Welcome to the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology.
We are a dynamic not-for-profit professional assocation that collaborates with our parent organisation, the Australian Society for Microbiology, to advance the science of microbiology in Australia.
The branch is coordinated by a volunteer member committee dedicated to providing professional development, information and networking activities specificially for our Western Australian members.
The ASM-WA actively seeks to keep our members up-to-date via our calendar of events, awards & scholarships.
Your involvement is vital in ensuring the ASM-WA continues to meet the needs of its members. We strongly encourage your participation by visiting our website and becoming involved in the activities of the association. Please also follow the West Coast Microbiome Network to keep up to date with their yearly meeting.
2022/23 WA Committee
Mitali Sarkar-Tyson (UWA) Chair
Megan Lloyd (UWA) Immediate Past Chair, Acting Secretary, Communications
Nicole Bzdyl (UWA) Secretary (on leave)
Su Chen Lim (UWA) Treasurer
Shakeel Mowlaboccus (Murdoch, PathWest) Chair Elect
Ritika Kar Bahal (UWA) TriState Committee
Lucy Furfaro (UWA) Membership
Natasza Hain-Saunders (Murdoch) West Coast Microbiome Rep, Student careers nights
Charlene Kahler (UWA) Perth 2023 LOC
Margaret Kopczyk (UWA)
August Mikucki (TKI) Diversity & Inclusion
Justin Morgan (PathWest) TriState Committee
Janessa Pickering (TKI) TriState Committee Lead
Joshua Ramsay (Curtin) Perth 2023 LOC
Georgina Stagg (Murdoch)
Wen-Shuz Yeow (UWA) Communications