February 2, 2026 <\/strong>– Living to Grow Up – How Childhood Death Became “Unnatural” with Perri Klass, MD, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 3, 2025 <\/strong>– Can we reverse the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance? with Sam Brown, PhD, ASM Distinguished Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 25, 2025 <\/strong>– Re-discovering Microbiology – an all-day in-person meeting sponsored by the Connecticut Valley and Northeast Branches of the ASM and held at the Student Center at Worcester State University, Worcester, MA. <\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n March 20, 2025<\/strong> – Innovati<\/em>ng Under Pressure: Lessons and Loadstars – an in person meeting with Ramy Arnaout, MD, DPhil at the Holiday Inn Boston-Dedham Hotel and Conference Center, Dedham MA<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 4, 2024<\/strong> – A Virtual Presentation: Microbial and Maternal Bile Acid Metabolism Determine Heightened Newborn Susceptibility to Norovirus Disease with Stephanie Karst, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2024<\/strong> Antibiotic Discovery from a Single Bacterial Colony with Brian T. Murphy PhD<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2023<\/strong> Potential Influence of Climate Change on the Northward Expansion of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Cases with Caterina M. Miraglia, D.C. MLS9ASCP)CM, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 16, 2023<\/strong> Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors (virtual) with Kim Orth, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Molecular Biolog<\/em><\/span>y<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 31, 2023 <\/strong> Can Poliovirus Be Eradicated? (virtual) with Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 18, 2022<\/strong> Serotherapy Before COVID: Pneumonia Before Antibiotics<\/em><\/span> with Scott Podolsky, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the Countway Medical Library<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 29, 2022<\/strong> Harnessing Plant Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture<\/em><\/span> with Sarah Seaton, Director, Microbial Sourcing and Evaluation Indigo Agriculture, Boston, MA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 12, 2022<\/strong> Vaccine Mandates in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the Last Great American Smallpox Epidemic <\/em>with<\/span> Michael Willrich, PhD<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 7, 2022<\/strong> The Ethics of CRISPR Editing Out in the World and in the Classroom <\/em>with<\/span> Natalie Kofler, MS, PhD<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 4, 2021<\/strong> Fighting Antibiotic Resistance and Climate Change with Bacterial Genetics<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 20, 2021<\/strong> Infections with Multidrug Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the US<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 6, 2021<\/strong>. Testing Strategies for Re-opening Businesses in the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 24, 2021<\/strong>. The White Plague: Here Today? Here Tomorrow?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 18, 2021. <\/strong>The Continuous Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Clinical Laboratories … One year on: what have we learned after the news of COVID-19 first broke?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 8, 2020. <\/strong>SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and you (but hopefully not you)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 7\/8, 2019<\/span><\/strong>. The 54th Annual Region I Meeting<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 24, 2019<\/strong>. The<\/span> Intersection of Stress Response and RNA Metabolism in Mycobacteria<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 8-9, 2019 <\/span><\/strong>Joint Annual Meeting NACMID and NEB-ASM<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 21, 2019 <\/span><\/strong>Tick-Borne Illness Testing: Opportunities for Education and Test Utilization<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 12, 2018 <\/strong>How Inkjet Printing and Artificial Intelligence Can Defeat Multi-Resistant Pathogens<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 23-24, 2018 <\/strong>3rd Annual NACMID\/NEBASM Joint Conference<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 18, 2018 <\/strong>Synthetic Biology: Miracle or Monster? Redesigning Micro-organisms into Life Forms That Make Rubber, Saffron, Vanillin, Rice, Fuels and Much More<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 29, 2018 <\/span><\/strong>Integrating Genomics and Epidemiology: Examples of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea and the Resurgence of Mumps<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 28, 2018<\/strong> Bridging Syndemics: Infections and Substance Use Disorder<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 19-20, 2017<\/strong> 2017 Northeast Epidemiology Conference<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 18, 2017<\/strong> Around the World of Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Policy<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 18, 2017<\/strong> Northeast Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Conference: \u201cA Spectrum of Threat\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 27, 2017<\/strong> Old and New Arthropod Associated Diseases in Massachusetts<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 1, 2017 <\/strong> Salmonella in Food Production Systems: How does it get there and How to keep it out<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 26, 2017<\/strong> A Rare Presentation of Brucellosis in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Study<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 3-4, 2017<\/strong> Joint Meeting NACMID and the Northeast Branch-ASM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 16, 2017<\/strong> Clinical and Laboratory Optimization of a Hepatitis C Testing Strategy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 15, 2016 <\/strong>Microbial Metabolism and Antibiotic Efficacy<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 24, 2016 <\/strong>Pediatric Clinical Microbiology: Little Things Mean a Lot<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 20, 2016<\/strong><\/span> Microbial Metabolism and Antibiotic Efficacy <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 11 and 12, 2016 <\/strong>Joint Meeting NACMID and Northeast Branch-ASM<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 20-21, 2016 <\/strong>50th Annual Region I Meeting<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hosted by: The Northeast Branch and the Meeting Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 19, 2026 – Emerging Technologies and Automation in Clinical Microbiology Diagnostics with Stefan Riedel, M.D., Ph.D. D(ABMM), FCAP Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Associate\u00a0Medical\u00a0Director,\u00a0Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Medical Director, BID Urgent Care Laboratories at Chelsea, Director, Sponsored … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377,"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/1377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northeastbranchasm.org\/neb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Thank you for helping us celebrate Region I’s 50th Anniversary<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
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