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David M. Tobin

Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3020, Durham, NC 27710
207 Research Drive, 207A Jones Building, Box 3020, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors


Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

Other American Academy of Microbiology · February 2024

Fellow

Scholarly Society American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2019

Thomas Langford Lectureship Award

University Duke University · 2017

Ruth and A. Morris Williams Faculty Research Prize

University Duke University School of Medicine · 2017

Vallee Scholar Award

International Vallee Foundation · 2013

ICAAC Young Investigator Award

National American Society for Microbiology · 2012

Searle Scholar Award

National Kinship Foundation · 2012

Whitehead Scholar

University Duke University · 2011

Mallinckrodt Scholar Award

National Mallinckrodt Foundation · 2011

NIH Director's New Innovator Award

National NIH, Office of the Director · 2011

In the News


Published November 9, 2022
Mysterious Outbreak of Bone-Eating TB Resembled an Ancestral Form
Published November 26, 2019
Seven From Duke Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Published October 1, 2015
Zebrafish Reveals Infection’s Sci-Fi-Worthy Creep Into the Brain
Published February 16, 2015
Researchers Discover Molecular Trigger of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published November 24, 2014
Drugs to Block Angiogenesis Could Provide New Treatment for TB