CBE News Update January, 2005 Volume 8, Issue 1   CBE Makes the Cover of Microbiology   Society for General Microbiology, 01/2005 images republished with permission _____________________________________________________________________________   Congratulations to Jason Chambless, PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering, Montana State University, whose image was featured on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Microbiology.   The image illustrates a publication authored by CBE M. E. Roberts and P. S. Stewart, “Modelling protection from antimicrobial agents in biofilms through the formation of persister cells,” Microbiology; 151:75-80. _____________________________________________________________________________

Simulated microbial biofilm containing cells in three states: live (yellow), dead (red) and persister (blue). This structure was generated by a three-dimensional computer model of biofilm dynamics. Persisters occupy a hypothetical state in which cells are much less susceptible to killing by antimicrobial agents. Persister cell formation may contribute to the stubborn persistence of biofilm fouling and infections. Image courtesy Jason Chambless and Phil Stewart, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University. See the article by Roberts & Stewart in this issue, pp. 75-80.