Gram-Negative "Superbugs" Meeting 2013
 
Pre-meeting workshop – Thursday August 1, 2013 in Brisbane
“Laboratory Skills for Investigating Antibiotic Resistant Gram negative bacilli”

Overview: This one-day workshop immediately precedes the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Symposium on Antibiotic Resistant Gram Negative Superbugs.  The workshop will give a practical hands-on guide to investigating mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and the molecular epidemiology of Gram negative bacilli. Laboratory skills that will be covered will include PCR and sequencing of resistance genes, molecular epidemiologic typing methods, organism identification by 16S rRNA sequencing and other molecular tools, mass spectrometry for resistance detection and assessment of clonality, and full genome sequencing. These skills will be illustrated using a practical case-based approach based on real outbreaks or multiply resistant clinical isolates.

Who should come?
  • Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Registrars
  • Microbiology Scientists interested in expanding their laboratory’s capabilities
  • PhD students and other researchers in the field

Location:
Level 2/Ground Floor Seminar Room
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR)
Building 71/918
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Campus
Herston QLD 4029

Please note: The Workshop is at an additional charge to the Gram Negative "Superbugs" Meeting which will include morning tea, bus transfer to Surfers Paradise for those attending the Meeting and a working lunch.  Places are limited for this workshop and can be booked upon regsitration.  The workshop program is tentative and subject to change.

NOTE: All delegates must wear closed toe shoes for the lab tour.
 

There will be a bus transfer to The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Surfers Paradise for those who are also attending the Gram Negative "Superbugs" Meeting.  Should you wish to join the bus transfer, please ensure you are ready and waiting outside the Seminar Room
at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Building 71/918, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Campus at 4.30pm sharp, Thursday 1 August 2013. Please note: The bus transfer is a one way ONLY transfer and will not be taking guests back to Brisbane after the Meeting.


Workshop Program
 
Time Topic Speakers
10.00-10.30 Introduction – Investigating mechanisms of resistance and molecular epidemiology of resistant organisms David Paterson
10.30-11.00 Phenotypic detection of resistance Narelle George
11.00-11.30 Overview of genotypic methods for detection of resistance mechanisms Hanna Sidjabat
11.30-12.00 Organism identification using 16S rRNA sequencing Haakon Burgh
12.00-12.30 Principles of mass spectrometry for organism identification and resistance determination Keith Ashman
12.30-1.30pm Lunch and networking including a lab tour All
1.30 – 2.00pm Cases: Detection of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae (I) Ben Rogers / Deborah Williamson
2.00-2.30pm Cases: Detection of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae (II) Hanna Sidjabat / Alex Wailan
2.30-3.00pm Cases: Detection of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Kate McCarthy / Tim Kidd
3.00-3.30pm Cases: Detection of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Hosam Zowawi / Anna Silvey / Witchuda Kamolvit
3.30 -4.00pm Cases: Full genome sequencing to answer questions of resistance in GNBs Sebastian van Hal / Slade Jensen
4.00-4.30pm The future of laboratory detection of resistance and assessment of organism relatedness David Whiley
 
Workshop Prices


Registration Type Earlybird (prior to 24 May) Standard (25 May - 26 July) Late (post 26 July)
ASID Member $150.00 $150.00 Not available
Non-member $200.00 $200.00 Not available
Student/Trainee $100.00 $100.00 Not available