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Valuing and Rewarding Intangible Activities in Academic Careers
The success of an academic researcher and career progression depends on quantifiable metrics like the number of grants, publications, presentations, posters, etc. However, researchers also engage in many other, less...
Adriana Bankston
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
C. difficile—Innocent until Proven Guilty?
Accurate diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is challenging for all involved—clinicians, laboratorians, and patients—leaving everyone frustrated. Current approaches to diagnosis of CDI prioritize either detection of the organism itself, or detection...
Nira Pollock
ESKAPE pathogens expressing mcr-1 have varying colistin resistance phenotyp…
Scientists now know that colistin resistance is much more widespread than previously thought. A new Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy report demonstrates that the same gene, mcr-1, can confer different levels of...
Julie Wolf
High-Impact Practices in Microbiology Education
The LEAP Initiative identifies 10 evidence-based, high-impact educational practices that support the success of undergraduate students. At ASM Microbe 2017, several faculty members shared their LEAP-influenced best practices for improving student...
Education Education
ASM Advocacy
ASM is asking members to contact their Congressional Representatives about FY 2018 funding for federal agencies that support microbial sciences funding.
Public and Scientific Affairs Board Research and Development Budgets
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Point-of-Care Diagnostics via Molecular Tests
Point-of-care diagnostic testing is quickly advancing, in part due to advances in molecular testing. Our latest Bugs & Drugs post provides resources for keeping up-to-date with the latest molecular tests...
ASM Communications
Paintings are a canvas for microbial life
As paintings age, they accumulate volatile hydrocarbons, dead or living cells, dust that breed fungal spores, and bacteria. This agglomeration of material serves as a nutrient source for a number...
Jennifer Tsang Bacillus, Proteobacteria
Agricultural antibiotic usage selects for antibiotic-resistant soil bacteri…
A new Applied and Environmental Microbiology report demonstrates that farm practices can directly lead to development of novel antibiotic resistance mechanisms in soil microbes. The scientific team used functional metagenomics...
Julie Wolf
Rigor, lotteries, and moonshots - TWiM 154
TWiM speaks with Arturo Casadevall about his thoughts on the pathogenic potential of a microbe, rigorous science, funding by lottery, and moonshot science.
Vincent Racaniello TWiM, pathogens, Microbiology
Cholera Cases Increase in Yemen: More ASM Resources on Cholera Research
The cholera epidemic in Yemen has sickened 100,000 people and threatens to spread further. Researchers are hard at work, studying antibiotic resistance and disease mechanisms in Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that...
Julie Wolf
Behind the Scenes with Microbe 2017 co-Chair Robin Patel
Microbe 2017 co-Chair Dr. Robin Patel sits down to discuss the Microbe program and tips on how attendees should prepare.
Julie Wolf
New Report Discusses Role of Point-of-Care Testing in Changing Diagnostic P…
The American Academy of Microbiology has released a new report on point-of-care (POC) and near-patient testing and changing diagnostic paradigms in microbiology. Technology for diagnosing infectious diseases in patients is...
ASM Communications diagnostics, academy, report
Un-impacting an elephant - TWiV 447
TWiV un-impacts their email backlog, answering questions about viruses, viruses, and more viruses. You should listen – our fans ask great questions!
Vincent Racaniello
Predator Pops Polymer Producers - BacterioFiles 299
Using predatory bacteria to extract valuable bioplastics from other bacteria.
Jesse Noar Bdellovibrio
Siderophores: Bacterial Swiss army knives
The multi-faceted nature of siderophores begins with the simple element iron, where does it end?
Ada Hagan siderophore
Fungal Toxins Easily Become Airborne, Creating Potential Indoor Health Risk
Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled. The findings, which likely have implications for “sick building syndrome,” were published...
ASM Communications
Public Policy Brief - June 23, 2017
Public and Scientific Affairs Board research and development budget
ASM Letter to Congress Regarding FY 2018 Funding for the NSF
ASM sent a letter to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies regarding funding for the National Science Foundation. The ASM asked...
Public and Scientific Affairs Board Research and Development Budgets
Q&A with Debra Myers: A Chief Technologist at Penn State Hershey Medica…
How do you seek out mentors in a clinical microbiology lab? What are some reputable resources to use? Debra Myers, a Microbiology Chief Technologist at Penn State Hershey Medical Center...
ASM Careers
Embryonated eggs of wisdom - TWiP 135
TWiP solves the case of the Woman from Colorado With Loose Stools, and explains how single-sex infection with female Schistosoma mansoni reduces hepatic fibrosis.
Vincent Racaniello Schistosoma mansoni, hepatic fibrosis
Get funded. Attend the Grant Writing Online Course
Learn the basics of grant writing and receive personalized feedback on sections of your grant when you attend ASM’s online course.
Leah Gibbons
La Viroterapia Oncolítica con Leonardo Valdivieso - MdlM 120
Hoy entrevistamos al flamente doctor Leonardo Valdivieso, quien completó su doctorado en la Universidad de Rutgers.
Gary Toranzos Mundo de los Microbios, podcast
ASM Letter to Congress Regarding Department of Energy FY 2018 Funding
The ASM sent a letter to members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development on FY 2018 funding for the DOE’s Office of Science asking...
Public and Scientific Affairs Board Research and Development Budgets
Bacteria Boost Bone Buildup - BacterioFiles 298
Gut microbes can even affect formation/remodeling of bones.
Jesse Noar microbiome
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