ASM announces new Editors-in-Chief for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews - April 21, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced Dr. Cesar Arias as the new Editor-in-Chief of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) and Dr. Corrie Detweiler as the new Editor-in-Chief of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews (MMBR), effective July 1, 2020. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy is… Read More
OSI officially launches Plan A - April 20, 2020
The Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) has officially launched Plan A. Plan A is OSI’s 2020-25 action plan, synthesising the significant themes and recommendations that have emerged from OSI during its last five years of work. Plan A recommends that the international scholarly communication community begin immediate… Read More
NIST and OSTP launch joint effort to advance search engines for COVID-19 research - April 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) have launched a joint effort to support the development of search engines for research that will help in the… Read More
STM appoints Claudia Russo as Regional Manager, Public Affairs Europe - April 20, 2020
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has announced that Claudia Russo has been appointed as the organisations new Regional Manager, Public Affairs Europe - its first permanent staff member to be based in Brussels. Claudia’s role will support the STM membership through… Read More
ASM’s new COVID-19 Research Registry provides timely access to top COVID-19 research vetted by experts - April 20, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced the launch of the COVID-19 Research Registry, a platform that provides timely access to top COVID-19 research vetted by experts. Dr. Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO, ASM, notes that the next important step in response to SARS-CoV-2 is to curate… Read More
NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options - April 20, 2020
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies, the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S.… Read More
