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1-Feb-2012
Antimicrobials 2012: Novartis Lunch Symposium
Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre
During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the Novartis Lunch Symposium
1215 - 1345
Friday 24 February 2012
Boulevard Auditorium Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
"Daptomycin for MRSA Bacteraemia: Has the Time Come?"
Speaker: Tony Korman
Dr Tony Korman is Director, Monash Infectious Diseases, and Director, Microbiology of Southern Health, Victoria
Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com
30-Jan-2012
Antimicrobials 2012: Pfizer Lunch Symposium
Antimicrobials 2012
23 - 25 February 2012
Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre
During Antimicrobials 2012 all registered delegates are invited to attend the Pfizer Lunch Symposium
1215 - 1345
Thursday 23 February 2012
Boulevard Auditorium Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
The Epidemiology and Therapy of MRSA infections in 2012"
Speaker: Matthew Dryden
Dr Matthew Dryden is the Director of Infection at the Hampshire Hospitals in Winchester, UK. His research interests have been in staphylococcal infection, the development of new antibiotics, the management of MRSA infections, and Lyme disease in the UK
Antimicrobials 2012
www.antimicrobials2012.com
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: Trang Dahlen
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.
16-Apr-2011
ASA Update (April 2011)
ASA Newsletter Number 37 April 2011 is now available in the Members Area of the ASA website
Antimicrobials 2011
Many of the oral and poster presentations from Antimicrobials 2011 are available as PDFs on the ASA website. Several presentations have recently been uploaded.
ASA Members Website Password
Members can now customise their password by going to the Member Details area of the ASA website, then clicking "Edit Details". New password boxes are at the bottom. Leave blank to keep existing password. To change password, type it the same into both boxes.
Antimicrobials 2012
The 13th Annual Scientific Meeting (Antimicrobials 2012) wil be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 23 - 25 February 2012
The programme's symposia cover many different aspects on antimicrobials and sessions include "Emerging Resistance in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics", "Impact of Rapid Diagnosis on Clinical Outcomes", "Trends in Antibiotic Resistance: Australia and Beyond", "Food and Farms as a Source of Antimicrobial Resistance" and "Mycology Resistance Issues".
Workshops, proffered papers and poster sessions are also planned.
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
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