Microcosm: The Current Issue
by Elio and Roberto — The current issue of Microcosm (Fall 2020) is notable for its focus on vaccines, hence this special mention.
by Elio and Roberto — The current issue of Microcosm (Fall 2020) is notable for its focus on vaccines, hence this special mention.
by Elio — I recently attended the ASM Microbe 2018 meeting in Atlanta and have a short report to make. I went to my first such meeting as a graduate student in 1952 and to many others subsequently, so this was hardly a new experience for me.
Vincent, Elio and Michael recorded this episode before an audience at the 2013 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver, Colorado, where they spoke with Andrew, Ferric, Suzanne, and Michelle about their research on a phage system for evading innate immunity, retractions of research papers, bacterial infections of the eye, and cytoplasmic defenses against intracellular bacteria.
It is our pleasure to begin an annual tradition of hosting a few reflections from the incoming president of the ASM, Bonnie L. Bassler.
by Amy Cheng Vollmer — After missing it for several years due to other ASM responsibilities, I had the delightful opportunity to attend this year's ASMCUE, the 'appetizer' course that preceded the ASM's General Meeting in San Diego. The sessions at the ASMCUE included...
by Elio — The 2010 ASM General Meeting held in San Diego continued a hallowed tradition dating back 110 years (a tradition spanning 57 years in my particular case, so I have firsthand knowledge of more than half of this history). The meeting format changed dramatically...