The KY-TN ASM Branch fall meeting will be held November 5-6th virtually. This meeting will be hosted by the University of Kentucky this year so please make an effort to participate. There will be a 3-minute thesis competition for both graduate and undergraduate students, and multiple research talks about topics in microbiology. This will also be an excellent opportunity to network with people from other institutions! Registration is free for branch members, and for information on how to become a member please see the attached flyer. The final preliminary program can be accessed here. 

If you are wanting to participate in the 3-minute thesis competition registration forms are due 10/08/21, forms can be found on the KY-TN ASM Branch website: https://asm-tn-ky.org/ .

Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

May, 2021

Saterman Connect created comprehensive guides to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. 

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• PBS AAPI spotlight: Saluting STEM Pioneers https://www.pbs.org/articles/2020/05/aapi-history-spotlight-saluting-stem-pioneers/

• NASA Celebrates Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-celebrates-asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month

• ASM stands with the AAPI community https://asm.org/Campaign-Pages/ASM-Stands-With-the-AAPI-Community

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May, 2021

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) launched their “You Are Not Alone” campaign to spread a message of unity.  They prepared a guide to show ways we can support one another, through blogs, personal stories, videos, and events.  You can support this campaign by using #NotAlone on social media platforms. 

NAGPS has mental health in grad student statistics- might be a bit outdated (attached)

• ACS STEM Student mental health webinar https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/college/stem-student-mental-health-webinar.html

• Science AAS https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2015/05/depression-afflicts-almost-half-stem-graduate-students-uc-berkeley

NYU recently conducted a webinar, and their Mental Health and Mindfulness Panel provided many resources for mental wellness and therapy referrals that are listed below:

• Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

• Open Counseling (low cost or free): https://www.opencounseling.com/

• Silver Lake Psychology (in Southern California): https://www.silverlakepsychology.com

• Therapy for Black Girls: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/about/

• Free Black Therapy: https://www.freeblacktherapy.org

• Therapy for Latinx: https://www.therapyforlatinx.com

• Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org

• BetterHelp (Online Text & Virtual): https://www.betterhelp.com

• Pride Counseling (Online Text & Virtual for LGBTQ+ clients): https://www.pridecounseling.com

Jamila Tucker Wins Award at KYTN American Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting

April 16-17, 2021

Chapter Diversity Representative and second year graduate student in the D'Orazio lab, Jamila Tucker gave a presentation on her research entitled “Intracellular Replication Promotes Colonization of the MLN by Protecting Listeria monocytogenes from Phagocyte Clearance and Exogenous Lipoate Starvation”