Sunday, 7th July — ASN Events

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8:00AM - 12:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Meeting Room 1&2

Chair: John Merlino

9:00AM - 12:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Riverbank 2

Chair: Fergus O'Connell

9:00AM - 11:00AM

Sunday, 7th July

Riverbank 1

Chair: Peter Traynor

11:30AM - 2:45PM

Sunday, 7th July

Riverbank 4

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Riverbank 1

Chair: Peter Timms

1:00PM - 2:45PM

Sunday, 7th July

Riverbank 2

Chair: Peter Karp

3:00PM - 4:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Hall E

Chair: Philip Giffard

Personalized "Medicine": From Coral Reefs to Human - Forest Rohwer

5:00PM - 5:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Hall E

Chair: Paul Young

5:30PM - 6:15PM

Sunday, 7th July

Hall E

Chair: Paul Young

Sanofi Pasteur CYD dengue vaccine programme update - Raman Rao

6:15PM - 6:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

6:30PM - 7:15PM

Sunday, 7th July

Hall E

Chair: Johnson Mak

HIV Prevention Strategies for Women - Gilda Tachedjian

7:15PM - 9:30PM

Sunday, 7th July

Exhibition Hall

Applicability of a Taqman PCR assay for the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans - Wafa Abdallah
First nationwide survey on antimicrobial resistance in coagulase-positive Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia coli isolated from clinical infections in animals - Sam Abraham
Trilocus Sequence Typing (TLST) Of Campylobacter jejuni - Monir U Ahmed
Investigation of some factors related to antibacterial activity of Saudi honey - Jehan Al abrahaim
Evaluation of a selection of essential oils as antimicrobials in the treatment of bovine mastitis - Lynne M. Appleby
Use of MALDI-TOF to identify Burkholderia cepacia complex in cystic fibrosis patients - a comparison with recA gene sequencing - Mitchell Brown
Evaluation of two automated urine analysis systems - Jennifer Catania
Anti-microbial activity of olive leaf extracts to Staphylococcus species - Wern Chern Chai
Antimicrobial resistance in staphylococci from South Australian wallabies: captive vs wild - Michelle MS Chen
Six amino acids play an important role in MtrD-mediated drug efflux in Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Mohsen Chitsaz
Mycoplasma genitalium in incarcerated men from Far North Queensland - Gemma M Daley
The influence of antibiotic resistance gene carriage on biofilm formation by two Escherichia coli strains associated with urinary tract infections - Gary Dykes
Evaluation of a new database for identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) by MALDI-TOF MS - L J Fremlin
MALDI-TOF MS based ß-lactamase assay for detection of Ampicillin-resistant E. coli directly from positive blood cultures - Leith Fremlin
Beware amoebic colitis masquerading as inflammatory bowel disease - David Gordon
Outbreak of Linezolid-Resistant, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (LR-VRE) Report of the First Isolates in Australia - David L Gordon
Detection of Antenatal Group B Streptococcus Carriage by Real-Time PCR targeting the sip and cfb genes - David L Gordon
Characterization of clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Papua New Guinea reveals a close relatedness to Asian strains - Andrew R Greenhill
Antibacterial coatings for biomedical devices: antimicrobial peptides and synthetic analogues grafted onto plasma polymer interlayers - Stefani S Griesser
MLST by mass spectrometry - an accurate, rapid and cost-effective tool for studying and surveying zoonotic Streptococcus suis in Australia - Mitchell D Groves
Efficacy and pharmacodynamic effects of five novel antimicrobials against methicillin-resistant Staphylococci - Elizabeth E Hickey
Psammaplysin F: Novel marine natural product target gram-positive cell division - Md Amirul Islam
Supercharged vancomycin analogues beat the superbug C. difficile - Angie M Jarrad
Leukocyte esterase: A cost effective method for the detection of inflammatory colitis - Cherie Kerin-Thompson
Cryptosporidiosis in North India: evidence of predominant anthroponotic transmission - Sumeeta Khurana
The first identification of Cryptococcus cyanovorans sp. nov. from a human specimen - James Knox
Localization and macromolecular biosynthesis inhibition of rhodomyrtone, a new candidate of antibiotic - Sukanlaya Leejae
Bacteremia due to Massilia timonae - Amanda Liebelt
Bee products (propolis, bee pollen and honey) as quorum sensing inhibitors in Chromobacterium violaceum - Crystale SY Lim
Synergy between Medihoney and Rifampicin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Michael Liu
An evaluation of BBL^™ CHROMagar^™ MRSA II and the bioMerieux ChromID^® MRSA media - Peter Lloyd
Validation of a Novel RNA Internal Control for Monitoring RNA Extraction in a Routine Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - Samuel Maloney
A novel rapid multiplex PCR assay for the detection of 13 bacterial and viral causes of sexually transmitted infection (STI). - John R Melki
Identification and analysis of novel peptide antigens for a Chlamydia trachomatis infertility diagnostic using a whole proteome-peptide antibody interaction strategy - Shruti Menon
Light-stimulative genes for fruiting body formation in the basidiomycetous fungus Lentinula edodes - Yasumasa Miyazaki
Diffusive release of the antibiotic levofloxacin from amine plasma polymer - Htwe Htwe Mon
Preliminary evaluation of an automated commercial real time PCR assay for MRSA testing in a clinical microbiology laboratory - Justin P Morgan
The relationship between Lactobacillus reuteri colonisation, microbial diversity, intestinal inflammation and crying time in infants with colic - Monica Nation
Development of Adenoviral Vector Vaccine for the control of Campylobacter jejuni in chickens - Sumbo Ndi
Actinomycosis-the company bacteria keep - Renjy Nelson
Antimicrobial activity of eucalypt resin - Motahareh Nobakht
Detection of two common clonal complexes among S.pneumoniae serotype 19A and 19F isolates, using allele specific PCR - Shahin Oftadeh
Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT PLUS blood culture media for growth performance and antimicrobial neutralization at peak serum level - C.H. Ong
Laboratory investigation of outbreak of OXA-181 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae - Chiou Horng Ong
Determination of Chlamydia HtrA function using a chemical inhibitor - Vanissa Ong
Ciprofloxacin disc diffusion testing using 2013 CLSI breakpoints for salmonellae can replace the nalidixic acid screen for ciprofloxacin susceptibility - Annita Palatinus
Molecular phylogeny of the Piroplasmida: challenges from two potentially novel species found in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) - Andrea Paparini
Trypanosomes from native Australian mammals: novel genotypes from the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) - Andrea Paparini
Tannin-Degrading Bacteria in the Faeces of South Australian and Queensland Koalas - Dena Piro
Tannin-Degrading Bacteria in the Faeces of South Australian and Queensland Koalas - Dena Piro
Evaluation of a new approach to diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii - Kerry Raios
The population structure of Queensland invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in children using a modified Multi-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis BOX Genotyping - Rachael E Rayner
Adenylate Kinase in Streptococcus pneumoniae is Required for Growth, Capsule Synthesis, and Survival in the Host Cells - Dong-Kwon Rhee
Shewanella algae an emerging pathogen: Insights form multiple comparative ‘omics’ analyses - Piklu Roy Chowdhury
A Study Of Psycho-Social Behavioral Aspects Related to Hand-Hygiene & Correlation with Well-Being In Indian Health Care Workers - Prathma Sharma
MALDI-TOF MS identification of filamentous fungi directly from solid media - Sue Sleiman
Leptotrichia trevisanii : an opportunistic pathogen - Effie Smolenaers
Leptotrichia species: an opportunistic pathogen - Effie Smolenares
Persistent isolation of Inquilinus limosus from sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient - Jenny Summerton
Diversity and distribution of endophytic fungi isolated from four seagrass species from Thailand - Preuttiporn Supaphon
Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA among medical students and co-relation with antibiotic usage, snoring and nasal piercing,India - Aishwarya Taneja
Increased resistance to fluoroquinolones by enhanced expression of efflux pumps in laboratory-grown mutants and clinical Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella flexneri isolates from India - Neelam Taneja
Antimicrobial resistance in cystic fibrosis isolates of Haemophilus influenzae - Steve Tristram
Mis-identification of H. haemolyticus as H. influenzae in diagnostic specimens - Steve Tristram
A molecular view on multidrug resistance - Rietie Venter
Do bacteria survive modern methods used to decontaminate clinical endoscopes? - Karen Vickery
Interactions of uroseptic Escherichia coli with renal (A-498) and gastrointestinal (HT-29) cell lines - Tara L Vollmerhausen
Multidrug resistance in phylogenetic group D fluoroquinolone-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in Australian dogs. - David L Wakeham
Comparison of molecular-based toxigenic C. difficile detection methods - Brooke Webb
Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR for the detection of bacterial and parasitic pathogens in clinical stool samples compared with conventional methods - Phillip Webster
UriSed 2 - an EvaluationComparing UriSed 2 automated urine analyser against an automated flow cytometry analysis and manual microscopy - Catherine Wright
Pregnancy outcomes in mice with induced experimental periodontitis and the migration of Fusobacterium nucleatum from the mouth to the placenta - Peter Zilm
Isolation of Alfalfa Mosaic Virus from four pepper Cultivar in Riyadh K.S.A Using RAPD-PCR Technique. - Jehan AL ABRAHAIM J.S. Al abrahaim
Human Respiratory Viruses in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiological, Molecular and Phylogenetic Analysis - Fahad N Almajhdi
The Influence of Suboptimal Swab Sample Collection and Transport for Community-Based Studies of Respiratory Viruses - Asma N. Alsaleh
Characterisation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus^TM F Protein Mediated Fusion - Imogen Bermingham
Characterisation of Equine Adenovirus 1 - Carla Giles
Hepatitis C Virus genotyping testing in Western Australia using nucleic acid sequencing and a commercial line probe assay - Ian D Kay
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNABs) against HIV and designer antigens - TuckWeng Kok
Enterovirus Infection induces Signal Transduction Factors in Human Progenitor Cells and INS-1 Cells - Sandhya Nair
High seroprevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 in patients with end-stage renal disease in Taiwan - Cheng-Chuan Su
Enterovirus Meningitis in South Australia - Mark Turra
Development of a dry-surface biofilm model - Ahmad Abdulaziz Almatroudi
Extracellular prokaryotic vesicles as drug delivery systems for bioactive compounds? - Rouba Ballouk
Development of a two phase aqueous/organic system for enhancing the activity of ethene monooxygenase - Samantha Cheung
Identification of a factor that negatively regulate the haloacid operon of Burkholderia caribensis MBA4 - Liyu Deng
Actinophages isolated for foaming Mycolata show high levels of nucleotide sequence homology - Zoe A Dyson
Dynamics of Vibrio and Pseudomonas populations in the hind gut of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) - Eva Hatje
Effect of sequence alignment on the molecular identification of cyanobacteria: a case study of the highly polymorphic phycocyanin operon - Elvina Lee
Evaluation of Strep B Carrot Broth^™ improving GBS isolation from antenatal screening swabs - Toni Lee-Archer
Modelling MS2 & E.coli inactivation rates: Investigation of UVB irradiance & the effect of temperature on dark inactivation - Yu Lian
A Rapid High-Throughput System for Fungal DNA Detection - Tom Lin
The catalase peroxidase of hydrocarbon-degrading Mycbacterium sp. NBB4 - Mai Anh Ly
Microbial contamination in lettuce irrigated with wastewater: The preliminary study to improve the estimation of health risks from wastewater irrigated salad crops consumption - PRASERT MAKKAEW
The characterisation of Lactic acid bacteria from the hindgut of Atlantic salmon - Christina Neuman
Hierarchical construction of the surfaces of dragonfly wings on the micro- and nano-scale - Song Ha Nguyen
Impact of Oil Palm Plantation in Tropical Peat Swamp Soil on Soil Microbiology Activity - Yuana Nurulita
Detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 serogroups in ruminants in Malaysia - Asanthi Perera
Determination of thermophilic spore forming bacteria survival in milk by a non-continuous flow-through system - Tuflikha Putri
Termite-associated actinomycetes as a source of bioactive secondary metabolites - Christian Romero
Activity and mode of action of gallic acid against Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli - Amreeta Sarjit
Automobile Windshield Washer Fluid: a Potential Source of Exposure to Legionella - Otto Schwake
Necrophytoremediation of aliphatic hydrocarbons in contaminated soil - Esmaeil Shahsavari
Development of field-based loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) methods for the detection of enteric pathogens in a developing setting - Kevin Soli
FISH probes targeting members of the TM7 candidate phylum and Eikelboom morphotype 0041 filaments falsely target Eikelboom type 1851 filaments and other Chloroflexi - Lachlan Speirs
Organic acids reduce Salmonella on chicken meat more effectively than hydrochloric acid due to non-pH related effects - Sin Mei Tan
The occurrence and diversity of β-lactamase resistance carrying bacterial genera in recharged groundwater - Gupta Vadakattu
High Throughput Screening for Biocontrol of Rhizoctonia on Wheat - Sophia Zhao
Screening of Candidate Strains for Biocontrol of Rhizoctonia on Wheat - Sophia Zhao
Alkane Biodegradation in Coastal Sea Foam Associated Nocardia - Kerry E. Aitken
Investigating the genetic diversity of Campylobacter concisus clinical and oral strains - Khaled Allemailem
Clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates possess novel lifestyles as a stress response - Minh-Giao-Long Bui
Sensitivity to tryptophan bioavailability defines host specificity for Chlamydia pneumoniae - Anu Chacko
LPS unmasking of Shigella flexneri reveals preferential localisation of tagged outer membrane protease IcsP to septa and new poles - Matthew Doyle
Manganese starvation and compromised oxidative stress response are mediated by zinc toxicity in Streptococcus pneumoniae - Bart A Eijkelkamp
The pathways for stress response by Haemophilus influenzae are tightly linked to its surface properties, cell-cell aggregation and biofilm formation - Stephen P. Kidd
Screening of pneumococcal antigens in an intranasal pneumonia co-colonization NMRI mouse model - kgomotso K.W Lebogo
Characterisation of a Type I secretion system from Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Victoria G Lewis
Identification of Drp1 in Shigella flexneri induced epithelial cell death - Mabel Lum
DrsG is a ligand of multiple antimicrobial peptides - David J McMillan
Overcoming the discrepancy between TRFLP analysis and pyro sequencing - Mohammad Mehbub
A novel multiplex PCR assay for the detection of 18 bacterial, yeast and viral causes of meningitis - John Melki
Next Generation Microbial Phenomics - Lisa Moore
Validation of Microtitre plate assay for Haemophilus influenzae spp. Biofilm and Investigation of the Effect of Short and Long -term Freezing on the Biofilm Formation - Najla Obaid
A novel pneumococcal vaccine antigen preferentially expressed during meningitis in mice - David Ogunniyi
Fusion Proteins- A novel way to study interaction between components of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump - Thelma Ohene-Agyei
De novo assembly of the genome of a haloacid degrading Burkholderiacaribensis - Yanling Pan
Evidence of recombination from environmental sources in the house-keeping genes of Helicobacter pylori - Timothy Perkins
Bacterial community in gall bladder tissues from gall bladder cancer patients and gall stone individuals in Eastern India - vishmadeb pramanik
Characterisation of FeoB, the iron transporting protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Saeed Seyedmohammad
Study of ampC gene in clinical Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and determination of its expression level - Chong Seng Shit
The Ongoing Challenges of Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in Endemic Settings - Valentine Siba
Genotypic description of a novel Helicobacter sud-cetorum isolated from wild dolphin stranded in Western Australia - Alfred Chin Yen Tay
Phenotypic description of a novel Helicobacter sud-cetorum isolated from wild dolphin stranded in Western Australia - Fanny Thirriot
The Multispecies H. influenzae/ S. pneumoniae Biofilm as a Stress Response and Means of Successful Colonization - Alexandra Tikhomirova
Characterisation of FeoB, the iron transporting protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Rietie RV Venter
Detection of antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from the endemic region of the Northern Territory, Australia - Jessica R Webb
Molecular determinants of metal selection: how Streptococcus pneumoniae maintains manganese homeostasis - Miranda P Ween
Phylogenetic Diversity of Culturable Actinobacteria Associated with Marine Sponges (Mycale sp. and Styliss sp.) and Ascidians (Styela plicata and Molgula manhattensis) in Six Isolation Media - Qi Yang
Play catch: Transposition of the IS1111-attC element of Pseudomonas from chromosomal to plasmid-borne integron attC sites. - Mia Zeric
Detection of MRSA on Infection Control Swabs Using an In-house Real-Time Multiplex PCR Screening Assay. - Luke Walters

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Sunday, 7th July Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2013

Antibiotics Workshop - What’s in a name? - Impact of MALDI-TOF and Susceptibility Testing in Microbiology

CAPSIG Workshop

Culture Media Workshop - Review of the SIG’s Guidelines for Quality Control of Media

National Council Meeting

FASM Workshop

Introduction to the BioCyc Web Site of Microbial Genomes and Metabolic Pathways

Public Lecture: Personalized "Medicine": From Coral Reefs to Humans - Presented by Prof Forest Rohwer

Welcome & Awards

Plenary 1 - Bazeley Oration

Break

Plenary 2 - Fenner Lecture

Welcome Reception, Poster Session I & Trade Exhibition