Activities
Current Events
SSMB Webinar: MICA Legionella Fast and accurate L. pneumophila enumeration
You are invited to attend the Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology Webinar:
MICA Legionella Fast and accurate L. pneumophila enumeration, by Dr. Sam Dukan, Founder, Diamidex
Link: REGISTRATION
Date: Friday 30 Sept 2022
Time: 3pm (Singapore time)
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.
Link to Poster PDF.
SSMB Connects with the Industry: Dr. Feras Hatahet
Dr. Feras Hatahet is a principal investigator at Amgen and the founder of Genophore. The title of the Seminar is “Drug Disovery and Development Processes in Pharmaceutical Settings”.
You are invited to attend this highly anticipated Seminar, organised by Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB).
Please join us on Friday, 5th Aug 2022, 10.00 to 11.00am.
Please register here:
https://tinyurl.com/ssmbconnects
Please click here to download the poster.
12th Asian Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria (ACLAB12)
We are pleased to announce that the 12th Asian Federation of the Societies for Lactic Acid Bacteria (AFSLAB) conference will be held from 10 to 13 October 2022 at Borneo Convention Center, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Please visit https://aclab12.com/ for more information and to register for the event.
Yakult Health Talk Series and 49th Annual General Meeting of Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
Please note that the 49th Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held on :
Date: 27th May 2022, 12.00pm
Mode: Virtual Zoom meeting (Link will be provided upon registration at Yakult Health Talk Series & SSMB AGM 2022)
Yakult Health Talk Series jointly organised by Yakult and Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB). The AGM will proceed after the talk on COVID-19 and the Human Gut Microbiome.
Please click here to download the flyer.
Virtual Seminar by Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme
We are pleased to inform the upcoming virtual seminar organised by ID TRP (Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme). All are welcome. Please register for the seminar through the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We look forward to seeing you!
Speaker: Distinguished Professor Malcolm Winkler
Date/Day: 5 April 2022, Tuesday
Time: 10AM-11AM Singapore Time
Register for Zoom Meeting via this link.
SSMB-Pfizer “Connect with Industry” Workshop
We are pleased to inform that Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB) is co-hosting with Pfizer Singapore a sharing session on career and industry experience. Please use the above QR code to register for the workshop.
One of the speaker, Mr. Peter Ong, graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He obtained the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Mid-Term Scholarship during his second year of undergraduate studies. After graduation, he completed his pre-registration training at SGH during which he was rotated to different departments including inpatient, outpatient, drug information as well as a short stint at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. He continued practicing at SGH for several years as a registered pharmacist. Currently, he is working in Medical Affairs for Pfizer Singapore and has been in the role for more than 3 years.
We look forward to meeting you.
International Vector-Borne Diseases Conference 2021
We are pleased to inform that International Vector-Borne Diseases Conference 2021, will take place on 16-18 November 2021, at:
MD1 – Tahir Foundation Building,
LT 37 Lecture Theatre Level 3, 12 Science Drive 2,
Singapore 117549
Due to traveling uncertainties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference will be held in a hybrid format where overseas speakers and participants will attend virtually while local attendees will be on site.
Please refer to the attached flyer. You may also refer to the website of the organiser.
Please click on this registration link. Early bird registration ends 15 September 2021.
You are encouraged to submit your abstract and the submission deadline is 31 September 2021 and via this link.
Young Investigator Award for Researchers or Clinicians in the Asia-Pacific region about APCCMI 2021
APCCMI Singapore 2021
18th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiolgy and Infection
We are pleased to inform that APCCMI 2021, organised by Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore) will take place on 11 – 13 November 2021, at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre and virtually online. Programme includes more COVID-19 symposia including clinical trials (UK Recovery and US NIH ACTIV trials), immunology (humoral and cellular immunity) and public health response.
Please refer to the latest Programme Overview via https://apccmi2021.com/scientific-information/programme/programme-overview/.
Please click on this link https://apccmi2021.com/registration/ to register
Please note that Abstract Submission is extended until 31 August 2021.
You are encouraged to submit your research as accepted abstracts will have a chance at presenting during the Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection – APCCMI 2021!
1. Antimicrobial Resistance
2. Antimicrobial Stewardship, Pharmacology & New Agents
3. Bacterial Infection & Disease
4. Diagnostic Microbiology
5. Fungal Infection & Disease
6. Genomics & Microbiome
7. Healthcare-associated & Nosocomial Infections, Infection Control
8. HIV/AIDS
9. Immunology & Vaccinology
10. Parasitic Infection & Disease
11. Viral Infection & Disease
12. COVID-19
Submit your abstract today and join the fight for advancing research and improving the quality of life of our patients
Submit here.
48th Annual General Meeting of Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
Please note that the 48th Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held on :
Date: 23 April 2021, 9.00 – 11.00am
Mode: Virtual Zoom meeting (Link will be provided upon registration at https://forms.gle/wfbFfXQANUKm1X1m8)
Programme:
9.00am – Talk by Dr Jason Kircos, Neogen Corporation USA
Soleris NG (Next Generation): Microbiology at the
speed of light
10.00am – Talk by A/Prof Lee Yuan Kun, Department of
Microbiology & Immunology/ Surgery, Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine, NUS. How could I groom a gut
microbiome for health and wellness?
10.30apm – SSMB 48th Annual General Meeting (for SSMB members only)
Please click here to download the flyer.