Save the date! 9th Conference on Beneficial Microbes July 20-24, 2024! conferences.union.wisc.edu/microbes/

2024 Keynote Speakers Announced!! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements! Abstract portal opens in January 2024.

Full list of invited speakers! Abstract portal opens in January. Come join us in Madison for an awesome conference! conferences.union.wisc.edu/microbes/

Still time to apply for the Microbial Friends and Foes REU at Cornell! Share with your undergrads!

It is happening again! Consider taking our course on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). The deadline for applications is Feb 21st. mbl.edu/education/adva…

Early registrations ends Friday (May 31st) for the 9th Conference on Beneficial Microbes - we’ve got an excellent meeting planned for you! Register and learn more - conferences.union.wisc.edu/microbes/

Are you an early career scientist (PD, grad student, ugrad)interested/attending the upcoming Beneficial Microbes Conference (July 21-25) - there’s a late-breaking opportunity to apply for a scholarship to cover your registration costs. You can apply here- bit.ly/3XRP9g9

SeqCoast scientists Steph Smith and Michelle Clay, PhD will be at #BeneficialMicrobes2024! Reach out to schedule a time to chat about your next sequencing project over coffee! Beneficial Microbes Meeting #SequenceSmarterDiscoverMore #Microbes #Genomics #NGS

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The opening session of our 9th Conference on Beneficial Microbes has started. Our talks in collaborative art form! #BeneficialMicrobesMtg

Wonderful and moving opening keynote from @momedinamunoz, ending the impressive science on coral-microbe interactions with how she is working to connect art(music) with science advocacy. #beneficialmicrobesmtg

Dr Rosie Alegado leads off the morning Session one- One Health and Beneficial Microbes.

Steph Smith and Michelle Clay, PhD are having a great time Beneficial Microbes Meeting! Stop by our booth to meet the SeqCoast team and talk sequencing! #SequenceSmarterDiscoverMore #Microbes #Genomics #NGS #BeneficialMicrobes2024 #DNA #RNA #Sequencing #Bioinformatics

Day 3 at #BeneficialMicrobes2024! Catch the SeqCoast team for a coffee break chat about your project. Contact Steph Smith or Michelle Clay, PhD to meet up! Beneficial Microbes Meeting #SequenceSmarterDiscoverMore #Microbes #Genomics

Our second keynote of the meeting, Dr Jeff Gordon.

I love these buttons that Liz Johnson made and shared with speakers in her last session at Beneficial Microbes Meeting!

Congratulations and gratitude to Katherine Lemon and Kevin Kohl for an outstanding 9th Conference on Beneficial Microbes this past week! Save the date for the 10th Conference: July 19-23, 2026, at UW–Madison Wisconsin Union. Chairs Federico Rey and Rosie Alegado!

If you have an idea for science you want to see at the next ASM Microbe meeting, there's still time to get a session proposal in! Proposals due Aug. 1. Feel free to message me with questions asm.org/Events/ASM-Mic…