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ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant Awardees-2010 Print E-mail

 

During the ASM General Meeting in San Diego, Calif., the awardees of the ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant were honored at a reception. The ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant program offers travel grants to increase the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) groups in the ASM General Meeting. The following outstanding 2010 awardees were introduced at the ASM General Meeting:  
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ASM Applauds Passage of the America COMPETES Act Print E-mail

 

 

 

In May, Congress passed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, authorizing $85.6 billion dollars for federal science research programs, over a period of five years. The legislation would authorize $30.2 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science, $44 billion for the National Science Foundation, and $5.4 billion for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In April, ASM cosigned a letter supporting the legislation, that stated: "We believe that a strong, five-year authorization for the Office of Science- consistent with the doubling path established by the bipartisan 2007 America COMPETES Act-should be a priority for Congress."

 

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ASM Comments for the Trans-Atlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance Print E-mail

On 7 June, ASM presented comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the Stakeholder Listening Session convened to discuss the work of the Trans-Atlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR). ASM commended the establishment of the TATFAR, provided some preliminary comments on addressing antimicrobial resistance and requested more information about how it could assist the Task Force as it pursues its focus on urgent antimicrobial issues world wide.

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ASM Statement on JVCI Paper on Sythesizing DNA Genome Print E-mail

On 21 May, ASM released a statement recognizing the scientific significance of the newly released report by the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) describing the laboratory's construction of a synthetic genome that, when introduced into a preexisting microbial cell, was successfully propagated.

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