Phage meetups and talks at ASM Microbe this weekend!
San Francisco, California
Phage Meetups
- Friday, June 21, 5-6:30 PM: Division M phage meeting and award ceremony (Division M is the bacteriophage division of ASM); there will be food, drink and phage; room 306/307/308 South
- Sunday, June 23, 5:30 PM: Adair Borges and others in the Bondy-Denomy lab are organizing an informal gathering for phage enthusiasts at a brewery near the conference venue (location TBA)! RSVP by commenting on Adair's tweet.
Phage Talks
For more, check out (and add to) this Twitter thread!
- Carski Award Lecture: Dr. Louise Temple (Saturday, 3:30 PM, S206, room 2018 West)
- Dr. Paul Turner (Friday, 8:30 AM)
- Dr. Graham Hatfull on SEA-PHAGES (Saturday, noon, S167)
- Bacteriophage defense in the era of CRISPR (Sunday, 8:00 AM, S287)
Seeking a guest blogger!
If you're attending ASM Microbe, we're looking for a phage researcher to write a guest post for Capsid & Tail about insights/impressions from the conference! Email capsid@phage.directory if you're interested, and we'll send you more info! Looking for a draft to be written by mid-July.
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