Resources

Useful resources for ASM-TMC members — journals, funding, career tools, and more

This page collects key resources for students, postdocs, and faculty in the microbiological sciences. Use the search tool below to quickly find what you need.

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allResources = [
  // Journals
  { name: "mBio", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM's flagship open-access journal covering all areas of microbiology.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio" },
  { name: "Infection and Immunity", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM journal covering host–pathogen interactions and mechanisms of infection.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/iai" },
  { name: "Journal of Bacteriology", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM journal focused on the molecular and cellular biology of bacteria.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/jb" },
  { name: "Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM journal covering antimicrobial resistance, drug development, and treatment.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/aac" },
  { name: "Journal of Virology", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM journal covering all aspects of virology.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/jvi" },
  { name: "Microbiology Spectrum", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "ASM open-access journal with review articles across all microbiology disciplines.", url: "https://journals.asm.org/journal/spectrum" },
  { name: "Nature Reviews Microbiology", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "Leading review journal covering all microbiology subfields.", url: "https://www.nature.com/nrmicro/" },
  { name: "Cell Host & Microbe", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "High-impact journal covering host–microbe interactions, microbiome, and infectious disease.", url: "https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/home" },
  { name: "PLOS Pathogens", category: "Journal", audience: "All", description: "Open-access research on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and viruses.", url: "https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/" },
  // Funding
  { name: "NIH Reporter", category: "Funding", audience: "All", description: "Search active and past NIH-funded research projects.", url: "https://reporter.nih.gov/" },
  { name: "ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship", category: "Funding", audience: "Students", description: "ASM fellowship supporting undergraduate research in microbiology.", url: "https://asm.org/Fellowships/ASM-Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship" },
  { name: "ASM Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship", category: "Funding", audience: "Postdocs", description: "Postdoctoral fellowship in medically relevant microbiology.", url: "https://asm.org/Fellowships/ASM-Merck-Postdoctoral-Fellowship" },
  { name: "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)", category: "Funding", audience: "Students", description: "NSF fellowship for early-career graduate students in STEM.", url: "https://www.nsfgrfp.org/" },
  { name: "NIH F31 / F32", category: "Funding", audience: "Students", description: "NIH predoctoral (F31) and postdoctoral (F32) individual fellowships.", url: "https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships" },
  // Databases & Tools
  { name: "PubMed", category: "Database", audience: "All", description: "NCBI database of biomedical literature with free full-text access to many articles.", url: "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/" },
  { name: "NCBI Nucleotide / Protein", category: "Database", audience: "All", description: "Search nucleotide and protein sequences at NCBI.", url: "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/" },
  { name: "BioProject / SRA", category: "Database", audience: "All", description: "Access raw sequencing data deposited in NCBI's Sequence Read Archive.", url: "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra" },
  { name: "UniProt", category: "Database", audience: "All", description: "Comprehensive protein sequence and functional information resource.", url: "https://www.uniprot.org/" },
  { name: "PATRIC", category: "Database", audience: "All", description: "Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center — genomics, transcriptomics, and more.", url: "https://www.patricbrc.org/" },
  // Career
  { name: "ASM Career Center", category: "Career", audience: "All", description: "Job board and career resources for microbiologists.", url: "https://careers.asm.org/" },
  { name: "myIDP (Individual Development Plan)", category: "Career", audience: "Students", description: "Science careers IDP tool to help graduate students and postdocs plan their careers.", url: "https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/" },
  { name: "AAAS Science Careers", category: "Career", audience: "All", description: "Career resources and job listings for scientists from Science/AAAS.", url: "https://www.sciencecareers.org/" },
  // TMC / Local
  { name: "Texas Medical Center", category: "Local", audience: "All", description: "Official TMC website with information on institutions, events, and innovation.", url: "https://www.tmc.edu/" },
  { name: "BCM Graduate School", category: "Local", audience: "Students", description: "Baylor College of Medicine graduate programs in biomedical sciences.", url: "https://www.bcm.edu/education/graduate-school-of-biomedical-sciences" },
  { name: "UTHealth Graduate School", category: "Local", audience: "Students", description: "UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences programs.", url: "https://gsbs.uth.edu/" }
]

viewof searchQuery = Inputs.text({
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  placeholder: "e.g. journal, funding, career...",
  value: ""
})

viewof categoryFilter = Inputs.checkbox(
  ["Journal", "Funding", "Database", "Career", "Local"],
  {
    label: "Category",
    value: ["Journal", "Funding", "Database", "Career", "Local"]
  }
)

viewof audienceFilter = Inputs.radio(
  ["All audiences", "Students", "Postdocs"],
  { label: "Audience", value: "All audiences" }
)

filteredResources = allResources.filter(r => {
  const q = searchQuery.toLowerCase();
  const matchesSearch = !q ||
    r.name.toLowerCase().includes(q) ||
    r.description.toLowerCase().includes(q) ||
    r.category.toLowerCase().includes(q);
  const matchesCategory = categoryFilter.includes(r.category);

  const aud = audienceFilter === "All audiences"
    ? true
    : (r.audience === "All" || r.audience === audienceFilter.replace(/s$/, ""));

  return matchesSearch && matchesCategory && aud;
})

html`<div style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem; color: var(--bs-secondary); font-size: 0.9rem;">
  Showing <strong>${filteredResources.length}</strong> of ${allResources.length} resources
</div>`

html`<div class="resource-list">
  ${filteredResources.map(r => `
    <div class="resource-card">
      <div class="resource-header">
        <a href="${r.url}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="resource-name">${r.name}</a>
        <span class="resource-badge resource-badge-${r.category.toLowerCase()}">${r.category}</span>
        ${r.audience !== "All" ? `<span class="resource-badge resource-badge-audience">${r.audience}</span>` : ""}
      </div>
      <p class="resource-desc">${r.description}</p>
    </div>
  `).join("")}
</div>`

ASM Membership Benefits

As a member of the national ASM, you gain access to:

Benefit	Details
Journal access	Discounted or free access to all 14 ASM journals
ASM Microbe	Discounted registration for the annual meeting
Career Center	Full access to job postings and career resources
Grants & Awards	Eligibility for ASM travel grants, fellowships, and awards
ASM Academy	Online professional-development courses and webinars
Advocacy	ASM advocates for science funding and policy on your behalf

Join or renew at asm.org/membership.

Suggest a Resource

Know a great resource that’s missing from this list? Email us at asm.tmc.chapter@gmail.com and we’ll add it.