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Welcome!

Welcome to the web site of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials.

 

Since becoming an Incorporated Society in March 1999, ASA membership now covers a diverse background of professions interested in the study of antimicrobials including clinical microbiologists and infectious diseases physicians, respiratory and ICU physicians, medical and non-medical microbiologists and scientists, pharmacists, veterinarians, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and industry representatives from pharmaceutical and diagnostic/research biomedical companies.

 

Although ASA's membership is primarily based in Australia and New Zealand, it now extends to Asia, North America, Europe and the United Kingdom.

 

On this site you can access the Society's Objectives and Constitution and the Committee Members. In addition the Society's Membership Subscription Form and details of the Annual Scientific Meeting can be downloaded.

 

Members of the Society may wish to download the current and previous newsletters as well as abstracts from previous annual scientific meetings in the Members Area.

 

There are also links to many other areas and related societies.

 

If you would like to contact the Society please email info@asainc.net.au.

 


Current Newsletter:

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  • In the Pipeline: Ceftaroline "A New Cephalosporin"
  • ECCMID 2011
  • A Review of Positive Routine Blood Cultures at QML Pathology 2010
  • ICAAC 2011
  • Meeting Calendar
  • ASA Quiz
  • ISSSI 2012
  • Antimicrobials 2012 Programme Update

What's New

More news on the ASA News page.

22-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: BD Breakfast Symposium

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre

During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the BD Breakfast Symposium

0700 - 0845
Friday 24 February 2012
Boulevard Rooms B1, B2 and B3
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

"Imagine the Possibilities: BD Max™"
Speaker: To be confirmed

BD MAX™ is the first and only system to automate both IVD and in-house NAAT assays in a single instrument from extraction to results, providing you with unprecedented standardisation, flexibility and efficiency in your laboratory

Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com


21-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: bioMerieux Breakfast Symposium

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the bioMerieux Breakfast Symposium

0700 - 0845
Thursday 23 February 2012
Boulevard Rooms B2 and B3
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

"Future Clinical Microbiology"
Alex van Belkum
bioMerieux, France

Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com


20-Dec-2011

2012 ASA Foundation (Sustaining) Members

The Australian Society for Antimicrobials wishes to acknowledge the following companies for becoming Foundation (Sustaining) Members of the Society

Novartis
Pfizer Australia
Diagnostic Technology
GlaxoSmithKline
AstraZeneca
Becton Dickinson
bioMerieux Australia
Immuno
Merck Sharp and Dohme
ThermoFisher Scientific Products

Foundation Members websites can be located in the Foundation (Sustaining) Members section of the ASA webpage


20-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: ThermoFisher Breakfast Symposium

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the ThermoFisher Breakfast Symposium

0700 - 0845
Saturday 25 February 2012
Rooms B2 and B3
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Overview of Trek Diagnostics
Paul Daga
Trek Diagnostics, United Kingdom

Utilisation of Sensititre for MIC Testing - A 13 Year Experience
Jan Bell
SA Pathology (Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide), South Australia

Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com


20-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: Diagnostic Technology Symposium

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the Diagnostic Technology Symposium

1330 - 1430
Saturday 25 February 2012
Boulevard Auditorium
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

"21st Century Medicine: The Case for Pan-microbial Pathogen Detection"
Mark Van Asten
Managing Director
Diagnostic Technology

Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com


17-Dec-2011

ASA Travel Awards: Antimicrobials 2012

The ASA Committee congratulate the following Members for receiving an ASA Travel Award to attend "Antimicrobials 2012"

Natasha Holmes
Searching for Organism Factors that may Explain the Association between Elevated Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration and Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia.
Austin Centre for Infection Research, Austin Health, Victoria

Kyra Chua
Why is Australian Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST93-IV [2B] Highly Virulent?
University of Melbourne, Victoria

Deborah Williamson
Sequence Type (ST) 131 Escherichia coli as a Major Cause of Bacteraemia Following Transrectal Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy
Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
www.antimicrobials2012.com


15-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: Immuno Symposium

1215 - 1315
Saturday 25 February 2012
Rooms B2 and B3
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

"Human Biological Liquids and Urine Culture Results in a Flash!
The HB&L Uroquattro and its Applications - Does it Walk the Talk?"

Tom Olma Senior Hospital Scientist
General Microbiology Unit
Centre for Infectious Disease and Microbiology - Laboratory Services, ICPMR Westmead Hospital, Westmead

Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com


14-Dec-2011

Antimicrobials 2012: MSD Breakfast Symposium

0700 - 0845
Thursday 23 February 2012
Room B1
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

"Issues in the Management of Severe Infections Caused by Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria"

Keith S. Kaye
Professor of Medicine
Corporate Director, Infection Prevention, Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University

Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
www.antimicrobials2012.com


27-Nov-2011

Nominations for the 2012 - 2014 ASA Committee

Nominations for the following positions for the 2012 - 2014 ASA Committee are now being sought:

Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Four committee members

The Office Bearers are to be elected by the Members of the Society at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 23rd February 2012 (1730 - 1830) at the:
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

Initially the term of office shall be 2 years.

All nominees to a position on the Committee shall be proposed and seconded by Members of the Society and notices of nomination must reach the ASA Secretary at least 30 days before the Annual General Meeting.

Nominations forms can be requested from the ASA Secretary via e-mail (info@asainc.net.au)


28-Jul-2011

International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections

Venue:
Domaine de Rockefeller, University of Lyon, France
Date:
Sunday 26th to Thursday day 30th August 2012
Website:
http://isssi2012.univ-lyon1.fr/en

Hosted by the University of Lyon, this will be the second International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections to be held in the Lyon area, after the ISSSI organized in Aix-les-Bains in 1996. Meanwhile these highly successful meetings have been organized all over the world including the USA, Japan, Germany, Australia and United Kingdom.

The meeting's program will cover a diverse range of subjects on staphylococcal research including pathophysiology, omics, regulation, resistance, therapeutic and prophylactic interventions. The plenary and symposium sessions will be presented by the world's leading experts in each of these fields. In addition, proffered oral and poster sessions will be an integral part of the program and all delegates are invited to submit abstracts. Workshops, Industry breakfast as well as lunch symposia are also planned.

To promote discussion and interaction between delegates and the invited speakers the meeting's registration includes lunches, morning and afternoon pauses and admission to the Welcome Reception on Sunday. In addition, to experience the Lyon culinary prize, a dinner is planned on the Tuesday evening at one the famous restaurant in Lyon and to have some flavor of the architectural treasures, a farewell diner will be organized downtown of the old city.


21-Mar-2011

2011 Antimicrobial Summit Recommendations

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and the Australian Society for Antimicrobials "2011 Antimicrobial Summit" recommendations can now be downloaded from the following MJA link:
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/
194_06_210311/got10149_fm.html

Conference Report
Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: an urgent call to action at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit 2011

Thomas Gottlieb and Graeme R Nimmo

MJA 2011; 194 (6): 281-283