Vertical Transmission

Abstract

We recognise that the discipline of Microbiology is changing rapidly, and we continually strive to bring diverse offerings to our members. For example, we organised the Australian Microbial Ecology conference (AusME), successfully held in 2017 and 2019, to specifically meet the needs of our members interested in microbes and their environments. We also recently established new interest groups, such as the Bacteriophage Biology and Therapeutics and Eukaryotic Microbes SIGs, because of the growing interest in these areas. We have also successfully run our teaching focussed meeting, EduCon, for a number of years, to support our members involved in educational activities. If you have ideas for other initiatives that we can support please do get in touch; after all, ASM is your Society and our utmost priority is to serve the needs of our members and to support the discipline.