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ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invitation On behalf of the SA/NT Branch Committee we have great pleasure in inviting you to attend the ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting and Parasitology Masterclass that is to be held in Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Tri‐State meetings have been initiated and supported by ASM branches in SA, WA and NT for over 25 years. The aim is to bring delegates together in an intimate and unique environment and provide good food, social and networking opportunities. You can expect a varied and engaging scientific program presented by some of Australia's top microbiologists. The Parasitology Masterclass began with its inaugural meeting in Tasmania in 2009, In this, the 6th Parasitology Masterclass, it aims to again provide an excellent blend of wet workshops, classroom teaching, and formal presentations. We hope you will be able to join us and enjoy the Meeting and all that Darwin has to offer. Paul Sideris, Chair ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. ASM Tri‐State & Parasitology Masterclass 2017 Organising Committee Conference Chair Paul Sideris Treasurer Chris Ossowicz Scientific Program Convenor Tri‐State Peter Traynor Scientific Program Convenor Parasitology Masterclass Harsha Sheorey Committee Members Stephen Kidd (SA/NT Branch Chair) Phil Giffard Rebecca Wake Pam Smith Brooke Taylor ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Your Host City – Darwin, Australia Darwin is a lively harbour city well‐known as Australia’s gateway to world‐class nature and cultural activities and experiences. With a population in excess of 130,000, it is a destination renowned for its tropical climate and colourful characters. Darwin is gateway to Litchfield National Park, the Tiwi Islands, Kakadu and Arnhem Land as well as cross‐continent journeys like the Ghan, Explorers Highway and Savannah Way.
Venue ‐ Darwin The Novotel Darwin CBD hotel overlooks the breathtaking Darwin Harbour, and just steps away from vibrant Mitchell Street. Keep cool while you soak up the city or ocean views from your spacious air‐conditioned room. The atrium's palms & tropical rainforest provide an ideal spot for that cold refreshing drink. Novotel Darwin CBD is the perfect place to relax and unwind. Novotel Darwin CBD offers a variety of accommodation options, including Standard and Superior rooms, and spacious two bedroom apartments. Stylish and contemporary, guests can enjoy a range of convenient facilities, which include wired and WIFI Internet access, a work desk, minibar, air‐conditioning and a modern ensuite. Guests attending an event at the hotel can also access range of convenient business services, which include wired and WIFI Internet access, typing and secretarial services, fax services, and a Business Centre complete with friendly, efficient staff. ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Scientific Program Friday 22nd September
Saturday 23rd September
Sunday 24th September
8.15‐8.55am
Masterclass registration
Housekeeping, Intro Day 2
8.15‐8.55am
Welcome and introduction PMC
Session 3
STIs Chair: Intestinal Parasites ‐ what's Session 1&2 new Chair: 9.00‐9.30am
9.00‐10.10am
Stella Heley & Ian Denham combined session ‐ The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of STIs
Additional question time
10.00 ‐10.30am
8.55‐9.00am
10.10‐10.15am
9.30‐10.00am
molecular testing ‐ protozoa
Gemma Robertson molecular testing ‐ helminths
Biofire Film Array
Monday 25th September
8.55‐9.00am
Housekeeping, Intro Day 2 PMC
Session 5 &6
Cases, Projects/Research in Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Chair: 9.00‐9.30am
Key note – parasites: Strongyloides/Scabies
9.30‐9.50am
9.50‐10.10am
10.10‐10.30am
10.15‐10.45am
Morning Tea
10.30‐11.00am
Session 4
Chair: 11.00‐11.30am
Morning Tea
Richard Bradbury NGS in intestinal parasites
10.30‐11.00am
11.00‐11.30am
Bert Mulder (Netherlands) Case 1
Mellissa Kelly (NSW) Case 2
Richard Bradbury Case 3
Morning Tea
Bart Currie Keynote – Tropical medicine: Melioidosis
David Whiley 10.45‐11.20am
“Findings from the NHMRC‐
funded Gonorrhoea Resistance Assessment by Nucleic Acid Detection (GRAND) project”
Narelle George AST
Richard Jones 11.55am‐12.30p
Micro in the Congo
12.30‐12.40pm Additional question time
11.20‐11.55am
12.00 pm
Registration Desk opens
2.00pm
Opening Address ‐ Introduction & Welcome Tri‐State Chair
11.30am‐12.00pm POC testing
11.30 ‐ 11.50am
12.00‐12.30pm
11.50 ‐ 12.10pm
TBC
12.10 ‐ 12.30pm
12.40‐1.40pm
Lunch
12.30‐1.30pm
Lunch
Session 5
Chair: Session 3&4 what's new include welcome to country
Blood & Tissue Parasites ‐ Session 1 Chair: Chair: Jill Carr 2.05 ‐ 3.00pm
Harvey Rubin mycobacteria
1.40‐ 2.15pm
3.00‐3.30pm
Afternoon tea
2.15‐2.50pm
Session 2 Chair:
3.30‐3.55pm
3.55‐4.20pm
4.20‐4.45pm
4.45‐5.10pm
Bart Currie scabies
Phil Giffard Bacterial skin infections in the Top End
Anna Ralph ARF/RHD
Amanda Leach Laboratory studies to investigate dengue and zika detection and disease pathogenesis
1.30‐ 2.00pm
Craig Williams 2.00‐2.30pm
"Australia’s preparedness for emerging and exotic vector‐
borne diseases: Zika and what comes next?"
2.30‐3.00pm
2.50‐3.30pm
Posters ‐ 3 minute Posters
3.30‐3.40pm
Additional question time
3.40‐4.00pm
Afternoon tea
Session 6
Chair:
3.30‐4.00pm
4.00‐4.50pm
Harvey Rubin EtC
4.00‐4.30pm
4.50‐5.00pm
Tri‐State Close ‐Tri‐State Chair Parasitology Masterclass Welcome ‐ PMC Chair 6.00‐8.30pm
Dinner ‐ Darwin Dinner Cruise
3.00‐3.30pm
Molecular testing ‐ malaria
Deb Holt Update on Scabies
Siddhartha Mahanty Neurocysticercosis
Afternoon Tea
Sarah Auburn 5.10‐5.30pm Question time
5.30‐7.30pm Tri‐State Welcome Mixer
5.30‐7.30pm
NGS for blood parasites (malaria)
POC testing for malaria
Parasitology Masterclass Social Mixer
12.30‐12.45pm
Jutta Marfurt Research project 1
Benedikt Ley Research project 2
tbc Research project 3
Summation/ Close
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: ProfessorBartCurrie
InfectiousDiseasesPhysician,RoyalDarwin
HospitalandMenziesSchoolofHealth
Research,Darwin,NorthernTerritory
Director,RHDAustraliaandHOTNORTH
DrStellaHeley
Director–EducationandLiaisonServices,
VictorianCytologyServiceLimited(VCSLtd.),
Carlton,Victoria
BA(Hons),MBBS,DipVen(Lond),FAChSHM
BartCurrieleadstheTropicalandEmergingInfectious
DiseasesteamoftheGlobalandTropicalHealthDivision
atMenzies.Heisalsoaninfectiousdiseasesphysicianat
theRoyalDarwinHospitalandsince2000Professorin
MedicineattheNorthernTerritoryMedicalProgramat
FlindersUniversity.HeisAdjunctProfessorialFellow,
CharlesDarwinUniversityandAdjunctProfessor,College
ofPublicHealth,MedicalandVeterinarySciences,James
CookUniversity.HeisDirectorofRHDAustralia;the
NationalCoordinationUnitforAustralia’sRheumatic
FeverStrategyandalsoleadsthenewNHMRC‐funded
TropicalDiseaseResearchRegionalCollaboration
Initiative(HOTNORTH).
Bart’spassioniscoordinatinglinksbetweenclinicians,
publichealthcolleaguesandotherserviceproviders,
laboratoryscientistsandcommunity.Hisresearchhas
involvedimprovingpreventionandtreatmentofspecific
illnesses;throughabetterunderstandingofthe
epidemiologyandunderlyingdiseaseprocesses,with
developmentofdiagnosticandtreatmentguidelines.He
initiatedtheDarwinProspectiveMelioidosisStudyin
October1989andthisremainsthebasisforongoing
multi‐disciplinarycollaborationsonmelioidosiswith
colleaguesinAustraliaandinternationally.
DrStellaHeleyisaSexualHealthPhysicianandDirector–
EducationandLiaisonServicesatVCSLtd.WellknowntotheGP
andnursingcommunity,Stellahasspokentohundredsofhealth
practitionersovertheyearsgivingsupporttoenablethebest
managementofboththecervicalscreeningprogramand
sexuallytransmissibleinfections.Stellawasamemberofthe
HPVVaccineWorkingPartyofATAGI(AustralianTechnical
AdvisoryGrouponImmunization)priortotheintroductionof
theHPVvaccineontotheNationalImmunizationProgramin
2007.Shehaswrittenonthesetopicsforanumberofmedical
journalsandisregularlyinvitedtospeakatmedicalmeetings.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: ProfessorHarveyRubin
PerelmanSchoolofMedicine,Universityof
Pennsylvania,USA
Dr.RubinisProfessorofMedicineattheUniversityof
PennsylvaniaandProfessorofComputerandInformation
SciencesattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolof
EngineeringandAppliedSciences.Hisresearchin
infectiousdiseaseshasbeenfundedbytheNIH,NSF,
DARPAandtheGlobalAllianceforTBDrugDiscoveryand
hasresultedinmorethan90peer‐reviewedpapers
chaptersorreviews.
In2011,Dr.Rubinhadasimpleidea:leveragethe
pervasivenessofcelltowersthroughouttheworldto
provideapowersourceforvaccinerefrigeratorsin
remoteareasinunderdevelopedcountries.Fromthat,
EnergizetheChainwasborn.Dr.Rubinhasbeen
successfullychampioningthisideaeversince,launching
EtCprogramsinZimbabwe,Ghana,andnowexpanding
intoothercountries,protectingunderservedpopulations
frompreventablediseases.
AssocProfessorPhilGiffard
MenziesSchoolofHealthResearch,andCharles
DarwinUniversity,Darwin,NorthernTerritory
PhilGiffardtrainedinmicrobiologyattheUniversityof
QueenslandandtheUniversityofAberdeen,Scotland.Hispost‐
doctoralyearswereattheInstituteofDentalResearchin
Sydney,sequencingstreptococcalgenesthatencodeenzymes
thatturnsucroseintotoothdecayingslime.
Afterthat,PhilwasanacademicandresearcheratQUTfor15
years,wherehisprincipleinterestswerethemolecularbiology
oflacticacidbacteria,DNAamplificationandanalysis
technologies,bacterialpopulationstructures,andassociated
bioinformaticsmethods.Inearly2008,Philrelocatedtothe
MenziesSchoolofHealthResearchinDarwin,wherehehas
continuedhisinterestintheanalysisofbacterialpopulations,
butwithanemphasisonpathogensofparticularsignificanceto
thepopulationoftheNorthernTerritory.Since2015Philhas
dividedhistimebetweentheMenziesSchoolofHealthResearch,
andtheSchoolofPsychologicalandClinicalSciencesatCharles
DarwinUniversity.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: DrIanDenham
InfectiousDiseasesPhysician,Melbourne
SexualHealthCentre,Melbourne,Victoria
IanDenhamtrainedinInternalMedicine,Infectious
DiseasesandClinicalMicrobiology.HeisVisitingMedical
OfficeratMelbourneSexualHealthCentre,wherehis
specialinterestsaresyphilis,gonococcalresistance,viral
STIs,andchangingpatternsofSTIepidemiology.
AssociateProfessorAnnaRalph
GlobalandTropicalHealthDivision,Menzies
SchoolofHealthResearch
InfectiousDiseasesDepartment,RoyalDarwin
Hospital
AssociateProfessorAnnaRalphisaseniorclinicalresearch
fellowattheMenziesSchoolofHealthResearchfundedbya
NHMRCTRIP(TranslatingResearchintoPractice)Fellowship.
SheisalsoanInfectiousDiseasesphysicianatRoyalDarwin
HospitalandtheClinicalDirectorofRHDAustralia.Asaclinician
researcher,sheleadstheMenzies‐basedTBandrheumaticfever
researchprograms.AssocProfRalphleadstheTBgroupofthe
AustralasianSocietyforInfectiousDiseasesClinicalResearch
Network.SheistheInfectiousDiseaseseditoroftheCARPA
guidelines,amemberoftheAustralasianTBNetworkandan
honoraryfellowoftheInfectiousDiseaseSocietyofKota
Kinabalu(Malaysia).
Herresearchfieldsincluderheumaticfeverandrheumaticheart
diseaseinAustralianIndigenouspopulations,andtuberculosis
inneighbouringSouth‐EastAsiansettings,usingresearch
methodsrangingfromdiscoverysciencetoclinicaltrialsand
healthservicesresearch.ThroughherRoyalDarwinHospital
role,AssocProfRalphisalsoactivelyinvolvedintheprovisionof
educationandmentoringforNThealthstaff.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: ProfessorAmandaLeach
RoyalDarwinHospitalandMenziesSchool
ofHealthResearch,Darwin,Northern
Territory
AssociateProfessorDavidWhiley
PathologyQueensland,UniversityofQueensland
ProfessorAmandaJaneLeachleadsamultidisciplinary
researchgroupcommittedtoclinicaltrialsandlaboratory
sciencetoimprovetheprevention,treatmentand
understandingoftheeardiseaseandhearinglossin
youngAboriginalchildren,particularlythoselivingin
remoteregions.Otitismediacauseshearinglosswhich
canleadtolanguagedelay,socialisolation,educational
andlateremploymentdisadvantage.ProfessorLeachis
currentlythePrincipalInvestigatoroftwomajorNHMRC‐
fundedRCTs,andanewNHMRCgranttodetermine
hearinganddevelopmentaloutcomesoflongtermOMin
pre‐schooltoddlers.ProfLeachisco‐Investigatoronfour
additionalRCTs.ProfessorLeachwasawardedaNHMRC
6‐yearElizabethBlackburnFellowship.ProfessorLeachis
alsoDirectoroftheNHMRCCentreofResearchExcellence
inEarandHearingHealth,whichisco‐fundingadiversity
ofOMresearchprojectsandresearchers.
DavidWhileyisaresearchscientistatPathologyQueensland
andanAssociateProfessoratTheUniversityofQueensland.He
hasaPhDinmicrobiologyandhasbeenconductingresearchin
thefieldofmoleculardiagnosticmicrobiologyforover20years
andhaspublishedover140articles.Muchofhisworkinvolves
thedevelopmentandapplicationofmoleculartoolstodiscover,
diagnoseandcharacteriseinfectiousagents.Hisparticular
researchinterestsincludesexuallytransmittedinfectionsand
gonococcalantimicrobialresistance.Overpastfiveyearshehas
beenleadingtheNHMRC‐fundedGonorrhoeaResistance
AssessmentviaNucleicacidDetection(GRAND)studiesthataim
toimprovegonorrhoearesistancesurveillanceand
management,particularlyinremotesettings.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: A/ProfessorNarelleGeorge
SupervisingScientist,Microbiology,
PathologyQueensland,RoyalBrisbane
Hospital,Brisbane,Queensland
RichardJones
Manager,DouglassHanlyMoirPathology,
Sydney,NewSouthWales
NarelleGeorgeisaSupervisingScientistinMicrobiology
withover30yearsexperienceinClinical
Bacteriology.Antimicrobialresistanceisanareaof
specialinterestparticularlythephenotypicdetectionof
resistantbacteriaintheroutineclinicallaboratoryusing
bothmanualandautomatedsystems.Ihavepresented
over30Antimicrobialworkshopsboththroughout
AustraliaandSouthEastAsiaandco‐authoredover30
publications.
Otherareasofspecialinterestincludenaturalproductsas
antimicrobialagentsandlaboratoryidentificationof
Bacillusandnon‐fermentingGram‐negativebacteria.Iam
anadjunctlecturerinClinicalBacteriologyatGriffith
University(NathanCampus)andaNATAassessorina
rangeoffieldsincludingMedical,BiologicalandChemical
(MITTesting).
RichardistheManagerofMicrobiologyandDeputyLaboratory
ManageratDouglassHanlyMoirPathologyinMacquarieParkin
Sydney.RichardisalsotheGeneralManagerofSonic
Healthcare’sFoodandWaterTestinglaboratories.
Hehasanextensiveworkingexperienceindiagnosticclinical
microbiologyandhaspresentedonnumerousoccasionstolocal,
Stateandnationalscientificmeetings.
Since2009astheLaboratoriesManagerofSonicHealthcare’s
CatalystPrograminAfricahehasworkedtoestablishfunctional
microbiologyandgeneralpathologylaboratoriesinremote
partsofTheDemocraticRepublicofCongo,EthiopiaandSouth
Sudan.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Invited Speakers include: ProfessorJillCarr
FlindersUniversity,Adelaide
DrJillCarrattainedaPhDintheDepartmentof
Biochemistry,UniversityofAdelaidein1995and
undertookaMedicalVirologyresearchpositionatthe
InstituteofMedicalandVeterinaryScience(nowSA
pathology)from1996‐1998,part‐time1998‐2011.
DuringthistimeJillinvestigatedfundamentalaspectsof
HIVinfection,includingalaterroleindiagnosticHIVdrug
resistancetesting,anddevelopedherinterestsindengue
viruspathogenesis.Jillwasappointedtoafulltimesenior
lecturerpositionatFlindersUniversity,Schoolof
Medicine,in2011andhasateachingroleinmicrobiology
andvirologyinFlindersUniversityBMedSciandMD
programs.Thelaboratoryresearchinterestsindengue
haveexpandedtoincludeinvestigationsoftheinteraction
ofdenguewiththeendotheliumandtheinnateimmune
system,includingcomplementandinterferonstimulated
pathways.Theemergenceofzikavirus,closelyrelatedto
dengue,hasledtotheinclusionofzikainmanyofthese
studies,withinvestigationofthebrainandeyeastargets
forboththesevirusesusingprimarycellandmouse
models.
DrCraigWilliams
UniversityofSouthAustralia,Adelaide
A/ProfCraigWilliamsheadstheHealthyEnvironments,
HealthyPeopleResearchGroupattheUniversityofSouth
Australia.Thisgroupaimstoimprovethehealthofpeopleand
placesbystudyingtheinteractionbetweentheenvironmentand
humanhealth.Thisincludesstudiesofblood‐feedinginsectsand
thevirusestheycarry,theepidemiologyofinfectiousdisease,
andhowanimalsadapttosurviveinachangingclimate.The
group’soverarchinginterestisintheintersectionbetween
environmentalandpublichealth.
Hehaspublished89peer‐reviewedarticlesandisaregular
contributortopubliccommentarythroughthemedia.Hewon
the2005IgNobelPrizeinBiology,wasthe2007YoungScientist
oftheYearforSA(YoungTallPoppy),andin2013receiveda
CitationforOutstandingContributionstoStudentLearningfrom
theCommonwealthOfficeforLearningandTeaching.
CraigisalsotheAssociateHead(Research)fortheSchoolof
PharmacyandMedicalSciences.
ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Registration We offer delegates to the meeting a range of options for registration. Included in the options are significant discounts in attending both meetings and registering early: Early‐Bird options provide great value. Student registrations are available (no additional early‐bird discount applies for student registrations). Social Mixers are included in the price of registration where applicable* (*Full registration for meeting(s) registered for). Day Registrations –Day registration fee applies for any single calendar day. NB: Friday and Monday will run for half day only. Day registrations do not include social functions. Registration All figures are in AUD Early‐Bird Full Student Tri‐State AND Masterclass ASM Member $370 $470 $270 Not ASM Member $520 $620 $420 Tri‐State ONLY ASM Member $250 $350 $175 Not ASM Member $350 $450 $275 Parasitology Masterclass ONLY ASM Member $250 $350 $175 Not ASM Member $350 $450 $275 Day Registration ASM Member $200 $125 Not ASM Member $275 $225 Dinner Cruise delegate price: $60 Social Mixer extra tickets (where available) $60 Dinner Cruise extra tickets (where available) $100 All registrations to be completed online BOTH Meetings ‐ go to https://www.trybooking.com/272071 Tri‐State ONLY ‐ go to https://www.trybooking.com/276637 Masterclass ONLY – go to https://www.trybooking.com/276638 ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Poster Presentations This year, for the first time, we are offering to delegates the opportunity to provide poster presentations at Tri‐State. Space will be provided in the foyer area where refreshments are being provided for posters to be displayed. We are also making available in the Tri‐State program the opportunity for poster presenters to give a short three minute verbal presentation on their work. The structure of this three minute presentation will follow that as being used in the ‘Three‐Minute‐Thesis’ competitions: a single backdrop slide with minimal text, no animations, merely as a backdrop to the presenter. The three minute verbal presentation will be done in a manner that complements the poster and draws the delegates to read the poster in full. Those presenting posters will need to indicate their interest in taking up a verbal slot; where the number of applicants exceeds the number of slots, these slots will be allocated on merit by a judging panel of the organising committee. The decision of the organising committee will be final. ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Social Program Friday 22nd September Tri‐State Welcome Mixer 5.30‐7.30pm To be held in the foyer area of the Novotel Darwin adjacent to the meeting room. Relax and wind down with your fellow delegates and meet the speakers in an informal setting. Included with registration for Tri‐State meeting or both meetings Saturday 23rd September Combined Tri‐State/Masterclass Event Sunset Buffet Dinner Cruise 6.00‐ 8.30pm The Dinner Cruise aboard the 'Charles Darwin' is a great way to view the famous Darwin sunset whilst enjoying a delicious Territory style buffet with Australian seafood and local produce. This two & half hour sunset cruise on the 'Charles Darwin’s' Captain's Deck offers the best dinner cruise on Darwin harbour. Please ensure you register for the cruise, this is a separate item on the registration page. Discounted price for cruise of $60pp* for meeting delegates. *(Harbour Cruise, Buffet dinner and welcome aboard beverage all included. All other drinks are to be paid for on consumption. Menu is served buffet style. Please ask friendly staff aboard about the ingredients used as no individual dietary requests can be guaranteed). Sunday 24th September 5.30‐7.30pm Parasitology Masterclass Social Mixer To be held in the foyer area of the Novotel Darwin adjacent to the meeting room. Relax and wind down with your fellow delegates and meet the speakers in an informal and relaxed setting. Included with registration for Parasitology Masterclass or both meetings. ASM Tri‐ State Scientific Meeting & Parasitology Masterclass, Darwin, 22nd ‐25th September 2017. Accommodation The Darwin Novotel standard room rate for September is $259per night; conference attendees will be able to secure a room rate of $199per night, or $219per night with breakfast, using the hotel online booking and the code ‘ASM group’. Whilst we’ve also negotiated special rates for accommodation at the venue hotel, those visiting from interstate are welcome to make their own arrangements at other locations if they wish. All accommodation arrangements are the responsibility of the attendees and not of the meeting or the meeting organisers. See You in Darwin ! www.theasm.org.au