Sunday, 6th July — ASN Events

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8:00AM - 12:30PM

Sunday, 6th July

Peter Doherty Institute

8:00AM - 10:00AM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 4

9:30AM - 1:30PM

Sunday, 6th July

Peter Doherty Institute

10:00AM - 10:30AM

Sunday, 6th July

Pullman Lobby

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 4

12:00PM - 12:45PM

Sunday, 6th July

Pullman Lobby

12:45PM - 2:15PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 4

12:45PM - 2:15PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 3

2:15PM - 2:30PM

Sunday, 6th July

Pullman Lobby

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 4

2:30PM - 4:15PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

4:30PM - 5:45PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

6:00PM - 6:30PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

6:30PM - 7:15PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

Chair: Jon Iredell

Bats, Emerging Zoonoses and a One-Health Vaccine for Hendra Virus - Linfa Wang

7:15PM - 8:00PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 1 & 2

Chair: Gilda Tachedjian

Fenner Oration - Benjamin Howden

8:00PM - 9:30PM

Sunday, 6th July

Grand 7 & Lobby (Exhibition Hall)

Comparative sequence analysis of large plasmids of Clostridium perfringens. - Vicki Adams
DIVERSITY, ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FROM CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS (LEMON GRASS). - Mushafau A. Akinsanya
Investigation of virulence factors in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from patients with diarrhoea in Kuwait - M John Albert
Identification of coagulase negative Staphylococcus species from sheep milk at the time of lamb weaning - Joanne Allen
Degradation of Petroleum Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Bacterial Strains Isolated from Oil-Contaminated Soils in ABHA Region, KSA - Sulaiman Alrumman
Selective Enrichment of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Enhances Biodegradative Performance - Hashim Alzahrany
Bacterial filamentation as a survival strategy: identification and characterisation of genes causing filamentation in Escherichia coli - Shirin Ansari
Acquired Macrolide Resistance Genes in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae - Chris Atkinson
Identification and characterization of pectinase producing bacteria from the caeco-colic region of rabbit hind gut - Francis A. Awe
Evaluation of the AusDiagnostics CSF 14Plex lytA target for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae - Rifky Balgahom
Effect of dietary fibre on E. coli diversity and dynamics in female rats - Heli Jaime Barron Pastor
Antimicrobial activity of extracts from native plants from the Ballarat region of Victoria. - David C Bean
The attachment of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa onto nano-wired titanium surfaces - Chris Mallika Bhadra
Evolution of an antibiotic resistance island in Acinetobacter baumannii belonging to global clone 2 - Grace A Blackwell
Understanding gut dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders - Oonagh Bodin
The genetic structure of Escherichia coli isolated from water catchments in Eastern Australia - Samantha E Burn
Evaluation of the Seegene Anyplex^TMII MTB/MDR/XDR detection by CFX96 Real-time PCR System (Bio-Rad) - Andrea Bustamante
The Porphyromonas gingivalis Ferric Uptake Regulator orthologue binds heme and regulates heme-responsive biofilm development but not iron homeostasis. - Catherine A Butler
Transcriptome analysis of synergy between antifungals and iron chelators - Dee Carter
Oxantel disrupts periodontopathogenic polymicrobial biofilm development. - Deanne V Catmull
Counting Outer Membrane Vesicles by high resolution flow cytometry. - Jessica D Cecil
Bioactivity of Olive Leaf (Olea Europaea L.) Extract and its Phenolic Compounds on a Biofilm-Forming Pathogen - Wern Chern Chai
Incidence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in molluscs in the Sydney metropolitan area as determined by real-time PCR - Douglas Chan
Inhibition of Candida albicans hyphal development by sub-lethal levels of solasodine - David Kwok-Yan Chau
Verification of Illumigene Assay, Carrot Broth and Brilliance Chromogenic medium for the isolation of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Pregnant women - Joanna Cheng
Re-validation of in-house Acanthamoeba PCR Assay using Roche LC-480 - Joanna Cheng
Isolation and identification of bacteria from the sub-gingival plaque of horses - Teerapol Dr. Chinkangsadarn
QacA-mediated Multidrug Resistance: Importance of Transmembrane Spanning Region 4 - Mohsen Chitsaz
Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of natural extracts against Staphylococcus aureus - Jeong Hun Cho
Host Behavior after Infection with Edwardsiella tarda on Zebrafish(Danio rerio) Model. - Yunjeong Choe
Bacterial spore tests: the influence of plating medium and heat treatment on testing for aerobic spore-former species - Zivka Cholich
The NEAT proteins of the Isd system in Clostridium perfringens strain 13 mediate heme binding - Jocelyn M. Choo
Effect of Filtration on Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell in Cr⁶⁺ Reduction - Ying-Chien Chung
Measurement of Power Density and Internal Resistance Using Different Membranes in Microbial Fuel Cells - Ying-Chien Chung
Phenotypic Characterisation of Streptokinase Variants from Streptococcus pyogenes:Implications for Disease Pathogenesis - Simon M Cook
Assessment of Roche Cobas 4800 for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in semen samples - Anna Maria Costa
Characterising Porphyromonas gingivalis Outer Membrane Vesicles - Tanya M D'Cruze
Evaluation of two commercial immunoblot kits for the detection of Lyme borreliosis IgG antibodies in human sera compared to in-house Western immunoblots. - David Dickeson
Genomic analysis of a lethal enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 isolate SvETEC from a pig farm in Australia - Steven Djordjevic
Mapping the carriage of flaA-RFLP Campylobacter genotypes on poultry carcases through the processing chain and comparison to clinical isolates - Lesley Duffy
Induction and genomic characterization of Gordonia alkanivorans prophage GAL1 - Zoe A Dyson
Use of Real-Time PCR and Pyrosequencing for the Rapid Identification of Helicobacter pylori - Justin Ellem
Rapid detection of MRSA, including mecC, and MSSA directly from positive blood cultures using the BD MAX™ Staph SR - Justin Ellem
Confirmation of carbapenem-hydrolysing β-lactamase resistance from referred specimens using the BD Phoenix and molecular methods. - Justin Ellem
The prevalence of Campylobacter concisus in adults with inflammatory Bowel diseases - Eltaher Mr Elshagmani
Prevalence and characterisation of pathogenic bacteria from dairy farms in Australia - Edward M Fox
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) based methods as a rapid tool for identification of yeasts and moulds in a routine clinical mycology laboratory. - Arron Radinger
Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli using multiplex-PCR and high resolution melt curve analysis - Seyed Ali Ghorashi
Development of an adenoviral vector vaccine for Rhodococcus equi infections in foals - Carla Giles
The application of a novel image analysis device for reading urine cultures - John H Glasson
Evaluation of in-vitro efficacy and disc breakpoints for fosfomycin against multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae - Heoi Thein Goh
The Effect of Dietary Fibre on the Microbial Community Profile of the Porcine Gastrointestinal Tract - Lucas Grant
IDENTIFYING HOW BACTERIA FIND THEIR MIDDLE: REOPENING THE QUESTION - Isabella Hajduk
Efficient Ethanol Production from Complicate Biomass in Platformized with Enzyme Complex Pichia pastoris - Sung Ok Han
PG1058 in the Type IX Secretion System of Porphyromonas gingivalis. - Jacqueline E Heath
Evolution and functional diversity of the Omp85 superfamily - Eva Heinz
Self-associating autotransporter proteins: themes and variations - Begonia Heras
High-throughput Detection and Identification of Bacteria and Fungi using Real-Time PCR and DNA sequencing. - Valerie J Hiew
Borrelia burgdorferi Serology – A Comparison Between Novatec NovaLisa™ and DiaSorin Liaison® XL Assays - James Ho
Assessing the reliability of the Bruker MALDI Sepsityper Kit™ to provide accurate identification of organisms from positive blood culture bottles - Arron Radinger
Candida albicans antifungal-tolerant persister formation is closely related with surface adhesion - Qingguo Qi
Comparison of five identification systems to identify spoilage bacteria in raw milk - Nuwan Vithanage
Enumerating viral and bacterial populations in chronic rhinosinusitis patients using flow cytometry - Jessica Carlson-Jones

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Sunday, 6th July Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2014

Educators' Conference

MALDI-TOF User Group Workshop

Tools in Bioinformatics Workshop

Morning Tea

MALDI-TOF User Group Workshop cont...

Lunch

Mycology: Today, tomorrow and beyond Workshop

Antimicrobial Workshop

Illumina Trade Workshop

Afternoon Tea

Mycology: Today, tomorrow and beyond Workshop continued...

Antimicrobial Workshop Continued

Public Lecture: Gus Nossal

Welcome and Awards Ceremony

Bazeley Oration - Linfa Wang

Fenner Lecture: Ben Howden

Welcome Reception & Poster Session A