Katherine R. (Kathy) Spindler, Ph.D., is an American virologist who is a co-host of the podcast This Week in Virology along with colleagues Vincent Racaniello, Brianne Barker, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Angela Mingarelli, Jolene Ramsey, and the late Dickson Despommier."This Week in Virology" https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/
Spindler, born 1 December 1953,"Ancestry.com" https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70003083/person/36357256090/facts is Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Medicine, specializing in adenoviruses. She has also worked on rhabdoviruses, bunyaviruses, and the bacteriophage phi X 174."Katherine Spindler, PhD, is M&I Professor Emerita" https://medschool.umich.edu/department-news/katherine-spindler-phd-mi-professor-emerita
She was awarded the American Society for Virology Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award in 2003."Katherine R. Spindler PhD Awarded Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award" https://medresearch.umich.edu/department-news/katherine-r-spindler-phd-awarded-wolfgang-and-patricia-joklik-distinguished-service-award-asv
As a senior scientist, Spindler has been recognized as a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science"AAAS Elected Fellows" https://www.aaas.org/fellows/listing and the American Academy of Microbiology, the leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology."ASM Biographies Kathy Spindler" https://asm.org/biographies/kathy-spindler
She served as secretary-treasurer of the American Society for Virology from 2004-2017. She taught undergraduate and graduate students and guided research in the Spindler Lab"University of Michigan Spindler Lab" https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/ at the University of Michigan (2001-2024) and the University of Georgia (1985-2001).
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