The 2024 American Society for Microbiology Awards and Prize are open for nominations. Please consider nominating an outstanding microbiologist colleague for one of the numerous available awards. Recognizing excellence in microbiology can have an important impact on the careers of outstanding microbiologists. See www.asm.org/awards #IDmastodon #MicroMastodon #clinmicro #ASMicrobiology

The Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology is pleased to host David B Olsen, Ph.D. of Merck Research Laboratories for the 801st monthly meeting on March 27, 2023 - "From targeted phenotypic screening to leads that decipher malaria parasite biology: a productive academic/industrial partnership". Attend in person or live stream, see www.epaasm.org for program details #IDmastodon #MicroMastodon #ASMicrobiology #ParasiteBiology

Pleasantly surprised to discover that our recent JCM paper on HistoSPOT, an interferon-gamma release assay to probe T-cell response in #histoplasmosis, was chosen as one of 2022’s best papers in #ClinicalMicrobiology by JCM Editors. https://asm.org/Podcasts/Editors-in-Conversation/Episodes/The-Best-Clinical-Microbiology-Papers-of-2022-EIC (Our paper is discussed starting around the ~27 minute mark.) #ASMicrobiology