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var Msg1772933321 = '<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="500"><tr><td width="100%"><img src="/ASM/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="10"><br /><b>What'+"'"+'s New for this Site</b><br /><img src="/ASM/images/blackrule.gif" width="100%" height="1"><img src="/ASM/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="5"><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><a href="/Membership/index.asp?bid=44487">Participating Student Membership Institutions</a><br /><b>9/19/2008</b><br /><br />The list of universities and organizations providing discounted memberships to students of microbiology has been updated.&nbsp; <BR /><BR /><a href="/education/index.asp">What'+"'"+'s New in ASM Education</a><br /><b>9/16/2008</b><br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">\n<DIV class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0pt">\n<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><A href="www.asmcue.org">16th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\n<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Site selected for the 16th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE). ASMCUE will be hosted May 28-31 by <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Colorado</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ft. Collins</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>. Join us for an interactive four-day conference on scientific updates and effective teaching strategies.&nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><a href="/Media/index.asp?bid=53875">ASM In the News</a><br /><b>9/16/2008</b><br /><br />Check out recent online news coverage of the Society. The Communications Department is regularly scanning online news for coverage of Society as well as any of its products including meetings, journals, books, award or reports and posting a representative sample in this new feature, which will be updated regularly.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p><BR /><BR /><a href="/newbooks/index.asp?bid=60788">Just Published - Cellular Signaling and Innate Immune Responses to RNA Virus Infections</a><br /><b>9/9/2008</b><br /><br />Infections by RNA viruses represent a significant cause of illness and death in vertebrates. Specifically in humans, RNA virus infections are responsible for a spectrum of significant acute, chronic, and emerging infections. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the most recent discoveries in this field, suggests important areas of future research, and highlights issues in need of further investigation.<BR /><BR /><a href="/Policy/index.asp?bid=60801">Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter - September 2008</a><br /><b>9/9/2008</b><br /><br /><SPAN class=ccListCopy><SPAN class=ccListCopy>The September issue of the Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter has been published by the CMIIM.</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><a href="/membership/index.asp?bid=60792">ASM Career Connections at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting</a><br /><b>9/9/2008</b><br /><br />ASM Career Connections, ASM’s online job board, is ASM’s onsite placement service at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Click the link to learn more about the service and how you can sign up as a candidate or employer.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p><BR /><BR /><a href="/Membership/index.asp?bid=59285">Underrepresented Members</a><br /><b>9/8/2008</b><br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">\n<P>Upcoming Event at Howard University - September 26-27, 2008 ASM'+"'"+'s Underrepresented Members Committee and the Howard University ASM Student Chapter are co-sponsoring a unique weekend program on September 26-27, 2008. The program will include a keynote presentation by Dr. Clifford W. Houston, Past President of ASM, entitled "The Journey of one Microbiologist... still in progress" and a roundtable discussion for students and postdocs entitled "Career Paths and Summer Internship Opportunities." All are welcome. Please view the announcement for additional information. Please contact Michelle Crispino at mcrispino@asmusa.org or (202) 942-9285 with any questions.</P></SPAN><BR /><BR /><a href="/Policy/index.asp?bid=60539">Clinical Microbiology Issues Update - August, 2008</a><br /><b>8/28/2008</b><br /><br /><SPAN class=ccListCopy><SPAN class=ccListCopy><SPAN class=ccListCopy>The August issue of the Clinical Microbiology Issues Update has been published by the Office of Public Affairs. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><a href="/Media/index.asp?bid=3258">Journal Tipsheets</a><br /><b>8/25/2008</b><br /><br /><DIV>New Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer May Minimize Viral Transmission, Including Norovirus</DIV>\n<DIV>New Oral Vaccine May Protect Against Bubonic Plague</DIV>\n<DIV>Oral Administration of Lactobacillus from Breast Milk May Treat Common Infection in Lactating Mothers</DIV><BR /><BR /><a href="/Membership/index.asp?bid=37774">Student Membership Institutional Rate</a><br /><b>8/20/2008</b><br /><br />Student Memberships at the discounted Institutional rate are now available for the 2009 member year.&nbsp; Professors and other University Officials can save $5 per membership by&nbsp;buying 4 or more.<BR /><BR /><a href="/Policy/index.asp?bid=56172">Research and Development Budgets</a><br /><b>8/20/2008</b><br /><br /><STRONG>August 20, 2008</STRONG> - <A href="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920142619/http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/LeftMarginHeaderList/DOWNLOADFILENAME/000000002685/2008ChartAugFinal%20pdf.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #800000">Updated FY 2009 Budget Chart</SPAN></A><BR>The ASM Office of Public Affairs has updated the R&amp;D appropriations chart to reflect the FY 2008 Supplemental and funding levels recommended by the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee.<BR /><BR /><a href="/Awards/index.asp?bid=14936">ASM Scientific Achievement Awards</a><br /><b>8/18/2008</b><br /><br />Nominations are being accepted for the 2009 ASM Scientific Achievement Awards.&nbsp; Please consider nominating deserving colleagues and students.<BR><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Nomination deadline:</SPAN> October 1st.<BR /><BR /><a href="/Academy/index.asp?bid=55939">News and Views</a><br /><b>8/12/2008</b><br /><br />The <A href="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920142619/http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000004234/August_2008.pdf">August</A> issue of <EM>News and Views</EM>, the newsletter of the American Academy of Microbiology, is now available online.<BR /><BR /><a href="/Academy/index.asp?bid=60057">"Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis: Infrequent Human Pathogen or Public Health Threat?" August 2008</a><br /><b>8/5/2008</b><br /><br /><DIV>This report points out that the cause of Crohn'+"'"+'s Disease is unknown, and the possible role of <EM>Mycobacterium avium</EM> subspecies <EM>paratuberculosis </EM>(MAP)—which could conceivably be passed up the food chain to people—has received too little attention from the research community.</DIV>\n<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR /><BR /><a href="/Publications/index.asp?bid=59690">ASM Journals Launch New Web-based Service for Permission Requests</a><br /><b>7/24/2008</b><br /><br /><P>ASM is pleased to announce our partnership with Copyright Clearance Center to meet journal content licensing needs.</P>Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink® service makes it faster and more convenient than before to secure permission from ASM to reuse journals content in books, journals, presentations, etc. For additional information about obtaining permission to reuse journal content, please go to <A href="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920142619/http://www.asm.org/Publications/index.asp?bid=59690">Permissions</A><BR /><BR /><a href="/newbooks/index.asp?bid=56523">Just Published - Pneumococcal Vaccines: the Impact of Conjugate Vaccines</a><br /><b>2/16/2008</b><br /><br />The development of protein conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal disease is arguably the greatest public health achievement of the new millennium. This book describes the development of the vaccines, their remarkable impact on respiratory and other pneumococcal infections, and the vaccines’ wider impact on public health.<BR /><BR /></td></tr></table><a href="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920142619/http://www.contensive.com"><img src="/ccLib/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></a><script type="text/javascript" src="/ccLib/ClientSide/Core.js"></script>'; document.write( Msg1772933321 );