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October 7, 2025

MEGAMicrobe 2025

The event was held Sept. 27 at Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville.

Allyson Ray, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in lab of Ann Tate, PhD (Biological Sciences), introduces a student to the wonderful world of microbes during MEGAMicrobe, Sept. 27 at the Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy) Allyson Ray, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in lab of Ann Tate, PhD (biological sciences), introduces a student to the wonderful world of microbes during MEGAMicrobe, Sept. 27 at Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)

MEGAMicrobe, the annual event hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, invited students ages 5 to 15 to conduct science experiments and join in hands-on activities that reveal the important roles microscopic organisms play in the environment and in human health.

For more information, visit www.vumc.org/viiii/megamicrobe.

Two young explorers peer into the hidden world of microorganisms during MEGAMicrobe, Sept. 27 at Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)
Two young explorers peer into the hidden world of microorganisms during MEGAMicrobe, Sept. 27 at Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)