Council
Professor Dena Lyras is an ARC Future Fellow located in the Department of Microbiology at Monash University. Her research team has developed new and innovative ways by which disease-causing clostridial species can be genetically manipulated and they have Read More... Professor Roy Robins-Browne began his research career after studying medicine, specialising in pathology, in South Africa. He migrated to Australia in 1982 to take up a position as Reader in Microbiology at the University of Melbourne. Professor Robins-BrRead More... Cheryl Power is a senior lecturer and teaching specialist in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne where she has worked for over 20 years. She has taught microbiology to students enrolled in many different degrees, iRead More... Read More... Dr Seib is a Group Leader at the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University (Gold Coast). She completed a PhD in microbiology in 2004 from the University of Queensland, spent several years at Novartis Vaccines (Siena, Italy), and returned to Australia iRead More... Dr Rebecca LeBard as a lecturer in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She completed a BSc (hons) later completed her PhD, both at the University of Sydney, on the molecular characterisation oRead More...Executive Committee
Prof Dena Lyras
Prof Roy Robins-Browne (FASM)
Ms Cheryl Power
Dr Anthony Baker
Dr Kate Seib
Dr Rebecca LeBard
Linda Louise Blackall has been a Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia since February 2014. She has a strong international reputation in the field of biological wastewater treatment, marine and coral microbiology, mammalian Read More... Read More... After 15 years working in diagnostic laboratories and completing a PhD part-time at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Tom was appointed Senior Medical Scientist in Charge of the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalRead More... Professor Mark Schembri is the Deputy-Director of the Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre. Prof. Schembri’s research is focused on the study of surface proteins that mediate adhesion, aggregation, and biofilm formation, as these are the primary Read More... Dr Deborah Williamson is a Clinical Microbiologist and researcher, and is Deputy Director of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL). She is involved in the delivery of specialist public health laboratory services, and in tRead More...Scientific Advisers
Linda Blackall
Heidi Drummer
Tom Riley
Mark Schembri
Deb Williamson
State Branch Chairs
Queensland Branch Chair: Ulrike Kappler
Western Australian Branch Chair: Charlene Kalher
Victoria Branch Chair: Karena Waller
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Branch Chair: Mitchell Brown
South Australia Branch/Northern Territory Chair: Stephen Kidd
Tasmania Branch Chair: Anthony Baker
Standing Committee Representatives
Chair, National Scientific Advisory Committee: Kate Seib
Chair, Workforce Standing Committee: Tony Jennings
Chair, National Examinations & Qualifications Board: Julian Rood
Chair, Editorial Board: Ipek Kurtboke
Chair, Standing Committee on Clinical Microbiology: Jon Iredell
Chair, Standing Committee on Biosafety and Biosecurity: *Under Review*
Representation
Standards Australia
Clinical Laboratory Testing and In Vitro Diagnostic Test Systems: Gary Lum
Food Microbiology Sub-Committee: Peter Traynor
Water Microbiology: Benjamin Deeley
NATA
Medical Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee: Geoff Coombs
IUMS
Bacteriology: Charlene Kahler
Virology: Paul Young
Other
AAS National Committee for Biomedical Sciences: Liz Harry
American Society for Microbiology: Melissa Brown
APACE: Tony Jennings
Communicable Diseases Network Australia: Geoffrey Hogg
Pathology Associations Council – Tony Jennings
Pathology Services Committee: Tony Jennings