The ASM is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1959 as a learned society devoted to furthering the science of microbiology.The ASM became an incorporated professional society in 1976.
The ASM is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1959 as a learned society devoted to furthering the science of microbiology.
The ASM became an incorporated professional society in 1976.
A member of the International
Union of Microbiological Societies
Visiting Speaker Program (VSP)
To offer suggestions on international or Australian microbiologists contact , the VSP Chair or your local state branch representative:
2009 Visiting Speaker
Dr Laura Frost is Professor and past Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences (2002-2008) and is an authority on the mechanism of bacterial conjugation as mediated by the F plasmid. She is the past President of the Canadian Society for Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology and was the Aigner-Rollett Professor in Gender and Womens' Studies in Graz, Austria, Spring session, 2009.
Laura will be speaking in Queensland, Victoria and the ACT as part of the visiting speaker program. More details here.