Sunday, 1st July Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2018

Invite only.

Invite only.

I will use this lecture to define the discipline of economics and say why it is useful. I will review methods for measuring economic outcomes relevant to those working to prevent infection. I will next discuss how decision makers should use these estimates of economic outcomes to help choose the best among competing programmes. I will finish by arguing that good economics can improve the amount of health gained from an infection prevention service with scarce resources.

• Progress toward a neutralizing antibody-based HIV vaccine - Dennis Burton

• Mechanisms and regulation of biofilm formation - Fitnat Yildiz

• Evaluation of EasyScreen^TM  ESBL/CPO Detection Kit using direct-PCR from patient culture and broth samples - John R Melki
• Role of flagella as an immune modulator during urinary tract infection - Dhruba Acharya
• A Comparison of the Results of Three Methods of MIC Determination - Julie K Allerton
• A Review of Polymyxin Disc Testing from a Calibrated Dichotomous Susceptibility Perspective - Julie K Allerton
• Genetic diversity and distribution of filamentous phages in Neisseria - Charlene Kahler
• Establishment of bacterial microbial biofilms from Antarctic soil bacteria. - Fabian Davamani Amalraj
• Quality assurance program for molecular detection of gastrointestinal parasites:  results of pilot module. - Norvie L Aquino
• New insights into the functional roles of DNA methylation in extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. - Melinda M Ashcroft
• Lipid A profiling and metabolomics of polymyxin-susceptible (PB^S) and -resistant (PB^R) MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae - Su Aye
• Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from paediatric chronic lung disease patients - Ammar Aziz
• Antimicrobial mechanisms of arachidonic acid at the host-pneumococcal interface - Stephanie L Begg
• Identifying persistent E. coli strains to harsh life outside the host - Mahboobeh Behruznia
• Antimicrobial use and resistance in australia (aura) surveillance system: recent developments   - Jan Bell
• Update on the National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) - Jan M Bell
• Introducing Microbial Culture-Metagenome Sequencing (MC-MGS) to characterize gut mucosa-associated microbial communities. - Erwin M Berendsen
• Investigating the role of DsbA enzymes in growth and virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli - Murari Bhandari
• Staphylococcus aureus membrane vesicles activate innate immune signalling pathways. - Natalie J Bitto
• Staphylococcaceae and Pasteurellaceae found in the oral flora of marsupials and dingoes - Pat Blackall
• Whole genome sequencing as an improved means of identifying Neisseria gonorrhoeae treatment failures - Cameron Buckley
• In silico characterisation of the two-component system regulators of Streptococcus pyogenes - Sean J Buckley
• Small RNA-mediated regulation in Acinetobacter baumannii - Michael A Burch
• Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus complex in NSW - Andrea Bustamante
• UPEC Pathway to Chronicity: Bacterial Strain and Host Differences Determine Chronic Outcomes - Michelle N Chamoun
• Microbiological evaluation of the DEKO-190 Washer/Disinfector’s ability to remove Clostridium difficile spores from bedpan surfaces - Deirdre A Collins
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Trent and zinc homeostasis - Corey B. Davies
• Diversity of carbapenem resistance bacteria and molecular identification of carbapenem resistance in marine environment - Dewa Rasmika Dewi
• Response of Antarctic psychrotrophic bacteria to antibiotics before and after exposure to heavy metals. - Divya Dharshini
• Dsb enzymes: promising anti-virulence drug targets for Gram-negative pathogens - Rabeb Dhouib
• The major evolutionary split between elasmobranchs and teleost fishes extends to the diversity partitioning of the skin microbiomes - Michael P Doane
• Computational Model of Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms - Paulina A Dzianach
• Characterization of bacteriophages with specific for antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium - Juhee Ahn
• Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage - Robert A Edwards
• Evaluation of Short Incubation Disc Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Li Ching Eng
• Detection and Surveillance of VISA and hVISA strains - Li Ching Eng
• Meningococcal PorA-Loop4 induces G1 cell cycle arrest through the Akt signaling pathway - Rininta Firdaus
• Variation in parvovirus B19 IgG seroprevalence between different states in Australia - Robert L Flower
• Comparison of pre-extraction depletion methods for culture-independent sequencing of Bordetella pertussis - Winkie Fong
• Food loss – the microbiology of food deterioration - Edward M Fox
• Group B Streptococcus bacteriophages with broad clinical host range - Lucy L Furfaro
• A preliminary comparison of five assays for detecting past exposure to Coxiella burnetii for use prior to human Q fever vaccination - Stephen R. Graves
• Biofilm screening of Listeria monocytogenes from common MLST subtypes present in food production environments. - Jessica Gray
• The role of the RNA chaperone ProQ in the Gram-negative bacterium Pasteurella multocida. - Emily L Gulliver
• ­Evolution of a Clade of Acinetobacter baumannii Global Clone 1, Lineage 1 via Acquisition of the oxa23 Carbapenem Resistance Gene and Dispersion of ISAba1 - Mohammad Hamidian
• Detection and quantification of the heterogeneous S. aureus populations to identify antibiotic-induced persistence - Marwa M. Hassan
• Optimisation of antibody effector functions in HIV neutralising monoclonal antibodies - Behnaz Heydarchi
• Host-derived lactate is an important Haemophilus influenzae carbon source - Jennifer Hosmer
• The enemy of my enemy is my friend: eliminating Legionella in premise plumbing biofilms using bacteriophages - Casey K Huang
• Recent Laboratory Findings of Brucella abortus in South Korea - Seon Do Hwang
• Atmospheric trace gas oxidation supports persistence of the environmentally abundant phylum Chloroflexi - Zahra Islam
• Evaluation of an RNA extraction control for routine laboratory-developed reverse transcriptase-PCR diagnostic tests - MUHAMMAD FAHMI ISMAIL
• A prostate cell line model for persistent Zika virus replication - Rhys Izuagbe
• International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP) - Megan Petterson