Vertical Transmission, September 2009

Abstract

Our 50th anniversary national meeting in Perth has now been and gone. I think everyone agrees it was an outstanding success. Thanks to all those who helped make it happen, most notably Rod Bowman and the rest of the Perth LOC and Janette Sofronidis and the other national office staff. All of the international speakers had a great time and several expressed a desire to return to Australia soon. Several US speakers have key roles in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and we took the opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest, including a number of possible future joint initiatives that would be of benefit to members of both Societies