The Australian Society for Microbiology

Notices

Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotics, Version 13 2006

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Guidelines for Assuring Quality of Food and Water Microbiological Culture Media

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Guidelines for Quality of solid Mycobacteria Media

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Guidelines for Assuring Quality of Medical Microbiological Media
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News

ASM Member 2006 Australian of the Year

Congratulations to ASM member Prof Ian Frazer, Founder & Director of the University of Queensland's Centre for Immunology & Cancer Research, on being recognised as 2006 Australian of the Year! For further information go to: www.australianoftheyear.gov.au

Professor Frazer delivered the Closing Plenary Presentation on Infections & Cancer - Opportunities & Challenges at the ASM 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting & Exhibition on the Gold Coast (2 - 6 July 2006).

ASM Member Wins Nobel Prize

Congratulations to ASM member Prof Barry Marshall and colleague Dr Robin Warren, who have been awarded the "2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine"

For further information go to:

nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2005

Recently Closed Funding Opportunities

FUNDING TO STAGE STRATEGICALLY SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

IN AUSTRALIA

The Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences – International Frontiers of Science and Technology provide financial support to stage strategically significant international conferences in Australia on high priority, cutting edge, multi-disciplinary themes. The Conferences series is managed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

The Academies invite applications for funding to hold conferences between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009. Each conference can be supported to an amount of up to $90,000.

Guidelines, information and an application form can be found at www.oliphant.org.au

For futher information, please contact:

Sophia Lindeyer

Telephone: (02) 6201 9409

Email: sophia.lindeyer@science.org.au

CLOSING DATE: Monday 18 February 2008

Funding Available

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (previously DEST), has advised that the 2008 round of the Australia-China Special Fund for Scientific and Technological Cooperation will be open for applications from 1 February to 28 March, with supporting documentation such as referee reports (where required).

https://sciencegrants.dest.gov.au/ISL/Pages/Home.aspx

ALL ENQUIRIES TO:

Mr Andrew Ford

Assistant Director (China)

Asia Pacific and Africa Section

International Science Branch

Science and Research Division

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Email: Andrew.FORD@Dest.gov.au

CLOSING DATE: Friday 11 April 2008