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ASM Attends CCCLW Meeting Print E-mail
On 8 March, Vickie Baselski, chair of the ASM Public and Scientific Affairs Board Committee on Professional Affairs, represented ASM at the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW) meeting in Rosemont, Ill.
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ASM Represented at LRN Meeting Print E-mail

The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) conducted its quarterly meeting in Atlanta, Ga., on 30 March.

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2010 USDA-NIFA Plant and Pest Systems Stakeholders’ Workshop Print E-mail

On 13 April, Charles Rice, member of the ASM Public and Scientific Affairs Board (PSAB) Agriculture and Food committee on microbiology, represented ASM at the 2010 USDA-NIFA Plant and Pest Systems Stakeholders' Workshop in Washington, D.C.

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ASM Testimony to Congress on Federal R&D and Public Health Budgets Print E-mail

ASM submitted testimony to Congress regarding funding for agency budgets in fiscal year (FY) 2011 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA) research and education programs, the Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Science, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) microbiology research programs and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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CLSI Committee Meeting on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Print E-mail

On 24-26 January, Susan Sharp, chair of the ASM Public and Scientific Affairs Board Committee on Laboratory Practices, represented ASM at the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) committee meeting on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).

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