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Content in Cement: Julie Maresca Discusses the Concrete Microbiome
Concrete is the most commonly used building material in the world, and is a very unique dry, high pH environment with special chemical properties. Amazingly, there are microbial communities that...
Karl Klose Concrete Microbiome, microtalk
Corals are sexy with Christina Kellogg - TWiM #178
Recorded at ASM Microbe 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, TWiM talks to Christina Kellogg talks about her career and her research on coral microbial ecology.
Vincent Racaniello corals, TWiM, microbiome, ecology
ASM Microbe Press Releases Now Available
Read the press releases covering cutting-edge research from ASM Microbe on topics from vaccines, to public health, to antimicrobial resistance.
ASM Communications
How viral-bacterial interactions influence viral infection with Julie Pfeif…
Julie Pfeiffer tells the story of how she serendipitously found a role for the gut microbiota during polio virus infection, and how she and her lab discovered an important role...
Julie Wolf Polio, microbiome, gut microbiota, viruses
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Microbiologists vs Biothreat agents
If you are looking for an exciting career, consider a clinical microbiology! On top of common pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, clinical microbiologists also deal with all sorts...
Siu-Kei (Jacky) Chow
Microbial sibling conflict - TWiM 177
Bacteriophage evolution in a dairy plant, and killing of less fit cells among social microbes.
Vincent Racaniello TWiM, bacteriophage, Evolution, Myxobacteria
ASM and Research!America Unveil a Survey on Global Pandemics and Vaccines
A new national opinion survey shows American attitudes toward public health, vaccines and preparedness for epidemics
Stefano Bertuzzi
Fighting Ebola: What It Takes to Stop an Outbreak
Stopping an epidemic requires teamwork, communication and resources
Courtney Reyers
Scientists and Bioartists Create Stunning Microbial Artworks in ASM’s 4th A…
The American Society for Microbiology announces the winners of their 4th annual Agar Art contest. Submissions of artwork were created using living, growing microbes ‘painted’ on agar, a gelatin-like substance...
ASM Communications
bioRxiv Subject Collection: Microbiology
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Sequence analysis and confirmation of type IV pili-associated proteins PilY1, PilW and PilV in Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans is an acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterium widely used in the mining industry due to its metabolic sulfur-oxidizing capability. The biooxidation of sulfide minerals is enhanced through the attachment of A. thiooxidans cells to the mineral surface. The Type IV...
Confessions of a mycophobe
Mycology is a neglected field in microbiology and fungi are often overlooked or shunned in our everyday lives. But despite the contentious history of their classification, fungi have been adapted...
Ada Hagan mycology, Fungi, antibiotics
Super Cells Save Susceptible Species - BacterioFiles 343
Very radiation-resistant bacteria can protect other, less-resistant microbes from some of the effects of chronic radiation!
Jesse Noar Bacteria, radiation, Extremophiles
Salivating at ASM Microbe - TWiV 498
Vincent, Kathy and Rich travel to ASM Microbe 2018 in Atlanta where they speak with Stacy Horner and Ken Stapleford about their careers and their research.
Vincent Racaniello Chikungunya, TWiV, Virology, ASM Microbe, m6A
Scientific Highlights of ASM Microbe 2018
We’ve compared ASM Microbe to Las Vegas and a multistage concert, in part because there are so many amazing scientific sessions occurring simultaneously that attendees must prioritize the sessions in...
Julie Wolf
Ars longa, vita brevis - TWiP 153
The case of the Panamanian Farmer with Three Weeks of Diarrhea, and how microbes egested during bites of sand flies exacerbate the severity of leishmaniasis.
Vincent Racaniello TWiP, Leishmania, microbiome, Parasites
Cyanide Stops Cell Suckers - BacterioFiles 342
Some bacteria can defend themselves from bacterial predators by producing cyanide!
Jesse Noar Bacteria, respiration, pathogens
Europic 2018 - TWiV 497
At Europic 2018, a meeting on picornaviruses in the Netherlands, Vincent speaks with Sasha Gorbalenya, Jim Hogle, Ann Palmenberg and Frank van Kuppeveld about their careers and their research.
Vincent Racaniello TWiV, computational biology, coronavirus, viruses, poliovirus
Dogs Can Be a Potential Risk for Future Influenza Pandemic
Dogs are a potential reservoir for a future influenza pandemic, according to a study published in the journal mBio. The study demonstrated that influenza virus can jump from pigs into canines and...
ASM Communications
Cancer Killer Could Cure Cryptic Contagion - BacterioFiles 341
A virus designed to target cancer could also help eliminate hidden HIV infections!
Jesse Noar HIV, viruses, retrovirus
Vaccines work, whether or not you believe in them - TWiV 496
Recorded at Vaccines in the 21st Century, a meeting held at the University of California, Irvine, Stacy Schultz-Cherry, Douglas Diekema, and Andrew Noymer talk about vaccine facts and fiction.
Specific dietary starches lead to different gut microbial communities
Dietary fiber plays an important role in gut health, but new research from mSphere shows that not all sources play the same role: researchers found that specific starches select for...
Julie Wolf
How to Nail Broader Impacts in Your Next NSF Grant Application
Written by: Jennifer DeBruyn | Tips for writing a Broader Impacts section for NSF grant proposals
ASM Communications NSF, broader impacts, grant writing
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