Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., Director of the Transplantation- Oncology Infectious Diseases Program of Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y., has been selected as the 2010 laureate of the sanofi-aventis ICAAC Award for his translational research on antifungal pharmacology and therapeutics.

Clinical Microbiology Task Force Update  

The Clinical Microbiology Task Force was created to assess, prioritize, and oversee implementation of recommendations stemming from a meeting between ASM leadership and senior members of the clinical microbiology community in February 2010.

ASM Postdoctoral Chapter  

On 26 May 2010, the first American Society for Microbiology postdoctoral chapter was approved at the ASM council meeting. The chapter was proposed by postdoctoral scientists at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and Albany Medical College with the support of the ASM Eastern New York Branch.  

Award  

The University of Maryland College of Chemical & Life Sciences recently inducted Philip J. Provost into its Circle of Discovery. The Circle of Discovery was inaugurated in 2007 to honor members of the University of Maryland community for their visionary leadership and outstanding research in the biosciences and chemistry.