President Donald Trump could sign a sweeping executive order banning gain-of-function research — research that makes viruses ...

The industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal, long regarded as a symbol of urban environmental neglect, is being reimagined through ...

Microbiology education plays a critical role in preparing students for careers in the healthcare industry, scientific research, and biotechnology. As the ...

Engineering microbes for bioproduct manufacturing represents an increasingly essential approach in biotechnology, promising sustainable alternatives to ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Ryan Hunter, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently created a device to study anaerobic bacteria alongside oxygenated cells, simulating microenvironments within the body.

the International Union of Microbiological Societies and the American Society for Microbiology brought us (the authors) together in December 2023 — as a group of microbiologists, public-health ...

This week, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) released "Microbial Solutions for Climate Change," a report developed by ...

This week, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) released Microbial Solutions for Climate Change, a report developed by their ...

Published in the American Society for Microbiology's journal mSphere, the study is the first to identify viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the single-celled organism that causes red tide.By ...

Two of those researchers — virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD — were recently elected to the 2025 class of fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology.