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Jorn Coers
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
jorn.coers@duke.edu
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Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
National
American Society of Microbiology
· 2025
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MERIT award (R37)
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NIH/ NIAID
· 2024
Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
National
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
· 2016
ICAAC Young Investigator Awards
National
American Society for Microbiology
· 2011
SERCEB Career Development Award
National
NIAID
· 2011
Jane E. Raulston Award
International
Chlamydia Basic Research Society
· 2009
Charles A. King trust postdoctoral fellowsh
National
Health Resources in Action
· 2007
German Research Foundation (DFG) postdoctoral fellowship
International
German Research Foundation
· 2005
In the News
Published February 3, 2025
Celebrating Duke’s New Full Professors
Published November 9, 2022
Mysterious Outbreak of Bone-Eating TB Resembled an Ancestral Form
Published September 8, 2022
Chlamydia’s Stealthy Cloaking Device Identified
Published September 8, 2022
Chlamydia’s Stealthy Cloaking Device Identified
Published June 30, 2016
BWF Gives 5-Year Award to Jörn Coers
Published September 28, 2015
Molecular ‘Kiss Of Death’ Flags Pathogens For Destruction
