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This Is ASM
A 4-minute overview of ASM’s mission, members and accomplishments. Originally aired at ASM Microbe 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. This video covers the depth and breadth of the great research and...
ASM Communications
Containing a Nipah virus outbreak with G Arunkumar
A recent Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, India, was halted due to improved detection capabilities. G. Arunkumar tells the story of his involvement.
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
When the Clap Hits Back Part III: Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance in Nei…
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a challenge for clinical labs. Can molecular tests save us from untreatable gonorrhea?
Peera Hemarajata
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Bringing the Laboratory Test to the Patient With Point-of-Contact Tests
Patient-centered or point-of-care testing is gaining in popularity—what does this mean for patients, the clinicians and laboratorians?
Audrey Schuetz
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
New Technologies Aid Clinical Microbiologists and Mean New Career Opportuni…
New technologies mean change for clinical microbiology diagnostic laboratories, but they also present opportunities for career growth.
ASM Communications
ASM’s Agar Art Contest Featured on CBS News
ASM’s Agar Art contest was the focus of a report on the CBS News streaming network
ASM Communications
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Just Small Adults? Pediatric Considerations in Clinical Microbiology
There are many unique aspects to neonatal and pediatric clinical microbiology: sometimes a test is a bigger deal in kids than in adults, sometimes it’s a smaller deal - and...
Thea Brennan-Krohn
ASM-Mentored Tuberculosis Laboratory in Zambia Recommended for First Intern…
ASM, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the government of Zambia worked together to bring the lab up to international standards for quality and competency.
International Affairs
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Opening the Black Box of MALDI-TOF MS
“Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry” (MALDI-TOF MS) sounds like the cause of a warp drive breakdown in Star Trek. What does it have to do with clinical microbiology diagnostics?
Kenneth (K.P.) Smith
bioRxiv Subject Collection: Microbiology
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Monday, 12 November 2018
Comparative genomic analysis of the emerging pathogen Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae: novel insights into virulence determinants and identification of a novel species-specific molecular marker
Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae is a close relative of the major human pathogen S. pneumoniae. While initially considered as a commensal species, it has been increasingly associated with lower-respiratory tract infections and high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). S. pseudopneumoniae is difficult...
How Do Antibiotics in Agriculture Affect Human Clinical Infectious Diseases…
Our first World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018 blog post looks at how agricultural practices have contributed to drug-resistant infections in people
Julie Wolf
Fishing for viruses in senile - TWiV 519
A potential role for herpes simplex virus type 1 as a cause of Alzheimer’s Disease, including the finding that amyloid-beta acts as an antiviral by enveloping virus particles.
Figuring Fungus's Forcing Fly Functions - BacterioFiles 361
Bringing a fungus that makes zombie flies into the lab makes a good model for studying microbial mind-control!
Jesse Noar fungus, fruit flies, zombies
All I need is a bit of skin - TWiP 161
The case of the Brazilian Immigrant With Heart Problems, and how genome organization controls trypanosome antigenic variation.
Vincent Racaniello
Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant E. coli Mapped in Wild Giraffe Social …
A team from the University of Minnesota has shown that antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in wild giraffes most likely come from anthropogenic sources, such as local cattle herds and humans.
ASM Communications
Creating Art and Education with Microbes
How can creating agar art help students understand the foundational concepts of microbiology?
Ray Ortega
Supermarket Produce Harbors Antibiotic-Resistance Genes
Researchers from the Julius Kühn Institut, Germany have found that produce is a reservoir for transferable antibiotic resistance genes that often escape traditional molecular detection methods.
ASM Communications
There’s a Germ in my Worm: Bacterial-driven Metamorphosis with Nick Shikuma
How bacteria produce a harpoon-like factor called a tailicin that inject larvae with the correct stimulus to allow them to develop into tubeworms.
Karl Klose
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Multiplex Target Testing — Should We Be More Specific About Specificity?
Diagnostic test specificity is as much about context as it is numbers; here, we discuss pitfalls of focusing on numbers for multiplexed panel tests.
Matthew Pettengill
ASM’s 5th Agar Art Contest Opening in September 2019
The contest is shifting to the fall to better highlight the incredible works of science and art submitted each year.
ASM Communications
Fellow Phages Fight Fortifications - BacterioFiles 360
Bacteriophages with defenses against bacterial CRISPR defenses have to work together to succeed!
Hershey’s viruses - TWiV 518
Vincent travels to Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA to speak with Nick and Leslie about their careers and their work on human cytomegalovirus and retroviruses.
Vincent Racaniello TWiV, cytomegalovirus, retroviruses, Virology
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