Eva Harris, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Berkeley, has accepted ASM's invitation to be the keynote speaker for the 8th Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting. Harris will lecture about recent advances in her research on a mouse model for dengue virus infection and disease.

ASM LabCap Attends the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementer's Meeting in Windhoek  

ASM International Affairs Program Manager Mah-Sere Keita Sow participated at the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting, held from 10-14 June 2009 in Namibia; the meeting drew more than 1,500 HIV/AIDS implementers from more than 55 countries around the world to Windhoek.

Taking a Cue from CUE  

Networking, Programming, Technological Innovations, and Outreach, each essential elements for an effective Branch program, were all on display at the recent 16th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE or CUE) organized and sponsored by ASM's Education Board. I had the pleasure of addressing attendees in an open forum where I encouraged direct involvement with ASM Branches. I listened to their concerns and needs and concluded Branches should consider the Undergraduate Educator constituency when they plan upcoming events. If future Branch programming incorporated agenda issues and presentation formats from ASMCUE, I believe that Branches could be well served and expand local outreach, while addressing an existing ongoing need. Undergraduate educators are a group of highly motivated and energetic individuals who are primed, ready, and willing to help Branches excel.  

A Note from the Archives Committee and Center for the History of Microbiology 

The ASM Membership Board, chaired by Toby K. Eisenstein, and the Archives Committee and Center for the History of Microbiology, chaired by Patricia Charache, gratefully acknowledge the ASM members who have donated to the Archives and Center for the History of Microbiology. The Committee would like to take this opportunity to share information about some of the resources made available through members' generosity. Donations contribute to a range of activities including (i) purchase of significant books pertaining to the history of microbiology, immunology, and associated infectious diseases; (ii) sorting, cataloguing, and providing access to historical materials that have been donated to the ASM Archives; (iii) development of the potential to record video interviews of giants of our disciplines; and (iv) consideration of approaches to make available to the membership opportunities to use the resources of the Archives to aid in increasing interest in microbiology, and as an assist to educators, students, and others interested in how our history has led to current knowledge and its promise for the future.