My FASM Experience

Abstract

My association with The Australian Society for Microbiology began as an honours student at Melbourne University when my then supervisor, Dr Roy Robins-Browne, gave me a student membership as my 21st birthday present. I have been an ASM member ever since! When I graduated from university, I found I had reached a crossroad. I loved research, but just missed out on a PhD scholarship and so decided to go out into the workforce. My first job was in the Bacteriology Laboratory of a small private pathology service. I found the work so enjoyable that when faced with the same choice 2 years later, being offered a PhD scholarship and a job at the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnostic bacteriology laboratory at the same time, I jumped at the opportunity to work at the hospital. That was more than 25 years ago!