American Academy of Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.
Washington University School of Medicine, Pathology & Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
mBio. 2021 Jun 29;12(3):e0111621. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01116-21. Epub 2021 May 28.
Since early 2020, the world has witnessed the unprecedented accomplishments of the scientific community in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In the meantime, we also learned valuable lessons and recognized the challenges that hindered our successes. In this article, we synthesize the ideas discussed at the ASM Virtual Symposium: Microbial Science Research in the Post-COVID Environment on 10 November 2020. We propose three new approaches that microbiology researchers can embrace to overcome these challenges. Moreover, we suggest broad systematic changes to focus on social impacts, teamwork, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe these values are needed to prepare the microbial science research community for future opportunities and challenges.
自 2020 年初以来，科学界在抗击 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行方面取得了前所未有的成就。与此同时，我们也汲取了宝贵的经验教训，并认识到阻碍我们取得成功的挑战。在本文中，我们综合了 2020 年 11 月 10 日 ASM 虚拟研讨会：后 COVID 环境中的微生物科学研究中讨论的观点。我们提出了微生物学研究人员可以采用的三种新方法来克服这些挑战。此外，我们建议进行广泛的系统性变革，重点关注社会影响、团队合作以及多样性、公平性和包容性。我们认为，这些价值观是为微生物科学研究界为未来的机遇和挑战做好准备所必需的。
