ASM Northwest

Official twitter for the Northwest branch of the American Society for Microbiology.

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

NW ASM twitter is active again! This years meeting will be 15-16 Nov at the UW. Visit us on Facebook for updates!

[APHA @PublicHealth]

Have you washed your hands today? Healthy hand hygiene is always a must, but especially on Global Handwashing Day! http://snipurl.com/1b6ca0

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Great talks already from the experts @UWMedicineNews @biomerieux @nanosphere Up Next: @seattlechildren @VirginiaMason & @HutchinsonCtr !

[Ondine Biomedical @OndineBio]

Crowded hospitals put more lives at risk; increased rates of hospital-acquired infections such as golden staph #australia http://ow.ly/2SjHl

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

RT @HutchinsonCtr: It might be possible to change how your genes act - and reduce cancer risk in the process http://ow.ly/2SoCT

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Some Molecular/Microbiology humor to make your Monday that much better:
http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/mad_scientist.PNG

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

@SeattleCCA A very happy weekend to you!

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Only TWO days left to register for the ASM Conference! FREE for undergrads/grads & meals provided. The Poster submissions are AMAZING!

[MRSA aid @MRSAaid]

One aspect of MRSA that is often not fully understood by the public is the concept of colonization vs. infection. http://ow.ly/2PsN1

[Ondine Biomedical @OndineBio]

One of the biggest (and most relevant) MRSA questions asked by general public is: “How do I know if I have MRSA?”. http://ow.ly/2PsKS

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

@SeattleCCA Absolutely! Very cool event for patients and families. Hope it was a success :)

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Only 4 days left to register for the @ASMNorthwest Conference next weekend! iPod nano and other prizes for best posters!

[bioMérieux @biomerieux]

Why is the new antibiotic resistance gene NDM-1 a major healthcare risk? http://bit.ly/btZw0e

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Come listen to "Tiny Cause for a Big Concern" in the clinical micro session presented by Punam Verma Ph.D of @VirginiaMason

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Can't wait to hear Jill Clarridge Ph.D of @UWMedicineNews present "Forget what you have previously heard about "Flesh-eating Bacteria"!!!

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Nedal Safwat, Ph.D of @biomerieux is presenting "Commercialized mass spectrometry for bacterial identification in microbiology laboratories"

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Terry Raich Ph.D @nanosphere will be presenting "Small Particles, Big MDx World—Decreasing Testing Complexity in the Clinical Laboratory"

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Bruce Taillon, Ph.D of @RocheDiagnostic will be presenting "Applications of DNA pyrosequencing for the clinical laboratory"

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Evgeni Sukorenko of @UWMedicineNews will present "Variome - humans want it, bacteria will get it first" in the general microbiology session

[ASM Northwest @ASMNorthwest]

Jane Burns, MD Division Chief and Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases @seattlechildren is presenting in the clinical medicine session