Virginia Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

Current Branch News

We are preparing for a new year and our upcoming branch meeting November 7^th and 8^th at James Madison University.  More information can be found under the 2008 Meeting link below.

	Colony of the bovine pathogen Haemophilus somnus showing lipooligosaccharide phase variation - provided by Dr. Tom Inzana (Virginia Tech).
		Starved Paramecium cells stained with an activated caspase label (green) present only in the cell with an intact macronucleus. The nuclear stain (blue) is Hoechst 33342 - provided by Dr. Wade Bell (VMI)
	Acanthamoeba castellanii - provided by Dr. Francine Marciano-Cabral (MCV-VCU).
		Cut-away view of the Herpes Simplex Virus capsid showing the portal located at a unique capsid vertex - provided by Dr. Jay Brown (UVA)

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This page last modified: September 19, 2008.