South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)and Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM)
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA

SASM Council is pleased to announce the names of awardees for Best Student Presentations at SASM2016.

Below is a list of microbiology conferences for 2016 to take note off. If you are aware of any other microbiology-related conferences, let us know!

The SASM Council would like to congratulate the following students on being recipients of the SASM2016 TRAVEL AWARD:

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP on TB Transmission
Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town

1. Opening and Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Minutes of the previous meeting

4. Approval of minutes of previous AGM

5. Matters arising

6. SASM 2013
a. Conference Report - Karl Rumbold

7. SASM Status Report
a. Finances – Koos Albertyn
b. Membership and membership fees – Karl Rumbold
c. Communications – Heinrich Volschenk

8. Election of new Council

9. Hosting of next SASM Congress

10. General

Be part of an exciting collaborative study involving regional and international collaboration between the University of Venda, Rhodes University (South Africa) and Phillips-Marburg University, Germany. The project is funded by the Germany Research Foundation (DFG) under the auspices of the Germany-Africa Collaboration in Infectology initiative.

Dear SASM member

Please note the following important society announcements:

Apply online
Enquiries regarding this post: Dean: Faculty of Science, Prof Louise Warnich on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The SASM 2016 Biennial Congress, organised by Durban University of Technology, is scheduled to take place from 17-20 January 2016 (in Coastlands, Umhlanga).

Here are some updates to take note of: