Dr. Lars Westblade will be kickstarting our Pasteur Award Meeting on November 8th with a presentation on emerging fungi and antifungal resistance! Don't miss out - register here: ism-il.org/meetings/

Scared of parasites? 🎃👻 Don't miss the parasitology cases Blaine Mathison (ARUP/Utah) will be presenting next week at the ISM Pasteur Award Meeting. Register here-> ism-il.org/meetings/

Dr. Ahmed Babiker will be presenting on training pathways and collaboration between clinical microbiology and infectious disease clinicians at our Pasteur award meeting next Friday! Don't forget to sign up here: ism-il.org/meetings/

It is not too late to register for the Pasteur Award meeting! Come join us this Friday -Dr. Christopher Doern will be talking about the blood culture bottle shortage. ism-il.org/meetings/

We are so excited for our Pasteur Award winner Eileen Burd to present at our ISM meeting tomorrow! Hope to see you there 🦠🧫

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 #AgarArt Contest! Congratulations to Jeeyoung Lee, our overall winner, for her piece titled, "Petri Dish Jazz Club." You can learn about the other winners on our website: asm.org/Events/ASM-Aga…

IDSA and ASM are excited to announce a partnership to develop an annual conference on #AMR. “By partnering with ASM ... we can drive innovation and ensure patients have access to the lifesaving treatments they need,” said IDSA CEO Chris Busky. idsociety.org/news--publicat…

Want to go to ASM Microbe 2025? We are offering 3 travel awards for early career ISM members! Deadline to apply is February 19

ISM is pleased to announce three recipients of The 2025 Peggy Cotter Travel Award from IL branch to support attendance at ASM Microbe 2025! 🎉 Can’t wait to see you there!

Our spring meeting is going to May 20-21! Don't forget to join/renew your ASM and ISM membership to get discounts on meeting registration (coming soon): asm.org/Membership

Registration for our ISM Spring Meeting is open! The meeting will be held May 20-21 (with options for 1 or both days) at Medinah Shriners Center in Addison, IL. Join ISM for discounted registration - we hope to see you there! app.eventur.com/registration/2…

Our next featured speaker for our ISM spring meeting May 20th is Dr. Brooks Mitchell. He is a CPEP fellow at Northwestern University and will be preseinting some interesting clinical microbiology cases, so don't miss out! ism-il.org/meetings/

Dr. Nicole Tarlton from Endeavor Health will be giving a talk on extensive β-lactam-resistant Enterobacterales at our ISM spring meeting! Be sure to register: ism-il.org/meetings/ Discounts available for ISM members!

We're almost one week away from our spring meeting! Dr. Cecilia Thompson from Lurie Children's Hospital will be reflecting on extended downtime in the microbiology lab. Hope you to see you there! ism-il.org/meetings/

Dr. Sophonie Oyeniran from Nationwide Children's will be kicking off the second day of our ISM Spring meeting next week with a talk on respiratory cultures! Hope to see you there: ism-il.org/meetings/

Do you want to learn more about Candidozyma (Candida) auris? Come to Dr. Sarah Sansom's talk at the ISM spring meeting next week! ism-il.org/meetings/

It's not too late to register for our ISM spring meeting! Come hear Dr. Eric Beck's talk on diagnostic stewardship this week! Discounts available for ISM members -ism-il.org/meetings/

ISM meeting begins this week! Our final speaker on Weds will be Dr. Brian Murphy from UIC, who will be giving a talk on antibiotic discovery from a single bacterial colony. It's not too late to register! ism-il.org/meetings/