Present Your Research at ASM Microbe 2025

With a 93% Acceptance Rate, ASM Microbe Is Your Chance To Shine

Whether you're a student, early-career researcher or seasoned scientist, your research has the potential to change the world. By submitting your abstract, you're not just sharing your work—you're joining a global network of microbial science experts eager to provide feedback, engage in discussions and help you take your career to new heights.

Why Submit to ASM Microbe?

  • Visibility Among Leading Experts: Gain feedback from top researchers and scientists in your field.
  • Career Growth: Present your work in front of a large audience that can open doors to new opportunities.
  • High Acceptance Rate: With a 93% acceptance rate, your research has a strong chance of being featured.

Call for Abstracts Opens Nov. 13!

Young woman presents poster research at ASM Microbe.

Important Dates

*New* Travel Awards Submission: Nov. 4—Dec. 3.
Abstract Submission Open: Nov. 13, 12 p.m. ET.
Early Decision Abstract Submission and Travel Awards Close: Dec. 3, 12 p.m. ET.
Regular Abstract Submission Close: Jan. 22, 2025, 12 p.m. ET.

Presentation Formats

ASM Microbe offers flexible presentation options so you can choose how to best showcase your research. Choose between a poster presentation or oral presentation (rapid-fire or in-depth symposia).

Poster Presentations

Poster presentations allow you to engage in in-depth, one-on-one discussions with peers during designated viewing times.

This format is great for researchers who prefer sharing their work in a visual way without presenting it to an audience of their peers.

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations allow you to present your research to an audience, followed by a Q&A session.

There are 2 types of oral presentations:

  • Rapid-Fire Sessions: Present your findings in quick, high-impact talks.
  • In-Depth Symposia: Deliver a more detailed presentation on your research during a focused session.

Take a look at our sessions accepting oral abstracts:

Expand to Choose Your Track
Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (AAR) Track
  • Dual Use of Antifungals: Aspergillus Strikes Back.
  • Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance with Computers.
  • Current Endeavors and Challenges in the Search of Effective Vaccines Against Bacterial Infections.
  • The Rise of Enterococcal Endocarditis: A Sticky Situation.
  • Innovation Through Collaboration: MIL, GOV, and CIV Partnerships in Addressing Microbial Threats.
  • Conquering Antiviral Drug Resistance via Novel Antivirals & New Testing Methods for Drug Resistance.
  • Bugs as Drugs: Manufacturing Fecal Microbiota Products and Defined Bacterial Consortia.
  • Within and Inter-species Interactions: Altered Antibiotic Response and Potential New Antimicrobials.
  • Harnessing the Power of Genomics in Antimicrobial Research and Discovery.
  • New Agents.
  • Infectious Disease Through the Lens of Bacterial Co-infection.
  • Phage-Based Therapeutics: Progress/Success?
  • Resistance is Not Futile: Novel Mechanisms to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance.

Applied and Environmental Science (AES) Track
  • Climate Change’s Impacts on Water, Water-borne Pathogens, and Human Health.
  • Microbiology of Mineral and Energy Resource Recovery.
  • Applications of Extremophiles.
  • Pre-harvest Produce Contamination: How Microbial Research Facilitates an Understanding of Outbreaks.
  • Biomass Conversion to Bioenergy and Bioproducts (BCBB).
  • Synthetic Microbiology: The Art of the Possible Using Microbes for Bioproduction.
  • Discovery of PFAS-degrading Microorganisms: Expanding the Limits of Microbial Cleavage of C–F Bonds.
  • Movement of Bacteria in the Soil and the Rhizosphere.
  • Microbes Are So Metal: Metal Ion Homeostasis in Environmental Microorganisms.
  • Anaerobes: New Isolates and Pathways.

Clinical Infections and Vaccines (CIV) Track
  • Addressing Health Inequities: The Intersection of Microbiology and Women's Reproductive Health
  • Diagnosis and management of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis: Where do we stand?
  • Antibodies Against Microbes: Friends and Foes.
  • Emerging and Re-emerging Arboviruses: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics and Vaccines.
  • The Infection Before the Storm.
  • Navigating Evolution of Viruses Using AI: Perspectives from Around the Globe.
  • Fever in a Traveler and the Conundrum of Malaria.

Clinical Public Health Microbiology (CPHM) Track
  • Tools and Applications for Utilizing Whole Genome Sequencing Data for Outbreak Investigations.
  • One Health and Genomic Epidemiology: Innovations in Pathogen Surveillance.
  • Revolutionizing TB Diagnosis and Surveillance: The Rise of LDTs and NGS.
  • Assessment of the Clinical Impact of Metagenomic Sequencing: Where are we now?
  • Hot Off the Bench: Research from Trainees in Clinical Microbiology.
  • Pre-analytical Considerations for Increasing Equity in Diagnostics.
  • Weirdobacter: Unusual Pathogens in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology.
  • Histopathology of Infectious Diseases for the Clinical Microbiologist

Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity (EEB) Track
  • Microbes in a Chemical World.
  • Evolution in Microbiomes Across Environments.
  • Microbes and Their Environment Across Billions of Years.
  • Spatial Dynamics in Microbiomes.
  • Predicting Microbial Evolution.
  • Standardizing Success: Best Practices for Microbial Data Collection and Reuse in Diverse and Extreme Environments.
  • Microbial Allies on a Changing Planet.
  • Hot Topics in Microbial Diversity and Systematics.
  • How Persisters, Spores or Dormant Microbes Affect Human and Environmental Health.
  • Phage Ecology: From Prophage Decision Making to Ecosystem Modulation.

Host Microbe Biology (HMB) Track
  • Unusual Hosts: Novel Insights Into the Host-Microbe Interaction.
  • Vector-borne Pathogens: Beyond the Bite.
  • To Compete or Collaborate: Polymicrobial Infections.
  • Bridging Microbial Worlds: Cross-species Mechanisms of Pathogen Dissemination.
  • Anaerobic Bacteria in Health and Disease.
  • Prebiotics, Probiotics, Synbiotics: Formulations to Modulate the Gut Microbiome.
  • Microbes and Non-Communicable Diseases: The Impact of Host Metabolic State on Microbial Pathogenesis.
  • Microbial Pathogenesis Unraveled: A Holistic View Through Omics.
  • Host-pathogen-microbiome Interactions Across the Tree of Life.
  • Biofilms in the Host: New Insights and Immune Modulation.
  • Within-Species Microbial Variability: Microbiological facts and Clinical Implications.
  • Back to the Roots—How Microbial Physiology Research Helps Us Understand the Human Microbiome.

Molecular Biology and Physiology (MBP) Track
  • Bacterial Stress Response to Environmental Stimuli.
  • Extending the Central Dogma—Novel Insights into Post-transcriptional and Post-translational Regulation in Bacteria.
  • Energizing Microbial Life.
  • Mechanisms of Metal Acquisition and Utilization in Bacteria.
  • Who Runs the World? Phage!
  • Build or Break: Regulated Assembly of Bacterial Cell Envelope.
  • Acting as a Unit: Regulation of Microbial Collective Behaviors from Molecules to Populations.
  • Recent Advances From the Next Generation of Scientists.
  • I’ve Got a Friend in Me: Microbial Symbioses.
  • Novel Aspects of Protein Secretion in Bacteria.
  • Genomics and High Throughput Discovery of Novel Gene Functions.

How to Submit an Abstract in 6 Easy Steps

Step 1: Create/Update Your ASM Account

Ensure your ASM account is up to date. Become a member or renew your membership to receive a discount on meeting registration.

Join or Update ASM Membership.

Step 2: Choose Your Scientific Track

ASM Microbe is organized by tracks that serve as home base for your scientific specialty. Select 1 of 8 scientific tracks to submit your research to:

Step 3: Choose Your Sub-Track (Posters) or Session (Orals)

  • Poster Presentations: Select a sub-track under your chosen scientific field.
  • Oral Presentations: Select the specific session accepting oral abstracts.

Review details on Poster and Oral presentations.

Step 4: Review Important Documents

Make sure to review key policies and submission guidelines before proceeding.
Abstract Guidelines and Policies and Submission FAQs.

Step 5: Prepare Your Abstract

Prepare your abstract following the same guidelines as last year, including title, author information and supporting documents. Ensure your submission adheres to the maximum character count of 2200 characters, including tables and graphics.

  • Abstract title: should be brief, concise and indicative of content.
  • Author(s) information: provide names, institutions, locations, titles.
  • CE disclosures: disclose all relevant financial relationships.
  • Supporting documents.

The following content has a maximum character count of 2,200, including tables and graphics:

  • Abstract body text: avoid using bolded headers (e.g. Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion).
  • Tables and graphics: 500 characters, max.

Step 6: Submit Your Abstract

Log in to the Submission portal and complete your submission by the stated deadlines.

Submission portal will open Nov. 13.

Need Funding to Attend ASM Microbe?

Travel Award Applications Open Nov. 4

More than 200 opportunities are available for you to get the support you need to attend ASM Microbe 2025. Apply on Nov. 4!

Have Additional Questions?

We've compiled a list of our most frequently asked questions to help you navigate the abstract submissions process.

FAQs

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