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10/19/2026

💡 What is the true cost of knowledge?

This year's International Open Access Week theme, "The Cost of Knowledge," challenges us to examine the financial, human and societal costs of creating, sharing and sustaining research, and to ask who benefits from the systems we rely on.

🌎 At ASM Journals, we believe that scientific discovery advances faster when researchers, educators, clinicians and policymakers can access trusted research without unnecessary barriers. That's why we offer a range of open access publishing options designed to meet the needs of authors, institutions and funders worldwide.

Our portfolio includes fully open access journals, as well as our community-driven Subscribe to Open (S2O) model for 6 of ASM's primary research journals, expanding access to high-impact microbiology research while supporting a sustainable publishing ecosystem.

As we recognize 2026, we're proud to support approaches that increase the reach, visibility and impact of scientific research while strengthening the global exchange of knowledge.

🔗 See how ASM is putting OA into action: https://asm.social/38k

10/16/2026

Producing enough food to feed more than 8 billion people is challenging. Microbes offer powerful solutions in the form of biofertilizers and biochar, ultimately promoting crop health and boosting global food security and resilience in the face of climate change. https://asm.social/38g

Microbial probiotics in agriculture, such as biofertilizers and biochar, promote crop health and global food security and resilience in the face of climate change.

10/16/2026

For the first time ever, scientists used generative AI to design complete genomes from scratch, producing novel phages that effectively inhibit their target hosts. How did the researchers do it? And what are the key biosafety and technological considerations moving forward? Watch Microbial Minutes for the full story:

For the first time ever, scientists used generative AI to design co...

10/16/2026

What's new in the microbial sciences? We've got you covered with this week's ASM Journal Highlights! ✨

🗣️There is a striking lack of studies that directly investigate the mechanisms governing measles virus transmission. In , researchers discuss multiple strategies to investigate and define transmission, including epidemiology and infectious dose. https://asm.social/388

🧬The Leviathan pipeline allows for fast, memory-efficient and scalable taxonomic and pathway profiling for (pan)genome-resolved metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Learn more about this new open-source package in : https://asm.social/38c

🦠The viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state enables foodborne pathogens to evade culture-based detection. Can AI help? A new review examines the intersection of AI And VBNC research. https://asm.social/38b

🔬Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is one of the most broadly conserved bacterial signals. New research in reveals that, in E. coli, AI-2 is derived from central metabolism and processed by machinery that strikingly resembles a sugar utilization system. https://asm.social/387

🫁Loss of the O-specific antigens (OSA) in P. aeruginosa is common in isolates from cystic fibrosis lungs. Strains lacking OSA become more adhesive, limiting their motility but enhancing biofilm formation. Learn more in : https://asm.social/389

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10/15/2026

🦠 Integrate the history of microbiology into your classroom! 📚

How can historical perspectives enrich undergraduate microbiology education? Join Stefanie Iverson Cabral, Ph.D., at ASMCUE 2026 for an engaging roundtable discussion:

🔬 From Archives to the Classroom: Building a Community and Developing Resources to Integrate History into Microbiology Education

📅 Nov. 20 | 9:45–10:45 a.m. PT

Explore how historical perspectives help students understand the nature of science, the development of microbiological knowledge and the connections between microbes, society and human health.

This discussion will introduce the ASM Committee on the History of Microbiology and Archives (CHOMA) and highlight opportunities to incorporate archival collections into undergraduate teaching. It will also explore the Microbiology Time Machine, a first-year elective at the University of Washington Bothell, where students collaborate with CHOMA to create teaching artifacts centered on key milestones in microbiology.

💡 Join fellow educators to exchange ideas, identify teaching needs, brainstorm priorities for future teaching toolkits, and discover how CHOMA can support your efforts to integrate history into microbiology education: https://asm.social/384

10/14/2026

What role do protein-protein interactions play in viral assembly? During the next Journal of Virology Seminar Series webinar, Makayla Leroux, Ph.D., and Carolyn Teschke, Ph.D., will present findings from their recent Journal of Virology study examining a highly conserved motif within the portal protein of bacteriophage P22. Discover how this motif contributes to portal oligomerization, capsid assembly, and successful incorporation into the viral particle.

Register now: https://asm.social/380

Read the paper: https://asm.social/381

10/14/2026

Join ASM, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and College of American Pathologists on Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. ET to improve your lab’s preparedness for emerging infectious diseases!

This webinar will explore the intersection between clinical and public health laboratories. Viewers will learn why preparedness matters, what components make up a preparedness plan and lessons learned from previous outbreaks. The presenters will discuss how laboratories prepare and respond to infectious diseases, using Ebola and hantavirus as examples.

Register for free: https://asm.social/37V

This ASM-APHL-CAP webinar will discuss what lab preparedness looks like when faced with emerging infectious diseases. It will explore the intersection between clinical and public health labs.

10/13/2026

Feeling a bit lost when it comes to stats? You're not alone! Dive into ASM’s latest video for a clear, step-by-step guide on decoding a multivariable logistic regression. Learn how to take stats from a research framework to clinical lab application.

Check it out now! https://asm.social/37R

John Paul Bisciotti, M.S., explains multivariable logistic regression, from the straight-line formula y = mx + b to log-odds and odds ratios. He then uses these ideas to read a table from a JCM study.

10/12/2026

Join us on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. ET for the next CPHM Virtual Journal Club! The panel will discuss 2 articles about respiratory flora.

This webinar is free for ASM members. Available for 1 ASCLS PACE, California or Florida CE. Join the discussion; register now: https://asm.social/37O

Join ASM in discussing current journal articles in clinical microbiology. Free for ASM members.

10/12/2026

Microbiology Monday: What are degradomics?🧐

Pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus secrete proteases that degrade proteins and, in turn, remodel the host environment during infection. Researchers typically have to analyze substrates 1 by 1 to determine which host proteins are under protease modulation. Degradomics allows for broad mapping of protease activity across host tissues and cell proteomes, opening doors for assessing the roles of proteolytic activity in diverse host (and infection) contexts.

Learn more in : https://asm.social/37M

This image compares canonical approaches of protease substrate identification (A) with degradomics (B) in the context of S. aureus infection.