Why is the new antibiotic resistance gene NDM-1 a major healthcare risk? http://bit.ly/btZw0e

Jane Burns, MD Division Chief and Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Seattle Children's is presenting in the clinical medicine session

Evgeni Sukorenko of @UWMedicineNews will present "Variome - humans want it, bacteria will get it first" in the general microbiology session

Bruce Taillon, Ph.D of @RocheDiagnostic will be presenting "Applications of DNA pyrosequencing for the clinical laboratory"

Terry Raich Ph.D Nanosphere will be presenting "Small Particles, Big MDx World—Decreasing Testing Complexity in the Clinical Laboratory"

Nedal Safwat, Ph.D of bioMérieux is presenting "Commercialized mass spectrometry for bacterial identification in microbiology laboratories"

Can't wait to hear Jill Clarridge Ph.D of @UWMedicineNews present "Forget what you have previously heard about "Flesh-eating Bacteria"!!!

Come listen to "Tiny Cause for a Big Concern" in the clinical micro session presented by Punam Verma Ph.D of @VirginiaMason

Only 4 days left to register for the ASM Northwest Conference next weekend! iPod nano and other prizes for best posters!

@SeattleCCA Absolutely! Very cool event for patients and families. Hope it was a success :)

One aspect of MRSA that is often not fully understood by the public is the concept of colonization vs. infection. http://ow.ly/2PsN1

One of the biggest (and most relevant) MRSA questions asked by general public is: “How do I know if I have MRSA?”. http://ow.ly/2PsKS

Only TWO days left to register for the ASM Conference! FREE for undergrads/grads & meals provided. The Poster submissions are AMAZING!

@SeattleCCA A very happy weekend to you!

Some Molecular/Microbiology humor to make your Monday that much better: http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/mad_scientist.PNG

Crowded hospitals put more lives at risk; increased rates of hospital-acquired infections such as golden staph #australia http://ow.ly/2SjHl

RT HutchinsonCtr: It might be possible to change how your genes act - and reduce cancer risk in the process http://ow.ly/2SoCT

Have you washed your hands today? Healthy hand hygiene is always a must, but especially on Global Handwashing Day! http://snipurl.com/1b6ca0

Great talks already from the experts @UWMedicineNews bioMérieux Nanosphere Up Next: Seattle Children's @VirginiaMason & HutchinsonCtr !

NW ASM twitter is active again! This years meeting will be 15-16 Nov at the UW. Visit us on Facebook for updates!