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The American Academy of Microbiology and the ASM Council on Microbial Sciences (COMS) organized a symposium to explore the future of microbial science research.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Charles M. Rice, a researcher at Rockefeller University, ASM member and Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology; Harvey Alter, an investigator at the NIH and Michael Houghton, a researcher at the University of Alberta for their discovery of hepatitis C virus.

ASM empowers microbial scientists from around the globe to make the world a better place using One Health approaches.