Topic: Infectious disease

The American Society for Microbiology's annual gathering in Chicago, uniting three specialized meetings under one umbrella - the ASM Health Meeting, ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting, and ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting - with one registration granting full access.

Fund pilot studies and early research addressing public-health priorities, including infectious disease, AI diagnostics, digital health, cancer, maternal health, mental health and healthy ageing. Proposals should generate evidence useful for health policy and practice. Submit the English EOI, budget and investigator CVs together as one PDF by 2 October 2026, 18:00 EAT. The linked Google submission form requires sign-in.

Adrian Hill discusses the scientific challenges behind developing the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, its path from research to use, and efforts to make vaccination accessible in Africa. The conversation explores the complexity of the malaria parasite and the practical demands of vaccine production and delivery. The publisher credits Marushka Soobben and Chris Smith as presenters and provides the episode audio and interview transcript.

Charlene Lancaster speaks with Cesar de la Fuente about using artificial intelligence to discover novel antibiotics from organisms and genetic sources spanning spiders, archaea, woolly mammoths, and humans.