In February, the American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) elected 68 new Fellows to the Class of 2020. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the ASM, are elected annually through a highly selective,...
Decades of coronavirus studies provide a blueprint for the 2019 novel coronavirus. We summarize coronavirus biology, CDC recommendations, and global heath implications for the nCoV2019 outbreak.
A new strain of coronavirus causing pneumonia-like symptoms was recently identified in Wuhan, China, marking the beginning of a spread of the virus across the globe.
Recently, there have been several recalls issued by the FDA because of increased risk for false-positive detections with these assays due the presence of DNA from non-viable organisms present in blood culture media.
Most underrepresented minorities (URM) do intangible activities like advise students, sit on committees and teach. How are these intangible activities scored during a faculty application review? How does an institution that wants to add more URM...
A new President-Elect, 2 members of the ASM Board of Directors and 4 members of the Council on Microbial Sciences have been elected to ASM leadership. Terms of all new members of ASM’s leadership will begin on July 1, 2020.
Deb Hogan describes the interkingdom interactions between bacterium, fungus, and host that ultimately influence microbial evolution and host disease status.
Microbiologists and medical laboratory professionals (MLT, MLS and DCLS) should recognize whether an identification is likely correct based on patient history, colony morphology, Gram stain and spot tests.