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Australasian Biotechnology, Volume 9 Number 5, November/December 1999, pp. 277-282 ABA NEWS, MEETINGS, ABA OFFICE BEARERS Code Number:AU99017 ABA NEWS NSW Branch The inaugural meeting of the NSW Branch of the Australian Biotechnology Association was held on 7th December. Membership of the NSW Branch Committee is as follows: Charles Bailey Department of Biotechnology, UNSW Andrew Baker Johnson & Johnson Research Christopher Blanchard Charles Sturt University Peter Gray Department of Biotechnology, UNSW David Irving Biotech Australia Pty Ltd Phillip Lehrbach Fort Dodge Australia Pty Ltd Tim Littlejohn eBioinformatics Pty Ltd Bengt Norrman Biomedoz Rachel Shepherd Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology, UTS Noelle-Ann Sunstrom CRC for Biopharmaceutical Research P/L Neil Willetts Consultant (ABA Director) A stimulating series of functions and meetings are planned for the year 2000 and we will keep you informed of these events. During the course of the meeting the following office bearers were elected: Chairman: Peter Gray Secretary: Rachel Shepherd Treasurer: Phillip Lehrbach Meetings Liaison with ABA Following the meeting there was an excellent presentation by Keith Hardy and Jim Murray on their recent "Australian Biotechnology Report 1999". The Australian Biotechnology Report is the first detailed report on the Australian Biotechnology industry. The presentation by the authors of the Report and the additional findings that came out of their study have provided an excellent analysis of the current state of the biotechnology industry. The Report is available on the Ernst and Young website (http://www.ey.com.au/). This Report will hopefully become an annual publication and grow to the prominence of the equivalent report in the US. Certainly the ABA would hope to host an event such as last night's on an annual basis. We are indebted to Neil Willetts for organising a particularly stimulating evening and to Jamie Callachor, Department of State and Regional Development of the NSW Government, who arranged for the meeting to be held in their magnificent conference room on the top floor of 225 George Street with its magnificent views of the Harbour. Peter Gray An ABA Email Discussion List The ABA has created an email list to provide members with information on ABA activities, biotechnology news locally and globally and, importantly, jobs and opportunities for further study. Subscribing to the email list is free. Currently the list is open only to ABA members. If enough interest is generated, the list will be opened to the broader public, and has the potential of being an important communication tool for the Australian Biotechnology and general communities. Information (news articles, jobs, questions/answers etc) from medical, agricultural, microbial, mechanical, legal, business or any other area of biotechnology is most welcome. If it interests you, it probably interests someone else in the ABA community. Subscribing All ABA members with registered email address were automatically added to the list. However, members need to confirm that they want to be on the email list. So far over 100 people, companies and institutions have been added to the list. However, there are some teething problems. Remember that subscribing is free. If your email list has changed recently (or you want to have a different address as your preferred email address), even by the smallest detail, you will not be able to confirm the message, as the list server does not recognise you. In this case, all you need to do is send a message to majordomo@lists.netsp ace.net.au with the following text in the body of the email: subscribe aba (without your auto signature/address) No subject is required. The nominated address will be sent a confirmation message that needs to be sent back to majordomo@lists.netsp ace.net.au, from the address that follows the authenticity code. Unsubscribing If at any time you want to be taken off the list send a message to majordomo@lists.netsp ace.net.au with the following body text: unsubscribe aba Sending Information To send a message to the list (or if you have a problem), email it to aba@lists.netspace.net.au Please make sure that your auto-signature/address is turned off so that it is not included in the posted text. All information submitted is being moderated to ensure that any inappropriate material is not circulated to all list members (e.g. defamation, irrelevant material, junk, advertising) Scott Carpenter GST Implications for ABA Members Most readers will be aware that Australia is introducing a GST on the 1st July 2000. This will impact on many of the services and activities of the ABA. Consequently, ABA subscriptions and other charges will have to reflect these extra expenses. Our solicitor advises us that the following areas will be affected :
Therefore, please do not be surprised if you see 10% added to your bill for membership and subscription renewals this year. MEETINGS Pharmaceuticals 2000 - 8th Annual Conference 23-24 February 2000 Sydney, Australia Contact: AIC Worldwide, Tel: 02 9210 5790; Fax: 02 9223 8216; email: thall@aicconf.com.au Functional Foods for EU Health in 2000 25-28 February 2000 Rovaniemi, Finland Contact: T. Kauppila, Fax: +358 9 455 2103; Website: www.vtt.fi/bel/new/r ovaniemi/ Functional Foods 2000 29 Feb 2000 - 2 March 2000 Netherlands Congress Centre, Den Haag, Netherlands Contact: Fax: +44 1372 386228 Attention: Fiona Angus Bowel Cancer in Australia: Screening to Save Lives 1-2 March, 2000 Sydney, Australia Contact: Gloria Owen, Tel: 02 9808 5433; Fax: 02 9809 4815; email: gloria@enterix.com 3rd Annual BIOPartnering Asia - Investing in Global alliances for the 21st Century 6-7 March, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Contact: Carol Wolf - email: biopartnering@techvis ion.com 11th Asian Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology & 8th Asian Pacific Congress of Digestive Endoscopy 10-14 March, 2000 Hong Kong, China Contact: Veronica Cheng - Fax: +852 2111 0132 Xth World Water Congress 11-17 March 2000 Melbourne, Australia Contact: Lisa McNaught Tel: 71 3 9682 0244; Fax: 61 3 9682 0288; Email: worldwide@icms.com.au 3rd Symposium on Herbal Medicine 13-16 March, 2000 Taipei, Taiwan Contact: Ms Fion Wang - Fax: +886 2 2729 8638 The Millenium Science 2000 21-23 March 2000 Rosehill, NSW, Australia The annual scientific exhibition of The Scientific Suppliers Association of Australia Contact: Alan Lawrenson, Tel: 02 9804 8051; Fax: 02 9804 8052; email: ssaa@enternet.com.au< I> Website: http://www.ssaa.asn.au/ Oncology 2000: From Molecules to Management 23-24 March, 2000 Hong Kong, China Contact: Ms Gigi Lui - Fax: +852 2649 7426; email: gigilui@cuhk.edu.hk BIO 2000 26-30 March, 2000 Boston, MA USA Contact: Biotechnology Industry Organization Fax: +1202 857 0237;Website: http://www.bio.org/ International Rice Research Conference 2000 31 Mar - 3 April 2000 Los Banos, Philippines Contact: Dr Shaobing Peng, Fax: +632 891 1292; email: s.peng@cgiar.org Symposium on Hybrid Breeding & Genetics 9-14 April, 2000 Caloundra, Qld, Australia Contact: Dr Mark Dieters Tel: 07 5482 0864; Fax: 07 5482 8755; email: dieterm@qfril.se2 .dpi.qld.gov.au Food-borne Pathogens 2000: Perspectives & Interventions 16-19 April, 2000 Arlington, VA USA Contact: Society for Industrial Microbiology, Fax: +1 703 691 7991; email: info@simhq.org; Website: http://www.simhq.org/ Symposium on Hybrid Breeding & Genetics 9-14 April 2000 Caloundra, Queensland Contact: Dr Mark Dieters, Tel: 07 5482 0864; Fax: 07 5482 8755; email: mailto:dieterm@qf ril.se2.dpi.qld.gov.au The Second International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds 22-25 May 2000 Monterey, California, USA Contact: Tel: 614 424 5461; Fax: 614 488 5747; Email: conferencegroup@com puserve.com Achema 2000, 26th Exhibition Congress, International Meeting on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection & Biotechnology 22-27 May 2000 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Contact: German Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Attn. Margret Lamy, PO Box A980, Sydney South, NSW 1235 Fax: 02 9265 2211 1st International Symposium on Synthesis, Screening & Sequencing 22-27 May, 2000 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Contact: DECHEMA, Fax: +49 69 7564 176; email: hess@dechema.de; Website: http://dechema.de/3S Agbiotech: The Science of a New Century 5-8 June 2000 Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Canada Contact: ABIC 2000 Conference Coordinator C/- The Signature Group Inc, 489 Second Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 2C1 3rd Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC 2000) 5-9 June 2000 Toronto, Canada Contact: Sharon Murray Fax: 1 306 664 6615; Email: siggroup@sk.sympatico.ca< /I> YPD: Yeast: Products & Discovery 29 June - 1 July, 2000 South Stradbroke Isl., QLD, Aust Contact: Ragini Wheatcroft, Tel: 03 9662 7378; email: Ragini.Wheatcrof t@molsci.csiro.au 15th Australasian Biotechnology Conference 2-6 July, 2000 Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Contact: Greg Harper, CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, Gehrmann
Laboratories, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072 Tel: 07
3214 2441; Fax: 07 3214 2480; email: aba2000@im.com.au ASM - 2000 Joint Scientific Meeting "The Millennium for Microbiology" 8-13 July, 2000 Cairns, Queensland Contact: ASM Secretariat, Tel: 03 9867 8699; Fax: 9867 8722; email: mailto:admin@theasm.com.au Web: www.vicnet.net.au/~asm< /A> 6th International Symposium on The Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms 8-13 July 2000 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Contact: http://www.usa sk.ca/agriculture/biosafety/ for more information 2nd Asia-Pacific Mycological Conference on Biodiversity and Biotechnology 9-14 July 2000 Hong Kong, China Contact: Dr Kevin Hyde, Fax: +852 2559 5984; email: kdhyde@hkucc.hku.hk 9th International Congress for Culture Collections 23-28 July, 2000 Brisbane, Australia Contact: Dr Lindsay Sly, Australian Collection of Microorganisms, Tel: 07 3365 2396; Fax: 07 3365 1566; Email: sly@biosci.uq.edu.au 33rd Annual AIFST Convention "Millenium Marketing through Food Science and Technology" 20-23 August, 2000 Brisbane, Australia Contact: Ms Mel Malloch, Tel: 02 9959 4455; Fax: 02 9954 4327; email: mailto:aifst@aifst.asn.auWeb: http://www.aifst.asn.au/ 2nd World Congress of Philosophy and Medicine 24-26 August 2000 Cracow, Poland Contact: Prof.dr. H. ten Have, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, Fax: +31 24 354 0254 Biotechnology 2000: 11th International Biotechnological Symposium 3-8 September 2000 Berlin, Germany Contact: Renate Strauss Tel: 49 69 7564 249; Fax: 49 69 7564 176; Email: rosenbaum@dechema.de Biotechnology in Agriculture: Present and future 5-7 September 2000 Amman, Jordan Contact: Dr G. Anfoka, Al-Balqa Applied University - email:mailto:anfoka@bau.edu.jo 1st Intl Symposium on Microgravity Research & Applications in Physical Sciences & Biotechnology 10-15 September, 2000 Sorrento, Italy Contact: Conference Secretariat, ESTEC Conference Bureau, The Netherlands Fax: +31 71 5655 658; email: confburo@estec.esa.nl 7th International Congress for Cell Biology 24-28 September 2000 Queensland, Australia Contact: Dr Peter French, Fax: 02 9361 2391; email:mailto:p.french@cfi.unsw. edu.au BioJapan 2000 26-28 September 2000 Tokyo, Japan Contact: Secretariat of BioJapan 2000, Japan Bioindustry Association, Fax: +81 3 5541 2737; Email: bj2000@jba.or.jp IMBC 2000 International Marine Biotechnology Conference 29 September - 5 October 2000 Townsville, Queensland Contact: International Marine Biotechnology Conference 2000, C/0 Australian Institute of Marine Science, PO Box 216, Aitkenvale, QLD 4814 Tel: 07 4781 6219; Fax: 07 4781 5822; Email: imbc_2000@aims.gov.au Genetics & Molecular Biology of Industrial Microorganisms 15-19 October, 2000 Bloomington, IN USA Contact: Society for Industrial Microbiology, Fax: +1 703 691 7991; email: info@simhq.org; Website: http://www.simhq.org/ 3rd International Conference on Transgenic Animals 16-20 October 2000 Beijing, China Contact: Li Birong Fax: +86 10 6253 2114; Email: info@bilong.com Biotechnology Practice in Non-Food Products 22-25 October, 2000 Munster, Germany Contact: Europoint, The Netherlands Fax: +31 30 691 7394; email: info@europoint-bv.com; Website:http://www.europoint-bv.com/ 8th International Barley Genetics Symposium 22-27 October 2000 Adelaide, Australia Contact: Ms Elisabeth Eaton Tel: 08 8363 1307; Fax: 08 8363 1604; Email:mailto:fcceaton@ozemail.co m.au 6th Pacific Rim Biotechnology Conference 12-16 November 2000 Vancouver, Canada Contact: Sandy Teeter, BCBA, #220 3250 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1W5 Canada; email: steeter@biotech.bc.ca XXXIV International Congress of Physiological Sciences 26 August - 1 Sept 2001 Christchurch, New Zealand Contact: Congress Secretariat, Fax: +64 9 260 1242; Email: info@tcc.co.nz COURSES Delft University of Technology Advanced Course Biocatalysis -5-10 March 2000 Advanced Course Downstream Processing - 8-12 May 2000 Advanced Course Environmental Biotechnology - 21-30 June 2000 Information: Biotechnology Studies Delft Leiden, Fax: +31 15 278 2355; email: mailto:bodl@stm.tudelft.nl ABA OFFICE BEARERS PRESIDENT: Dr Peter Rogers (CUB - Brewtech) VICE PRESIDENTS: Dr David Tribe (University of Melbourne) Tel: (03) 9344 5703; Fax: (03) 9347 1540 DIRECTORS: Dr Anne Campbell (CRC Association) Tel: (02) 6279 8835; Fax: (02) 6279 8836 Mr Gary Cox (Wray & Associates) Dr Shirley Lanning Tel: (03) 9690 0219; Fax: (03) 9690 0219 Dr Peter Riddles (Institute for Molecular BioSciences) Dr Peter Rogers (CUB - Brewtech) Ms Lyndal Thorburn (Advance Consulting & Evaluation) Tel: (02) 6297 2438; Fax: (02) 6297 2203 Dr David Tribe (University of Melbourne) Tel: (03) 9344 5703; Fax: (03) 9347 1540 Dr Neil Willetts Tel: (02) 9416 5537; Fax: (02) 9416 5537 Dr Elane Zelcer (Thrombogenix Pty Ltd) SECRETARY: Mrs Barbara Arnold TREASURER : Mr Steven Clarke ABA COMMITTEES : 15th A'asian Biotech Conference Email: aba2000@im.com.au INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: GENETIC RELEASE: Dr Sue Meek (WA Dept of Commerce &
Trade) PUBLICATIONS: Dr Martin Playne (Melbourne
Biotechnology) W.A. BRANCH: Dr Michael Borowitzka (Murdoch Uni) QLD BRANCH: Dr Peter Riddles NSW BRANCH: Dr Neil Willetts Tel & Fax: (02) 9416 5537 VIC BRANCH: Dr David Tribe Tel: (03) 9344 5703; Fax: (03) 9347 1540 ACT BRANCH: Ms Lyndal Thorburn Copyright 1999 Australian Biotechnology Association Ltd. |
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