ASM WA @ASM_WA_Branch
The official twitter account of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology (@AUSSOCMIC) edited by @Lucyleef asmwabranch.com Western Australia, Australia Joined October 2019-
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The lab is now up and running at New England Biolabs @NEBiolabs! I'm looking for a postdoc to study phage defence systems. If you'd like the academic freedom to publish but the resources of industry, then take a look 🤓😃 neb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NEB_Care…
Got a copy of Sunday Times #newspaper? Pleasure to chat with Katie Hampson about ways to reduce food-borne illnesses over the festive season - especially in Australia's warm Christmas 🎄! The West Australian: perthnow.com.au/news/health/th… #foodmicrobiology #rinawong #DrRina #scientist
#WAMM2024 ECR spotlight! ⭐️Dr Baca Chan developing transmissible vaccines targeting zoonotic spillover ⭐️Dr Jua Iwasaki assessing L-form development in Group A Strep recurrence ⭐️Nicolie McCluskey characterising a two-component regulatory system in Neisseria meningitidis
Blink and you will miss it! Our flash talk speakers did a fantastic job covering their research in only 3 minutes ⏰ ⚡️Soraya Leedham ⚡️Van Thai ⚡️Melanie Andrew ⚡️Xinyuan Zhu (@Xinyuan_Z_) ⚡️Joe Hooton ⚡️Nicole Bzdyl (@NBzdyl) ⚡️Ashleigh Peck
Spotlight on ECRs at #WAMM2024 ⭐️Anita Williams (@catanita) highlighting #AMR differences among kids and adults ⭐️Maria Gonzalez-Rovira (@Mariagonrov) examining the amniotic fluid #microbiome ⭐️Caroline Thant comparing diagnostic assays to improve #Flavivirus detection
At our inaugural WA Microbiology Meeting #WAMM2024 we had the pleasure of welcoming @hayleyjnewton from Monash Uni (@MonashUni) as our esteemed Xmas Orator! Sharing the beautiful, yet complex and multifaceted world of Coxiella that her team continues to unravel 🤩

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ASM @AUSSOCMIC
5K Followers 1K Following The official twitter channel for the Australian Society for Microbiology.
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ASM @AUSSOCMIC
5K Followers 1K Following The official twitter channel for the Australian Society for Microbiology.
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