Nature Microbiology Senior Editor Jess Thompson is partaking in the ASM Visiting Speaker Program following her attendance at the ASM National Meeting.

Jess Thompson is a microbiologist, with a research background in host-microbe interactions. She investigated how Salmonella virulence factors affect intramacrophage survival and replication of this bacterium during her PhD in Cellular Microbiology with David Holden at Imperial College London. She then moved to the Institute Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal. As a postdoc, she first researched intra- and inter-bacterial signalling during E. coli gut colonisation and upon interaction with the gut microbiome with Karina Xavier. Then she moved to Miguel Soares’s research team to investigate mechanisms of disease tolerance, resistance and metabolic adaptation to bacterial infections including sepsis. In August 2022, Jess joined the team at Nature Microbiology as a locum editor. She is now a permanent member of the team and became a senior editor in January 2025. She handles manuscripts in the areas of bacterial pathogenesis, bacterial physiology, microbes and cancer, plus some clinical and epidemiological research.

We are fortunate enough to host Jess in Melbourne for 2 days across both Monash University and The Peter Doherty Institute.
 
Monash University - Thu 31st July 2025
What: Seminar with Jess followed by an EMCR lunch
When: Seminar 10:30am – 12:00pm
Where: BDI, 19 Innovation Walk, Clayton, G-G02-Exhibition Space
 
Peter Doherty Institute - Fri 1st August 
What: Seminar with Jess followed by lunch
When: 11am – 12pm
Where: Doherty Auditorium, 792 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
 
There may be potential to meet with Jess and pitch your work to her. If you are interested please email your details (name, email, & institution) to vicbranch@theasm.org.au and yogitha.srikhanta@monash.edu by 5pm Friday 4th of July.
 
Further details to follow.