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  • Mi­cro­cosm: The Cur­rent Is­sue

    Mi­cro­cosm: The Cur­rent Is­sue

    February 11, 2021November 5, 2025

    by Elio and Roberto — The cur­rent is­sue of Mi­cro­cosm (Fall 2020) is no­table for its fo­cus on vac­cines, hence this spe­cial men­tion.

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  • Mi­crobe 2018

    Mi­crobe 2018

    July 5, 2018November 20, 2025

    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.

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  • TWiM #56: Live at ASM in Den­ver

    TWiM #56: Live at ASM in Den­ver

    May 30, 2013February 5, 2026

    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.

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  • Of An­cient Curses, Mi­crobes, and the ASM

    Of An­cient Curses, Mi­crobes, and the ASM

    July 1, 2010January 5, 2026

    It is our plea­sure to be­gin an an­nual tra­di­tion of host­ing a few re­flec­tions from the in­com­ing pres­i­dent of the ASM, Bon­nie L. Bassler.

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  • Tak­ing Risks: ASMCUE Mus­ings

    Tak­ing Risks: ASMCUE Mus­ings

    June 17, 2010January 5, 2026

    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...

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  • A Pos­te­ri­ori

    A Pos­te­ri­ori

    June 10, 2010January 5, 2026

    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...

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