⚠️ #ABRCMS2025 Deadline Reminder: Judge Travel Award applications close in 1 week! Judge Travel Awards can help with the cost of conference registration and/or housing. Applications are due by August 12. See eligibility requirements & apply at abrcms.org/present-at-abr…

STEM educators—your classroom insights can shape how science is taught around the world? 🌍 Join our free webinar to learn how to conduct DBER and publish in ASM’s open-access journal, JMBE. 📅 Sept. 4 | 10 a.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. IST 🔗 Register: asm.social/2xo

⏰ Time is running out! Know a rising star 🌟 in host-microbe interactions? Nominate an exceptional early-career scientist 👩🏽‍🔬 to author a minireview in #IAIJournal’s 2025 New Voices in Microbiology Collection. Nominate by Aug 18: asm.social/2xr

The ASM South Central Branch Meeting is this Nov at MSU Mississippi State! A great chance to connect with investigators from MS, AR & LA, share research, exchange ideas & enjoy time with colleagues and trainees. Registration opens soon!

What a wonderful surprise visit today from former Mississippi INBRE fellow student—and now medical student The University of Mississippi Medical Center—Perriann Smith! Great to see her during her first week of med school and reflect on how far she’s come since her time in the Vidal lab.

Agradezco al Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca, al Comité Organizador y a la Dra. Blanca Estela Jaramillo Loranca por la generosa invitación al Simposio Iberoamericano de Ciencias e Ingeniería (SICI), en octubre de 2025. ¡Un honor poder compartir y aprender en SICI!

Excited to join The University of Mississippi Medical Center Center for Immunology and Microbial Research as Associate Director! Honored to help advance interdisciplinary research in Mississippi tackling infectious diseases, immune disorders & antimicrobial resistance. Looking forward to this impactful mission!

Thrilled to announce Microbial Biofilms: Role in Human Infectious Diseases (Elsevier) is out! 🎉 A true collaborative effort of many experts in the field and editors including The University of Mississippi Medical Center CIMR/CMB & School of Dentistry: Vidal, Keller, Chapusha, Bain, & Janorkar

In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, ASM celebrates and spotlights the vital contributions of Hispanic and Latine microbiologists, whose work continues to shape and advance the field of microbiology every day! Explore our focus page: asm.social/2AU

Proud moment for our team! Dr. Kenichi Takeshita has been selected by AMED (Japan’s NIH) as a mentor for young investigators across the Asia-Pacific. In Jan 2026, he’ll travel to Tokyo to share his training at the Vidal Lab/The University of Mississippi Medical Center —an important step toward independence!

[🚨 New paper] The first nationwide, longitudinal WGS analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan (2006–2022). 1,343 isolates from 27 hospitals, we track serotype, AMR, and genomic lineage before and after PCV13. #GPS_project #PCV13_impact #Taiwan microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Abstract deadline for the ASM and IDSA IMARI 2026 (Interdisciplinary Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance & Innovation) in Las Vegas, NV is October 1 Registration now OPEN!! ASM Texas Medical Center Chapter Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group imari.org

Thrilled to kick off the new ASM Student Chapter at Nicholls State University! With microbial threats on the rise, we need engaged, trained young scientists—and these students are outstanding. Thanks to UMMC CIMR & ASM South Central Branch for making this possible!

We’re on a mission to raise $25,000 by December 31 to provide ABRCMS travel awards. One gift can open the door to mentorship, community, and career opportunity for a student in STEM. 🎁 Be part of their journey. Donate now. abrcms.org/donate/travel-… #STEMfunding

🚨 Just 1 week left! We’re funding student presentation awards for all 12 ABRCMS disciplines. ✅ 3 are fully funded. 💡 Yours could be next! Help your discipline hit $1,000 by Sept 30. Rep your field. Support future scientists. Donate today! abrcms.org/donate/student… #STEMfunding

With a new $11.9 million grant from the NIH, UMMC is creating the Balance and Auditory Research Center. The new center will advance discoveries to improve diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation in hearing and balance disorders: umc.edu/news/News_Arti…

Honored by the invitation from the Polytechnic University of Pachuca to deliver a keynote lecture at #SIMCI2025, highlighting my international research career in microbiology and infectious diseases. 🔗 upp.edu.mx/simci/reg.html

New insights into PPE51: in #Mycobacterium marinum, PPE51 plays a dual role in nutrient uptake and membrane integrity. Its loss disrupts the cell wall and reduces virulence, highlighting its importance beyond transport. doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0… Coen Kuijl

We’re united in pink this October to honor fighters, survivors & loved ones affected by breast cancer. 🎗️Our team is dedicated to prevention, early detection and compassionate care. Early detection matters: talk to your provider about your screening today.