On July 11th and 12th, 2024, we are running the inaugural Microbial Healthcare Symposium in Brisbane Australia. Microbial life healing life using selected, defined and engineered microbial therapeutics is already changing the way we practice medicine. For this meeting we are grateful to have confirmed some extraordinary international and Australian speakers including @DrSidMukherjee, Rob Knight, @JeffHasty_UCSD, @ProfGabBelz, @DrAllavena, @ErinSErinS , Abi Marsh, Josephine Wright, Gene Tyson, Lars Nielsen, John Prins, Sam Costello and Phil Hugenholtz and many, many more. Please check out our website microbialsymposium.com Please save the date, register your interest, and join us in this next chapter of microbial healthcare in Australia and beyond. Registration, the scientific program and accommodation options will be updated very soon. @UCSD_BDL @ucsdbiosciences @UCSDJacobs @AIBNatUQ @cscopyclinic @MicrobaOfficial @BankBiome @NickLee_JLF @Prof_NickTalley @emadelomar

Join us at our symposium microbialsymposium.com where Prof Jeff Hasty, will present his groundbreaking work on engineering microbes as biosensors. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the brightest minds in the field. We hope to see you there! youtu.be/fnpIIZrjMtM

This report is troubling. Australian healthcare is a delicate ecosystem. All healthcare settings including public and private hospitals, private day hospitals, community specialist clinics and general practice are all vital and must be supported. Especially, general practice. In Australia, however, private day hospitals are the foundation of elective day procedures such as colonoscopy. Thus, a competitive private day hospital network is essential for efficient colorectal cancer diagnosis and prevention and to support the #NBCSP. It is not about public and private hospitals it’s about public and private patients. It is about delivering optimal care in the optimal setting. Public hospitals fulfil many vital roles but do not, and cannot, deliver convenient, affordable, reliable and excellent colonoscopy to our community. Private day hospitals must be supported. @JodiLeeFdn @BowelCancerAust @priv8hospitals @qldhealth

It’s official, bacteria “spelunk” their way through our digestive tracts! Thank you so much @HannahThomasy and @TheScientistLLC for covering our paper. Biosensors for Colorectal Cancer the-scientist.com/news/biose…