08.02.502435; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.02.502435
  2. Carpinone EM, Li Z, Mills MK, Foltz C, Brannon ER, et al. (2018) Identification of putative effectors of the Type IV secretion system from the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi. PLOS ONE 13(9): e0204736. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204736

Education

PhD, University of Georgia
BS, University of Georgia