Janet Yother, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology

Telephone: (205) 934-9531
Office Location: BBRB 661, zip 2170
Email:  jyother@uab.edu

Research Focus:  Streptococcus pneumoniae genetics and pathogenesis

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Biography

Janet Yother (b. 1958), Professor of Microbiology, completed her undergraduate studies in biology at UAB (B.S., 1980) while pursuing research in the area of microbial physiology and ecology. She attended UAB and the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences at Memphis for graduate work (Ph.D., Microbiology, 1985), studying the genetics of Yersinia pestis virulence determinants. She returned to UAB for postdoctoral studies concerning the genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae and joined the faculty in 1991.