The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists

Patrick D Schloss¹, Melissa Junior², Rebecca Alvania², Cesar A Arias^{3

4}, Andreas Baumler⁵, Arturo Casadevall⁶, Corrella Detweiler⁷, Harold Drake⁸, Jack Gilbert⁹, Michael J Imperiale¹, Susan Lovett¹⁰, Stanley Maloy¹¹, Alexander J McAdam^{12

13}, Irene L G Newton¹⁴, Michael Sadowsky¹⁵, Rozanne M Sandri-Goldin¹⁶, Thomas J Silhavy¹⁷, Peter Tontonoz¹⁸, Jo-Anne H Young¹⁹, Craig E Cameron²⁰, Isaac Cann²¹, A Oveta Fuller¹, Ariangela J Kozik²²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
⁸ Department of Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
¹² Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
¹⁵ BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
²⁰ Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
²¹ Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
²² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 32788948
PMCID: PMC7398665
DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v21i2.2227

Editorial

The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists

Patrick D Schloss et al. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 31;21(2):21.2.58.

doi: 10.1128/jmbe.v21i2.2227. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
⁸ Department of Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
¹² Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
¹⁵ BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
²⁰ Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
²¹ Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
²² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 32788948
PMCID: PMC7398665
DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v21i2.2227

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