ASM Branches, Chapters and Ambassadors Foster Regional Discourse & Representation
Branches and student chapters serve students, postdocs, early-career and established scientists by providing professional development, leadership and mentoring opportunities. Young Ambassadors represent ASM in their local scientific communities, facilitating networking, professional development and collaboration to strengthen science globally.
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ASM Branches, Student Chapters and Young Ambassadors Across the U.S.
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Spotlight Articles
The ASM Spotlight series helps provide unique perspectives and amplifies voices from the across the field of microbial sciences. There have been 20 Spotlight articles published from 2023-2025 highlighting various inspirational microbiologists from across the field sharing their stories to help provide perspective of an ever-evolving world.
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Publishing Equity—Subscribe to Open (S2O) Subscription Model
Benefits of Model:
- Discounted publishing and no publishing caps for the 6 S2O Journals: corresponding authors at subscribing institutions will benefit from uncapped publishing in these journals and will benefit from discounted page charges.
- Open access guarantee: corresponding authors at subscribing institutions will receive guaranteed open access publishing regardless of whether the sustainability target is met for the 6 S2O journals.
- Equitable access to research: through S2O, authors and institutions contribute to the broad dissemination of knowledge that benefits our global community.
Global Symposia
- 2024—The inaugural ASM Global Research Symposium (GRS), held at Tsinghua University in Beijing, welcomed over 250 attendees from diverse regions, including China, the U.S, India, Pakistan, the U.K., the EU and Nigeria, and featured sessions on clinical microbiology, bacterial and viral pathogenesis, pathogen-host dynamics, vaccines and therapeutics.
- 2025—The One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was hosted in partnership with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India.
- 2025—ASM-SIAT Symposium on Microbes in Biotechnology was hosted in partnership with the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China.
Ambassador Program Activities
The ASM Ambassadors program offers early-stage and senior career professionals alike a platform to become a leader in advancing the microbial sciences. ASM Country Ambassadors and ASM Young Ambassadors span 130 countries plus 47 states and connect with ASM members around the globe. They respond to the needs of their local scientific communities, build relationships with key institutions and facilitate partnerships.
Countries Represented by ASM Ambassadors
ASM Ambassadors Throughout the World (By Region)
