Student Chapter of American Society of Microbiology at UAB

ASM at UAB is a resource to connect the American Society of Microbiology to UAB, and to connect UAB and Birmingham to the American Society of Microbiology.

The purpose of this organization shall be:
- To promote student interest and further improve the quality of all Microbiology programs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
- To promote outreach programs aimed at high school students to increase interest in microbiology and their attendance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Provide aid for students in Microbiology programs at the U

08/03/2018

07/16/2018

Heads up on upcoming event

Southeastern Branch ASM Annual Meeting

Microbial Dynamics and Infection

Nov 30 (Fri) to Dec 2 (Sun), 2018

LOCATION: Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA

MEETING OVERVIEW: The meeting theme, Microbial Dynamics and Infection, envelops the field's emerging understanding of how microbe-microbe interactions drive key functional outcomes, including the pathology of microbe-host systems, as well as environmental biochemical cycles. The Southeastern region, including the Atlanta area, has a strong group of researchers working in this space, and we are excited to showcase their important work.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 1, 2018, 5:00 pm ET

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: http://asm.biosci.gatech.edu/

CONTACTS:
Frank Stewart
Conference Chair
President, Southeastern Branch ASM
[email protected]

Brandy Olmer
Conference Coordinator
[email protected]

Microbial Dynamics and Infection Annual Meeting - Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

05/02/2018

Don't forget to send your officer nominations in! Nominations close on May 9th!

05/01/2018

A member and officer Sarah Jeanne Adkins has made it to the final round of the American Society of Microbiology agar art contest. Check it the art and give it a "like"!

I Think, Sarah Adkins, Jeff Morris.

Charles Darwin jotted down the world’s first phylogenetic tree as an offhand speculation in one of his journals. His tree of life, famously annotated “I think...”, provided profound insight about evolutionary divergence. Here, the bacteria Chromobacterium violaceum does a real-time performance of Darwin’s idea. The white lines, unpigmented mutant of the purple lines, begin to appear. Over time, revertant mutants appeared in the white lines and the purple pigment gave them a fitness advantage that let them eventually overrun their colorless ancestors. Taken together, the pictures of this plate, after 48 hours (left) and one week (right), show that agar art is not only able to act as a medium of aesthetic beauty but can also meaningfully contribute to the canon of scientific knowledge. At least, we think so.

04/19/2018

Good luck to all our undergraduate mentors as they conquer their finals!! 🔬🤩🙃

Cahaba Environmental Center Field Trip 2018

04/02/2018

We had an awesome time visiting and learning about the Cahaba River! Thanks to the Cahaba Environmental Center for such a wonderful trip!

Agar Art as Part of a CURE: Getting Creative with a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

03/27/2018

Congratulations to our vice president Sarah Jeanne Adkins for being featured by ASM for her original research! What an amazing achievement!

Agar Art as Part of a CURE: Getting Creative with a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Have you ever struggled to explain the beauty of microbes to your friends? Agar Art—the process of using living microorganisms as “paint” on an agar “...