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Re-reading the Classics
Important tools used in synthetic biology, bio-therapeutic design, and popular events like International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition emerged decades ago through basic questions about the nature of gene expression. ...
Victor DiRita
My First Year at the Wheel: Reflections on ASM
Perhaps with more enthusiasm than originality, I feel compelled at the end of the year to look back on what has happened in my life. The compulsion is even stronger...
Stefano Bertuzzi
2016's Most Popular Videos
2016 brought a lot of new microbiology videos to ASM's YouTube channel. These are some of the most popular videos this year. Thanks for watching and we look forward to...
Ray Ortega
In case you missed it: best of mBiosphere 2016
From archaeal viruses to zoonotic diseases, the breadth of microbiology stories covered on mBiosphere in 2016 was impressive. Here are some of the best posts on mBiosphere from throughout this...
Julie Wolf
ASM’s Best Microbiology News of 2016: the Year in Review
Here’s a glimpse of the most popular research stories from ASM’s journals that were covered in the news this year.
Joanna Urban
Former ASM President to Leave White House for Wisconsin
Jo Handelsman, a Yale University professor and associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will head Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Patrick Lacey
Resources to Help You Teach About Communicable Disease and Immunity
As World AIDS Day approaches, consider the following resources from ASM’s open-access Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (JMBE) to help your students understand the mechanisms behind the spread of disease and...
Education
Why attend ABRCMS? Students describe their experiences
Students are the focus of the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) meeting, held most recently November 9-12, 2016, in Tampa, Florida. Undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students make up...
Julie Wolf
Resources for Safe Food Preparation this Thanksgiving
Check out ASM's Safety Tips for a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving
Joanna Urban
What we know is confusing - TWiP 123
Solving the case of the Dutch Woman with Wormy Objects in Her Stool, dissecting a study on cytoadhesion of malaria infected red blood cells, and introducing Parasitology Superheroes.
Vincent Racaniello Parasites, Malaria, Parasitism
Funds Available for Undergrads to Receive Training & Present Research
Community college, undergraduate, and postbaccalaureate students, who are underrepresented minorities in the sciences, are encouraged to apply for the Undergraduate Research Capstone Fellowship Program.
Leah Gibbons
ASM’s Top 5 Career Advice Tips from 2016
The most viewed career articles of 2016 with career advice tips.
ASM Careers
Reconstructing a Lichen’s Molecular Architecture
Researchers have generated the first images of the molecular architecture of the microbial community of a lichen.
Kendall Powell
Mapping the Molecules Made by a Lichen’s Resident Microbes
An international team of researchers has spatially mapped molecules produced by an intact, complex microbial community for the first time
Joanna Urban
Spillover — Zika, Ebola & Beyond | Q&A with Filmmakers
Spillover — Zika, Ebola & Beyond, from HHMI's Tangled Bank Studios, investigates the rise of spillover viruses like Zika, Ebola and Nipah. Join us for the film and discussion with...
Chris Condayan microbes after hours, zika, Ebola
Toward better understanding of fecal microbiota transplants
Treating patients with recurrent C. difficile infection with microorganisms alone reduces symptoms at a rate many times higher than any drug or chemical.
ASM Communications
Study Provides Clues to Improving Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Results from a placebo-controlled trial provide a strategy for improving fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.
Joanna Urban
Orthogonal vectors - TWiV 420
The TWiV team describe how to use an orthogonal translation system to produce infectious but replication-incompetent influenza vaccines.
Submit Microbe Abstracts Now: One in Five Accepted Will Be Oral Presentatio…
The call for abstracts is now open for Microbe 2017, the premier microbiology conference hosted by the American Society for Microbiology. This is your opportunity to submit your important research...
Julie Wolf
The Natural History of Cheese Mites
Some of the most delicious aged cheeses are the natural habitat of tiny arachnids that make a living foraging for fungi within the rind.
Scott Chimileski Cheese mites, Microbiology, Food Microbiology, biofilm, yeast, Fungi
New Diagnostic Test Kit Offers Easy Identification of Virulent Pathogens in…
A team of researchers has developed a portable detection system that can rapidly identify some of the most virulent, often multi-drug resistant pathogens.
Joanna Urban
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