Join us to kick off the ASM WA events calendar with our members Summer Social event! 

Our social events are an opportunity to meet new microbial enthusiasts and catch up with colleagues in an informal setting. 

We are mixing it up this year with some friendly (non-bacterial) lawn bowls - come along and enjoy a game, pizza & chats!

The ASM WA branch, in collaboration with The Marshall Centre at UWA,

would like to invite you to attend a seminar presented by

Professor Martin Maiden, Advances in characterisation of the pathogenic

Neisseria.

RSVP here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1352674

Come and attend our first West Australian Microbiology Meeting. For further information please contact Associate Professor Charlene Kahler.

Purchase your tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1260781

The Australian Society for Microbiology WA Branch and the Marshall Centre welcome an eminent international guest speaker, Professor Stephen Bentley.

Prof Stephen Bentley leads a research team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge in the UK. Over the last two decades, his research has pioneered the application of genomic technologies to understand the biology of bacterial pathogens. Over that period his work has developed from annotation of genes in the early reference genomes, through the emergence of population genomics, to the current developments in respiratory metagenomics and mathematical modelling of evolution and spread.

RSVP here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1319406

A/Prof Andrew Hryckowian: Viruses and veggies as tools for managing our microbiomes

Prof Graham Hatfull: “From petri dish to patient: Mycobacteriophages and their therapeutic potential”

The Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Thesis in Microbiology

By Dr Shaxx Mowlaboccus

This workshop is open to all microbiology research students (Honours, Masters or PhD) and will cover the basics required to kick-start your writing, regardless of the stage you are at. Participants will also bounce off ideas for stress management during writing. Join us for an interactive workshop.

Our annual Quiz Night will take place at Perth Soccer Club. Tickets are $20 each, tables of eight. BYO snacks, drinks must be purchased at the bar. Lots of prizes!

Contact your local committee member to buy your tickets or purchase at https://www.trybooking.com/CNBKG.

Cutting Edge Diagnostics: The next phase of the pathology revolution

Australian Institute of Management WA Leadership Centre, Floreat. Tickets from https://www.aims.org.au/events/event/wa-branch-asm-hgsa-joint-meeting-2023

Bringing together leaders in environmental and clinical microbiome-related research in Western Australia.

http://wcmn.weebly.com/global-microbiome-2023.html

Our End of Year event will take place at the Mary Lockett Lecture Theatre, QEIIMC.

3:45PM: Vacation scholarships award ceremony
4:00PM Seminars :

Prof Catherine Bennett:
“Staph community transmission and antimicrobial research … now where was I?”

Prof Wieland Meyer:
“Has Metagenomics a Place in Clinical Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases?”

5:45PM: Sundowner
All are welcome to attend!

ASM WA are partnering with AIMS and the WA Cardiovascular Research Alliance to bring you a joint scientific meeting on the theme of “Evaluating Heart Health: A Multidisciplinary Challenge”. Register at https://www.aims.org.au/events/category/wa branch

Our annual night of games, trivia and fun!

Stacey Hong and Henry Tan from the WA Department of Health will present on the Salmonella Taskforce which addressed a large outbreak of salmonellosis which began in 2016 in WA. Come along for some nibbles and an interesting talk!