SCASM Meetings
Southern California ASM MEETINGS
2012 Annual Meeting
November 1-3, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency LaJolla at Aventine.
UPCOMING 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
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
The San Diego Microbiology Group (SDMG)
SDMG meets at Scripps Institute of Oceanography on the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings begin at 6:00pm in the historic Martin-Johnson House (T-29) overlooking the coastline. SDMG meetings include food and drinks, followed by two seminars in 4500 Hubbs Hall. For more information, contact Marcelo Tolmasky at mtolmasky@fullerton.edu or visit SDMG online.
The Northern California Branch of ASM (NCASM)
The Northern California Branch of ASM offers excellent meetings and benefits. For more information, visit NCASM online.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
5th Sample Prep - Sample Preparation for Virus, Toxin, & Pathogen Detection & Identification
May 3-4, 2012
San Diego, CA
- Biodefense & Homeland Security
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Clinical & Point-of-Care
- Food & Water Safety
SAMPLE PREPARATION 2012 is an internationally recognized event for experts in sample preparation for detection, identification and analysis of chemical & biological agents, threats and pathogens. This conference will address the major issues and current state-of-the-art in the technologies related to the important phases of real-world sample preparation such as:
- Sample prep with micro- and nanofluidics
- Sample prep-on-a-chip
- Alternative sample prep technologies for viruses, toxins & pathogens
- Sample prep as separate vs. integrated module approach
- Nanotechnology challenges for sample preparation
- Robust sampling methodologies
- Food, water, air, and environmental sampling
- Novel methods of extraction from tough (non-filterable) matrices
- Single use sample concentration modules
- Advanced lateral flow assays for sample prep
- Nucleic acid or protein based sample prep for next generation sequencing
- Sample prep technologies for detection/diagnostics vs. pharma