September 1998

ASM News Issues

ASM News September 1998

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ANIMALCULES

Biofilms: Cultural Diversity in Action	p.484
Bernard Dixon

Our gradual understanding of these heterogeneous communities has forever changed the way we view the "real lives" of microbes

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CURRENT TOPICS

Probing the Heart of the C. pneumoniae-Heart Disease Question	p.486
Life on and off Earth-Knowing What to Look for and Where	p.487
Solid-Phase Cytometry Gives Solid Performance	p.488
1998 General Meeting: Good Numbers, Popular Features	p.489
Plants May Get the Bugs Out of Plastic Making	p.489
High-Transmission TB and the "X Files" of Health Surveillance	p.491
Restrictions Proposed for Research on Genes of   BL-4 Agents	p.492

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FEATURES

Managed Care Deeply Affecting Clinical Microbiology William Check

p.495

Lewin Group documents negative impact on training, research, and possibly patient care

Genetics of the Streptococci, Entercocci, and Lactococci Patrice Courvalin, Willem de vos, and Craig E. Rubens

p.501

The recent ASM conference in Vichy, France, highlighted the leaps being made in our understanding of this important group of organisms

Genome Mapping and Gene Discovery in Candida albicans P.T. Magee and Stewart Scherer

p.505

Having a catalog of all its genes will speed research on the role of this organism in causing human disease

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ASM NEWS

Members May Renew ASM Membership Online in 1999

p.514

Online renewal will be available for Full and Student 1999 membership renewals

ICAAC Young Investigator Award Recipients Announced

p.514

This year marks the 16^th anniversary of the awards, which are sponsored by the Merck Human Health Division

1998 Hoechst Marion Roussel Award

p.516

King Holmes, director of the Center for AIDS and STD at the University of Washington is the winner

First Annual Sigal Award is Announced

p.517

The Merck Irving S. Sigal awards will be presented for the first time. They recognize young investigators who reside outside of North America

1998 BET Fellowship Awardees Announced

p.518

The fellowship programs that BET supports are the ASM/Sustaining Member Undergraduate Research Fellowship, ASM/NIGMS Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship, and the ASM/NCID Postdoctoral Research Associates Program

Animal Health Microbiology Division Proposed

p.522

An initiative to establish a new division in animal health microbiology is underway.

ASM Report	p.525
Education and Training	p.533
Membership	p.533
Branches	p.534
Divisions	p.534

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DEPARTMENTS

Letters	p.483
Public Affairs Report	p.493
Journal Highlights	p.512
Reviews and Resources	p.538
Application Deadlines	p.541
Calendar	p.546
Employment	p.550