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Welcome to SCASM

Since 1936, the Southern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (SCASM) has promoted microbiology education and research in Southern California through meetings, discussions, newsletters, and publications. Our members represent the many diverse areas of microbiology including clinical, public health, environmental, basic research, education, industrial, food safety, veterinary, and more.

CURRENT EVENTS

Upcoming Symposium dates are as follows:

Los Angeles SCASM Spring Symposium

Saturday: March 10, 2012 @ Siemens - for directions, click HERE

Featured topics and speakers:

WHAT - The Gram Stain is Important? Who knew? And Additional Aids for Timely, Cost-Effective Approaches to Clinical Bacteriology
Susan Sharp Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Regional Director of Microbiology
Kaiser Permanente - NW

Update on Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections
Jim Dunn Ph.D., D(ABMM) – Viral overview
Director of Microbiology
Cook Children's Medical Center
Dept. of Pathology
 
Invasive Fungal Infections: Correlation of Histopathology with Mycology Laboratory Findings
Carey-Ann Burnham, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(CCM)
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
Medical Director of Microbiology, Barnes Jewish Hospital

Focus on Foodborne Investigations: A Public Health Microbiology Update
Nicole Green Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Assistant Director, Public Health Laboratory
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Full copy of Los Angeles Spring Symposium Registration Form

San Diego SCASM Spring Symposium

Saturday:  March 31, 2012 @ GenProbe in SD

Featured topics and speakers:

The Future of Diagnostic Microbiology: Microarrays and Deep Sequencing in Clinical Virology
Steve Miller, MD, Ph.D.
Director of Microbiology
UCSF

Update on AST's
Chris Doern, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director of Clinical Microbiology
Children's Medical Center of Dallas

South Africa and Clinical Laboratory Science
Mickey J. Amos, MBA, CLS, MT(ASCP)SM
Assistant Director of Laboratory Services, Bacteriology
SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories

Instructional Clinical and Laboratory Infectious Disease Vignetts
Michael Saubolle, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), F(IDSA)
Laboratory Sciences of Arizona
Banner Health System, and U of A, College of Medicine
Phoenix/Tucson, Arizona

Full copy of San Diego Symposium Registration Form

 

  • Check out the SCASM 2012 Newsletter for the latest news, events, and information.
     
  • Please welcome our newly elected SCASM Officers and wish them all the best in their new term of office:
President: Margie Morgan, PhD, D(ABMM)
President Elect: Elizabeth Marlowe, PhD, D(ABMM)
Treasurer: Romney Humphries, PhD, M(ASCP)
Secretary: Mickey Amos, MBA, CLS(ASC)SM
Term of Office: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013

 

On behalf of SCASM and the fund-raising committee we could like to extend a very big thank you to all of the vendors that have helped not only support our annual meeting but the Spring Symposia and workshops throughout the 2010 calendar year. Without the vendor support SCASM would not be able to provide the high quality educational meetings that we do every year. SCASM would like to extend a special acknowledgement our Platinum sponsor for 2 years in a row, bioMeriuex Inc. As part of the Platinum sponsorship bioMerieux Inc. provides travel grants to two of our academic poster winners. Students are awarded with grants that allow them to attend the national ASM meeting to present their scientific research. These are grants awarded every year to students to show the commitment to the student community that SCASM and companies like bioMerieux have toward microbiology education.
 
We would also like to acknowledge the following sponsors at the 74th Annual Meeting:
 
Platinum – bioMerieux Inc.
 
Gold –     AdvanDx
  Becton Dickinson
  Meridian Diagnostics
  Roche Molecular
  Siemens
              Qiagen
 
Silver –    Bruker Daltonics
              Gen Probe
              Medical Chemical Corporation
               
Bronze –  Abbott Molecular
               Anaerobe Systems
               Cepheid
               Copan Diagnostics
               Evergreen Scientific
               Hologic, Inc.
               Hygenia, LLC
               Nanosphere
               Phoenix Biotech
               Pocared Diagnostics LTD
               
Supporter – Advanced Instruments
                 Qiudel

 

 

THANK YOU!

Many thanks to our sustaining members and annual meeting contributors! To join SCASM, contribute as a sustaining member, or renew your current membership, visit our Become a Member page.

 

A special thank you to Susan Novak-Weekly and Mickey Amos for their many hours of hard work to make this year's Annual Meeting another big success!!

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