🦠🌊 Bugs By the Beach is Coming - Abstract Submissions Now Open! 📢 Have some exciting research to share? Don't miss the opportunity to present your work! 🔗 For more information and abstract submissions visit: lnkd.in/gS5GGX5u

🧬 Interested in attending MGE (Mobile Genetic Elements) 2027 in Brisbane? Apply for the MGE 2027 Travel Award offered by @AUSSOCMIC The Australian Society for Microbiology NSW-ACT Branch! 🔗 Further details: lnkd.in/gS5GGX5u

📣 2026/2027 Summer Student Research Awards - Call for Applications! The @AUSSOCMIC NSW-ACT Branch is pleased to invite applications for the 2026/2027 Summer Student Research Awards. 🗓️ Applications close: 4 December 2026 Apply through: lnkd.in/gS5GGX5u

Yesterday was a wonderful evening at the 2026 Goldsworthy Memorial Lecture. It was a privilege to hear from Distinguished Prof. @PaulsenLab. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the evening such a memorable one. @Macquarie_Uni @flamycain @AUSSOCMIC

📢 Final call! If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time to join us for the Goldsworthy Memorial Lecture 2026. 📅 Thursday, 10 Sep 2026 (6 pm - 10 pm) 📍 Sydney Masonic Centre 🎟 Register now: lnkd.in/ggUb5bVh @PaulsenLab @Macquarie_Uni @flamycain @AUSSOCMIC

If you haven't registered yet for the ASM NSW/ACT Branch Annual General Meeting 2026! Two exciting talks from our guest speakers Prof Jeff Errington and Dr Alessandro N Garritano, followed by the AGM. 🔗 Register here: trybooking.com/DODIQ

Join us for the ASM NSW/ACT Branch AGM 2026 🧫 Hear from 🔬 Dr Alessandro N Garritano on deep-sea sponges & the carbon cycle, and 🦠 Prof Jeff Errington on bacterial evolution. 📅 25 Aug 2026 (6 PM) Register: trybooking.com/DODIQ @Alegarritano @AUSSOCMIC

Applications are now open for the ASM NSW-ACT Branch BacPath 2026 Travel Award! 🏆 The award includes: $1,500 travel support A speaker slot in the BacPath 2026 conference program See the flyer for submission details. @AUSSOCMIC

📢 We are pleased to announce Professor Ian Paulsen as the speaker for the Goldsworthy Memorial Lecture 2026. 📅 Thursday, 10 September 2026 🕕 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm 📍 Sydney Masonic Centre 🎟 Register now: trybooking.com/DNNJT @Macquarie_Uni @AUSSOCMIC

🧫 The latest edition of Syntrophy is now available! 🧬 We're excited to share the newest issue of the ASM NSW/ACT Branch quarterly newsletter. A big thank you to all contributors who helped make this edition possible. 📖 Read the latest issue here: lnkd.in/gZCRVxrd

🧫 As we look ahead to the next edition of Syntrophy 🧬, we're excited to feature our very own Dr. Kenya Fernandes who explores one of nature's oldest antimicrobial weapons - honey 🐝 🍯. Stay tuned for an all-new edition of Syntrophy, launching soon!

🧫 As we look ahead to the next edition of Syntrophy, we’re highlighting some of the remarkable microbiology images previously showcased in the ASM NSW/ACT Syntrophy. 🦠 K. pneumoniae cells during invasion of human epithelial bladder cells, by Dr Bill Söderström @UTSEngage

🦠 Throwback to a previous Photo of the Month featured in Syntrophy: The ASM NSW/ACT Branch quarterly newsletter. 📸 Candida albicans cell growing in yeast form By Dr Megan Lenardon @_doctormeg, @UNSW 👉 Explore previous editions here: lnkd.in/gZCRVxrd

Excited to announce the ASM Student Network Scavenger Hunt at the @AUSSOCMIC Annual Meeting '26! 🧫🔬 📍 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (Ground Floor, Main Foyer) 📅 15 June 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM Join fellow microbiology students for a fun & interactive opportunity!

🧫 A new era of Syntrophy 🧬 (ASM NSW/ACT quarterly newsletter) is coming soon ... We’ve reimagined the publication from the ground up - and the next issue is nearly here. 👉 In the meantime, explore previous editions 🦠 : Syntrophy archive (asm-nswact.org.au/syntrophy/)

🔬 Reminder: @AUSSOCMIC Member Awards 🔬 Applications for @AUSSOCMIC Member Awards are still open, with the closing date approaching on 31 March. These awards recognise excellence & contributions in microbiology. 🔗 More details & application link: 👉 lnkd.in/g_prvaD

🌟 Join a Seminar Ocular Microbiology 👁️🦠 Ocular Microbiology at a Crossroads: AMR, Biofilms, and Next-Generation Therapeutics. 📅 17 March 2026 ⏰ 10:00 AM 📍 Rupert Myers Building, Lv 3, Room 3.030 @UNSW Registration: lnkd.in/gp_jeN-9

🔬 Abstract Submissions Close This Weekend – Don’t Miss Out ! 📢 Poster and oral abstract submissions for @AUSSOCMIC Annual Meeting 2026 close this Sunday night. ✉️ Submit your abstract here: 🔗 lnkd.in/gvnCzYZh #Microbiology #ASM2026

ASM NSW/ACT Sydney Micro Event Congrats to Grace O’Reilly (@Sydney_Uni), recipient of the Dena Lyras Award; Alannah Eisenhuth (@Sydney_Uni ), winner of the Nancy Millis Award; & Jasmine Williams (@Macquarie_Uni ), Nancy Millis Award runner-up, for their exceptional presentations.